A decision in favor of rejection shall be justified by causation and the respective
applicant may object to the rejection decision before the high civil court within thirty
days from date of being notified about the rejection decision or as from the date on
.which application was deemed as rejected
Article 52
A licensee when issuing a newspaper shall deposit into the Ministry's treasury within
three months as from the date of license approval cash or banker's warrantee not
less than 10% of the paid up capital as guarantee for payment of any adjudicated
fines or expenditures imposed on the licensee or editor-in-chief or editor in charge –
.if any – or journalist
In case of failure to deposit the warrantee within the prescribed duration or in case
of its shortage, it shall be deposited or completed within thirty days from the date of
notification of giving to the licensee in this regard through a registered mail letter
.with acknowledgeable delivery, otherwise license shall be suspended
Article 53
A newspaper licensee may assign the licensure to third party after approval from
the Minister provided that the licensee should have fulfilled the prescribed
conditions for licensure from the beginning and in such case he/she may retrieve the
.warrantee amount he/she paid or balance thereof
The new proprietor shall replace previous proprietor in all matters stipulated for in
.this law once the aforesaid approval has been issued
The Ministry shall be notified of any change in the person of the editor-in-chief or
editor in charge – if any, at the time of newspaper issuance or changing of its
.capacity
Article 54
The name of a newspaper's licensee/proprietor – or editor-in-chief or editor in
charge, if any, shall be shall be shown conspicuously on the newspaper and the
section he/she supervises and the name of printing press if the newspaper does not
.have its own printing press
Article 55
The editor-in-chief or editor in charge – if any – shall comply by showing the real
name of writer or painter on the articles and images however signature may be using
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