Act No. 84 / 1968 Coll.

Act amending Act No. 81 / 1966 Coll., on Periodic Printing and on Other Mass Information Means

Valid Effective from 28.06.1968
84
THE LAW
of 26 June 1968
amending Act No 81 / 1966 Coll. on periodical printing and other mass information
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic decided on this law:
Čl. I
Act No. 81 / 1966 Coll., on Periodic Printing and on Other Mass Information Means, is amended as follows:
1.
„§ 17
(1) Censorship is inadmissible.
(2) Censorship means any intervention by state authorities against the freedom of speech and image and their dissemination by mass information. This shall be without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the prosecutor and the court. ';
2.
„§ 18
The editor-in-chief or his authorised representative (paragraphs 4 and 5 of Section 10) shall be responsible for the non-disclosure of information contained in the collective information medium which constitutes a matter of state, economic or professional secrecy. The Government shall provide information to editors of the periodical press and other mass information on the facts which constitute the subject of state, economic and professional secrecy. '
3. Article 19 (3) reads as follows:
"(3) If there is no reason to reject the correction under the previous paragraph, the editor shall publish the correction. In doing so, it shall ensure that the text of the correction and the manner in which it is published are agreed in advance with the applicant for the correction; If no agreement is reached, the court shall decide in accordance with Paragraph 20. The editor-in-chief shall publish the correction within eight days of the submission of the request for correction, in a magazine or in any other periodical printing material in the nearest number prepared after the application, and in the same place and in the same letters as the information to which the correction relates has been published. ';
Čl. II
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication.
Freedom v. r.
Srkovský v. r.
Ing. Cernik v. r.

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CitationAct No. 84 / 1968 Coll., amending Act No. 81 / 1966 Coll., on Periodic Printing and on Other Mass Information Means
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation28.06.1968
Effective from28.06.1968
Effective until-
Status Valid
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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