Press & Publication Law
Chapter one
Article 1:
The journalism, press and publication profession shall be organized under
the terms and conditions provided in the present law.
Article 2:
The press prints issued by ministries, public institutions or public bodies
in relation with their activities shall be subject to the supervision of the
Ministry of Information
Article 3:
In application of the provisions of the present law the following words or
terms shall have the meanings associated with each one, unless the
context requires otherwise.
1- Prints: Shall mean any script, drawings, photography or any other
copying or photocopying means when transcribed by any means
and became negotiable, with exception of any personal print or any
print related to the commercial activity, the contents of which do
not for many breach to the provisions of the present or any other
law.
2- Circulation: Shall mean prints' sale, sale offer, distribution,
sticking on walls, exhibition in storefronts for the purpose of sale,
advertising, marketing or decoration, as well as any other action
that renders it by anyway within reach of some people.
3- Journal: Shall mean any periodic, regular or irregular scheduled
newspaper, magazine or publication in one name.
4- Journalist: Any one choosing the press as profession or source of
subsistence and that his work includes writing in the printed press
and indifferent information media, supplying them with news,
reportages, and any other journalistic materials, such as photos,
drawings and otherwise. Shall be included under such title the
reporters, correspondents and editors, regardless of their nationality
and the nationality of the institutions where they work.
5- Journalism: Shall mean the profession of editing and releasing
printed press.
6- News agencies: Shall mean the press institution that takes in
charge the news distribution or photographed or non-photographed
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