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(4) name and location of the newspaper proprietor.
The texts under paragraph one shall be printed in a clearly visible
manner, and all names under paragraph one shall not be acronyms or pseudonyms.
Section 13. The name of a newspaper must not have the characteristics
as follows:
(1) not being identical to or intended to be similar to the King’s royal
name and title, a royal name and title, the King’s royal initials, a royal initial or the name
of the royal family;
(2) not being identical to or intended to be similar to a title of nobility,
except where it is the title of nobility held by that person, an ascendant or a
descendant thereof;
(3) not being the same as the name of a newspaper already recorded;
(4) not having an offensiveword or meaning.
Section 14. A newspaper editor must have the qualifications and not be
under any of the prohibitions as follows:
(1) being of not less than twenty yeas of age;
(2) being of Thai nationality or the nationality of a country concluded a
treaty with Thailand;
(3) having a regular domicile in the Kingdom;
(4) not being an incompetent person or a quasi-incompetent person;
(5) not having been sentenced by a final judgment to a term of
imprisonment, except where having been discharged for a period of not less than three
years, or except for an offence committed through negligence or a petty offence.
Any person without Thai nationality who wishes to be a newspaper editor
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