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Part Six
Miscellaneous Provisions
47. Scope of Application
1)
the proclamation shall be applicable on periodicals if
a)
The periodical obtains a certificate of registration
b)
The publication duplicated and bears the name of the publisher, the printer , the place of publication and the date
and year of its publication,
2)
Printed maters shall be regarded as mass media only when they are disseminated. Periodicals shall be deemed
to have been disseminated when they are delivered for sale or distribution and broadcasts shall be deemed to have been
disseminated once they have been disseminated over the airwaves.
3)
Without prejudile to the provisions of this Proclamation, a picture, whether it is not together with written material,
shall be regarded as printed matter.
4)
This Proclamation shall not be applicable to pornographic printed matters, whether they are offered for sale or
free of charge.
48. Transitory Provisions
1)
Periodicals in operation prior to the coming into force of this Proclamation shall bring themselves into conformity
with Article 9 within ninety days of the coming into force of this Proclamation.
2)
In order to provide public bodies an opportunity to put in place the necessary arrangements to facilitate
implementation. Part III of this Proclamation shall enter into force one year after the date this Proclamation is published
in the Negarit Gazeta. The House of Peoples’ Representatives may extend this period for a duration of not more than
one year.
49. Conflict with Other Laws
Laws, regulations, directives, orders and practices which are inconsistent with this Proclamation shall, to the extent of
that inconsistency, not be applicable.
50. Repeaed laws
Except Articles 8 and 19 of the Press Proclamation No. 34/1992 which shall remain in force until the coming in to force of
the provisions of Part Three of this Proclamation all the remaining articles are hereby repealed.
51. Effective Date
This Proclamation shall enter into force up on the date of publication in the Federal Negarit Gazeta.
Done at Addis Ababa, this 4th day of December, 2008
GIRMA WOLDEGIORGIS
PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
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