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vacy and family life unless there are identifiable public interest reasons for doing
so.
(2)
A licensee shall not use information acquired without a person’s consent
unless the information so acquired is essential to establish the credibility and authority
of a source, and where the programme for which the information is required is clearly of
important public interest.
(3)
Subject to the laws of Lesotho, the Journalists’ Convention in relation to
the protection of sources who require confidentiality shall be respected.
(4)
A licensee shall ensure that identity of a victim of a sexual offence is not
divulged in any broadcast, unless the victim consents in writing to the disclosure of his
or her identity.
(5)
Notwithstanding subrule(4), a licensee shall ensure that the identity of a
child victim of a sexual offence is not divulged in any broadcast under any
circumstances.
(6)
offences.
A licensee shall avoid gratuitous and repetitive detail in covering sexual
Payment for information obtained from criminals
13.
A licensee shall not pay persons involved in crime or persons who have been
engaged in crime to obtain information unless there is a compelling public interest to do
so.
Partypolitical broadcast and advertisements
14.
(1)
A licensee shall not be required to broadcast a partypolitical
advertisement but if it elects to do so, it shall afford all other political parties a
similar opportunity.
(2)
In making partypolitical advertising time available to political parties,
licensee shall not discriminate against any political party or give preference to any
political party or subject any political party to any prejudice.
(3)
A licensee shall not broadcast a partypolitical advertisement unless it is
submitted on behalf of a political party by its duly authorized representative.