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Freedom of the Press Act
Chapter 1 On the Freedom of the Press
Article 1 [General Definition]
Article 2 [Prohibition of Censorship]
Article 3 [Criminal Liability]
Article 4 [Presumption of Freedom]
Article 5 [Written Matter]
Article 6 [Printed Matter]
Article 7 [Periodical]
Article 8 [Pictures]
Article 9 [Commercial Advertising, Credit Information]
Article 10 [Pornography Protection of Minors]
Chapter 2 On the Public Nature of Official Documents
Article 1 [Free Access to Official Documents]
Article 2 [Restriction of Right of Access to Official Documents]
Article 3 [Documents]
Article 4 [Official Documents]
Article 5 [Parliament and Local Government Assembly]
Article 6 [Receiving of Documents by a Public Authority]
Article 7 [Drawing up of Documents by a Public Authority]
Article 8 [Transfer or Production of a Document within the same Organization]
Article 9 [Memorandum]
Article 10 [Purpose of Technical Processing or Technical Storage]
Article 11 [Non-Official Documents]
Article 12 [Availability of Official Documents]
Article 13 [Transcript and Copy]
Article 14 [Request to Examine an Official Document]
Article 15 [Appeal Against a Decision]
Article 16 [Note Concerning Obstacles]
Article 17 [Safekeeping of Official Documents]
Article 18 [Basic Rules]
Chapter 3 On the Right to Anonymity
Article 1 [Right to Anonymity]
Article 2 [Prohibition to Inquire into a Identity]
Article 3 [Duty of Confidentiality]
Article 4 [Inquiry into the Identity of the Author of Material]
Article 5 [Penalties]
Article 6 [Originator of Material]
Chapter 4 On the Production of Printed Matter
Article 1 [Right to Produce Printed Matter]
Article 2 [Identity of the Printer]
Article 3 [Job Printing, Pictorial Reproduction]
Article 4 [Obligation to Retain Copies of Printed Matter for Scrutiny]
Article 5 [Penalties]
Chapter 5 On the Publication of Periodicals
Article 1 [Owner of a Periodical]
Article 2 [Responsible Editor]
Article 3 [Appointment, Tasks]
Article 4 [Notification]
Article 5 [Certificate]
Article 6 [Certificate of no Legal Impediment to Publication]
Article 7 [Owner's Consent]
Article 8 [Appointment of a New Responsible Editor]
Article 9 [Deputies]
Article 10 [Delegation of Powers]
Article 11 [Name of the Responsible Editor]
Article 12 [Penalties]
Article 13 [Submission of Wrong Information]
Article 14 [Owner of a Periodical, Responsible Editor]
Chapter 6 On the Dissemination of Printed Matter
Article 1 [Right to the Dissemination of Printed Matter]
Article 2 [Applicability of the Provisions]
Article 3 [Penalties]
Article 4 [Consignment of Printed Matter]
Chapter 7 On Offenses Against the Freedom of the Press
Article 1 [Freedom of the Press]
Article 2 [Advertisement and Similar Communication]
Article 3 [High Treason, Wrongful Release of Information, Duty of Confidentiality]
Article 4 [Offenses Against the Freedom of the Press]
Article 5 [Act Committed by Means of Printed Matter]
Article 6 [Penal Sanctions, Private Claims]
Article 7 [Confiscation]
Article 8 [Ban of Periodicals]
Chapter 8 Liability Rules
[Part 1] On Liability for Periodicals
Article 1 [Liability for Periodicals]
Article 2 [Liability of the Owner]
Article 3 [Liability of the Printer]
Article 4 [Liability of the Disseminator]
[Part 2] On Liability for Non-Periodical Printed Matter
Article 5 [Liability for Non-Periodical Printed Matter]
Article 6 [Liability of the Editor]
Article 7 [Liability of the Publisher]
Article 8 [Liability of the Printer]
Article 9 [Liability of a Disseminator]
[Part 3] Provisions Applicable to All Printed Matter
Article 10 [Passage of Liability]
Article 11 [Liability of a Person other than the Defendant]
Article 12 [Liability of a Person Responsible for Printed Matter]
Chapter 9 On Supervision and Prosecution
Article 1 [Monitoring]
Article 2 [Justice Chancellor]
Article 3 [Deadline]
Article 4 [Private Plaintiff]
Article 5 [Confiscation]
Chapter 10 On Special Coercive Measures
Article 1 [Impoundment, Publication Prohibition]
Article 2 [Offense within the Scope of Public Prosecution]
Article 3 [Impoundment without a Court Order]
Article 4 [Deadline for Impoundment Order]
Article 5 [Institution of Proceedings]
Article 6 [Content of Impoundment Orders]
Article 7 [Execution of Impoundment Order]
Article 8 [Impoundment of Printed Matter]
Article 9 [Reversal of Impoundment]
Article 10 {...}
Article 11 [War]
Article 12 [Safekeeping of Printed Matter]
Article 13 [Impoundment of a Periodical]
Article 14 [Impoundment of Copies of Printed Matter]
Chapter 11 On Private Claims for Damages
Article 1 [Private Claim for Damages]
Article 2 [Liability of the Owner and Publisher]
Article 3 [Liability as a Legal Representative]
Article 4 [Liability with Another Person]
Article 5 [Private Claim]
Chapter 12 On Legal Proceedings in Actions in Freedom of the Press Cases
Article 1 [Freedom of the Press Cases]
Article 2 [Jury]
Article 3 [County Administrative District]
Article 4 [Election]
Article 5 [Eligibility]
Article 6 [Right to Resign an Retirement]
Article 7 [Replacement of Jurors]
Article 8 [Election of a Juror]
Article 9 [List of Jurors]
Article 10 [Exclusion of Jurors]
Article 11 [Co-Parties]
Article 12 [Jury Service]
Article 13 [Concurrently Hearings]
Article 14 [Proceedings Concerning Liability under Penal Law]
Article 15 [Court Proceedings in Freedom of the Press Cases]
Article 16 [War]
Chapter 13 On Matter Printed Abroad
Article 1 [Matter Printed Abroad]
Article 2 [Publication within the Country]
Article 3 [Periodicals]
Article 4 [Liability under Penal Law]
Article 5 [Obligation to Retain for Scrutiny]
Article 6 [Matter not Intended primarily for Dissemination within the Country]
Chapter 14 General Provisions
Article 1 [Re-Opening of Closed Cases]
Article 2 [Result of a Ruling by a Higher Instance]
Article 3 [Offences]
Article 4 {...}
Article 5 [Applicability]
Chapter 14 General Provisions
[Article 1] Transitional provisions relating to 1976 amendments
[Article 2] Transitional provisions relating to 1998 amendments
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