No. 12
Interpretation
Media Services
2016
3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires:
“Board” means the Journalists Accreditation Board
established under section 11 of this Act;
“content” includes information in print media or electronic
media images, drawings, cartoons, and any other
characters, whether moving or still;
“Complaints Committee” means a committee established
under section 27 of this Act;
“Council” means the Independent Media Council
established under section 24 of this Act;
“editor” means a journalist who is in charge of production
of content for radio, television, newspaper,
journals and magazine, and includes online
platforms for radio, television and newspaper;
“electronic media” means a mode of communication of
content to the public by television, radio, video,
cinema, e-newspaper or by any other electronic
means and devices including social media,
applications and any other related means;
“foreign citizen” means a person who is not a citizen of the
United Republic;
“foreign company” means a company incorporated outside
the United Republic or where majority
shareholders are foreigners;
“freelancer” means a journalist working independently for
media houses;
“Fund” means the Media Training Fund established under
section 22;
“journalist” means a person accredited as journalist under
this Act, who gathers, collects, edits, prepares or
presents news, stories, materials and information
for a mass media service, whether an employee of
media house or as a freelancer;
“mass media” includes any service, medium or media
consisting in the transmission of voice, visual data
or textual messages to the general public;
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