Press and Publications Law
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- Article 2In applying the provisions of this Law, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated opposite each: Publication: Every writing, drawing, image or statement,…
- Article 3Any person may establish or operate a printing press, or open premises for selling or renting publications, publishing, distribution or translation, or an advertising…
- Article 4Without prejudice to the conditions set out in the preceding Article, if the licence holder wishes to terminate or suspend the activity of the printing press or licensed…
- Article 5The licence holder may assign it to another after obtaining prior written approval from the competent Ministry, in accordance with the conditions and procedures to be…
- Article 7Publications arriving from abroad may be brought in after the importer notifies the Ministry of his name, an address, the author's name and the number of imported…
- Article 8Newspapers shall not be subject to any prior censorship.
- Article 9No newspaper may be issued without obtaining a licence for that purpose from the competent Ministry. A licence shall be granted only to the owner of an establishment or…
- Article 10An applicant for a licence to publish a newspaper must satisfy the following requirements: 1 - Be Kuwaiti, have attained twenty-five years of age, and possess full legal…
- Article 11The competent Minister shall, within ninety days from the date of submission of the application, issue a decision approving the grant of the licence or refusing it. If…
- Article 12The person licensed to publish a newspaper shall submit the following to the Ministry within three months from the date of notification of approval: 1 - Evidence of…
- Article 13Every lease of a license to publish a newspaper shall be deemed void, and the sale or assignment of the license shall be deemed void if effected without the approval of…
- Article 14Without prejudice to any other grounds for cancellation contained in this Law, newspaper licences shall be cancelled by operation of law in the following cases: 1 - If…
- Article 15Without prejudice to the provision of the preceding Article, the licence of any newspaper may not be revoked except pursuant to a final judgment issued by the competent…
- Article 16Every newspaper must have one or more editors-in-chief exercising actual supervision over it or over a specified section thereof. An editor-in-chief must meet the…
- Article 17The editor-in-chief must ascertain accuracy and truth in all news, information or statements he publishes. The editor-in-chief must publish, free of charge, any reply,…
- Article 18Representatives and correspondents of foreign newspapers and representatives of foreign news agencies and radio and television stations shall obtain licences from the…
- Article 19It is prohibited to offend the Divine Essence, the Holy Quran, the Prophets, the righteous Companions, the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,…
- Article 21It is prohibited to publish anything that would: 1- Belittle or disparage the Constitution of the State. 2- Insult or belittle members of the judiciary or members of the…
- Article 22The publication of any commercial or other advertisements may be prohibited by a reasoned decision of the competent Minister, in accordance with the conditions and…
- Article 23The Public Prosecution shall have exclusive jurisdiction to investigate, dispose of, and prosecute all offences stipulated in this Law, provided that there shall be a…
- Article 24The Criminal Circuit of the Court of First Instance is the court competent to hear all criminal proceedings provided for in this Law, and its judgments shall be appealed…
- Article 25Criminal proceedings for the offences prescribed in this Law shall be time-barred if they are not reported to the Public Prosecution within three months from the date of…
- Article 26Anyone who commits any violation of the provisions of the articles of Chapter One of this Law shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dinars and not…
- Article 27Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for by another law, the editor-in-chief and the article writer or author shall be punished: Index of the Law 525…
- Article 28If incitement to overthrow the system of government in the country is published, and the incitement includes urging the change of that system by force or by unlawful…
- Article 29The competent Minister shall issue a decision concerning audio, visual, and audiovisual publications, and in particular the system for licensing premises for printing,…
- Article 30Final judicial judgments and decisions relating to the application of the provisions of this Law shall be published in the Official Gazette.
- Article 31The competent Minister shall issue the implementing regulations and the decisions necessary to implement the provisions of this Law within six months from the date on…
- Article 32Law No. 3 of 1961 Promulgating the Printing and Publications Law is repealed. Index of the Law 526 Home Page Printing and Publications Law Law No. 3 of 2006 concerning…