Article 14 of Press and Publications Law

Without 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 the newspaper ceases publication, without an excuse acceptable to the competent Ministry, for more than three months for a daily newspaper and six months for any other newspaper. 2 - If the licence holder is a legal person and loses its legal status for any reason. - If the licence holder dies without a lawful heir, or if the heirs fail, within six months from the date of death and after approval by the competent Minister, to transfer the licence to their names or the name of any other person, subject to Article 10 of this Law. 4 - If the licence holder loses any of the qualifications stipulated in Article 10 of this Law. The person concerned must be notified of cancellation of the licence in any of the aforementioned cases. In cases other than the foregoing, a newspaper licence may be cancelled only by a final judgment issued by the competent court or at the licence holder's request.