Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation No ...
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4)
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Where the proposed name of the registering periodical so closely resembles the name or emblem of another
periodical which has already been registered that the two may easily be confused, another name or emblem shall be
registered.
5)
The periodical or news agency shall be deemed registered where the Ministry of Information or the regional bureau
of the region fails to issue certificate of registration within 30 days from the date the application is submitted, or fails to
notify in writing the applicant the grounds for refusal to issue it with in such period.
6)
Any changes to the information provided under sub-article (3) of this Article shall be reported by the publisher
company or the news agency to the registering body within fifteen days.
7)
Certificate of registration shall lapse where:
a)
the publisher or the news agency provides written notification of the discontinuance of the publication or its
operation ; or
b)
the registered periodical or news agency fails to commence publication or rendrering its service within one year of
registration.
8)
The provisions of sub-article (7) of this Article shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to sub-article (2) of this Article.
10. Imprint and Gratuitous Copies
1)
Periodicals shall, on each publication, carry the name of the publisher, printer and editor-in-chief, and the volume
and number of the periodical periodicity and date of publication in a descenible manner.
2)
Broadcasters shall indicate the station name at the beginning and end of each programme, along with the name of
the producer.
3)
Periodicals with national distribution or based in Addis Ababa shall, within twenty four hours of dissemination,
deposit two gratuitous copies of every volume with the Agency of the National Archives and Libraries .
4)
Where the circulation of periodical is confined within the bounds of a riginal state two gratuitous copies of every
volume shall be deposited within twenty four hours of dissemination, either with state public library or to the state cultural
bureau.
PART THREE
Access to Information
11. Objectives
The objectives of this part of the Proclamation are:
1)
to give effect to the right of citizens to access, receive and import information held by public bodies, subject to
justifiable limits based on overriding public and private interests;
2)
to establish mechanisms and procedures to give effect to that right in a manner which enables persons to obtain
information as quickly, inexpensively and effortlessly as is reasonably possible; and
3)
to encourage and promote public participation, public empowerment, to foster a culture of transparecy,
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