Act No. 180 / 1980 Coll.

Law establishing the Federal Office for Press and Information

Valid Effective from 01.01.1981
180
THE LAW
of 16 December 1980
on the establishment of the Federal Office for Press and Information
The Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic decided on this law:
§ 1
A Federal Office for Press and Information is hereby established.
§ 2
The Federal Press and Information Office is a federal central government body for the press and other means of information.
§ 3
Federal Press and Information Office
(a) propose to the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic the principles of state policy on press matters and other means of information and ensure its uniform implementation and coordination;
(b) carry out registration of periodicals of social importance;
(c) ensure the protection of important national interests in the press and other means of information of social importance;
(d) decide on the import and distribution of foreign periodical printing printed or reproduced abroad, on the extension of foreign periodical printing printed or reproduced in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic by or at the direction of the foreign publisher, as well as on the extension of reporting to foreign intelligence agencies;
(e) decide to give consent to the duties of editor to persons who are not Czechoslovak citizens;
(f) authorises organisations which may extend periodical print 1 to publishers)
§ 4
The competence of the Federal Office for Press and Information shall be subject mutatis mutandis to the provisions of Sections 2 to 9, Section 85 paragraph 1 and Section 86 of Act No. 133 / 1970 Coll., on the jurisdiction of federal ministries.
§ 5
The Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic shall appoint and dismiss the President of the Federal Office of Press and Information.
§ 6
This Law shall take effect on 1 January 1981.
Husák v. r.
Indra v. r.
Strougal v. r.
1) Act No. 81 / 1966 Coll., on Periodic Printing and on Other Mass Information Means, as amended by Act No. 84 / 1968 Coll., Act No. 127 / 1968 Coll. and Legal Measures of the Bureau of the Federal Assembly No. 99 / 1969 Coll.

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CitationAct No. 180 / 1980 Coll., on the establishment of the Federal Office for Press and Information
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation31.12.1980
Effective from01.01.1981
Effective until-
Status Valid
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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