5/24/2019 CLFR - Jordan | Global Network Initiative As stated in paragraph 1.3 above, an operator of a public telecommunications network (“Network Operator“) must be licensed by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.  Clause 9(c) of the standard subscription contract for telecommunications services provides that the Commission may suspend or terminate a Network Operator’s service upon receipt of written notice from the Jordanian security services or a court, the Attorney-General or a General Prosecutor. BLOCKING OF WEB PAGES OR IP ADDRESSES PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS LAW NO. 32 OF 1998, AMENDED IN 2012 (THE “PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS LAW”) There is no specific law providing for the blocking of web pages or IP addresses.  However, under articles 1215 of the Press and Publications Law, news websites must be registered with the Jordanian Press and Publications department (a department of the Jordanian Ministry of Information).  The law also states that news websites will be held accountable for any online comments made by their readers, and all online comments must be archived for six months. In 2013 the Press and Publications department made an order to the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission banning over 300 news websites which had not been registered. OVERSIGHT OF THESE PROCEDURES JORDANIAN CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE NO. 9 OF 1961 (THE “CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE”) Where a General Prosecutor has made a judicial order permitting an interception or providing access to communications data, there is no specific oversight or appeal process available. However, generally speaking any decision of a General Prosecutor to formally initiate a process of indictment and trial under criminal law must be checked and approved by the Attorney-General, who will decide whether to approve the decision,  cancel it or order further investigation to take place to gather more evidence. Additionally, there is an appeals procedure for some decisions made by General Prosecutors, which may also apply to judicial orders from a General Prosecutor relating to interception or other lawful access to communications.  Under article 124 of the Criminal Procedure Code, appeals to decisions by a General Prosecutor may be made within three days of the decision being issued and within three days of the defendant being notified. PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND AGGREGATE DATA RELATING TO LAWFUL INTERCEPT AND COMMUNICATIONS DATA REQUESTS Publication of laws https://globalnetworkinitiative.org/clfr-jordan/ 3/5