44. Appeal
1/ The party who is aggrieved by the decision of the court shall lodge his memorandum of
appeal to the appellate court within thirty days of the rendering of the decision, and the
rending court shall give the appellant copies of the decision within 24 hours of receiving the
party‟s notice to appeal.
2/The appellate court shall give decision within 10 days of the receiving the memorandum of
appeal.
45. Penalties
1/ Anyone who has contravened the provisions of articles 7(1)-(3) shall be punished with a
fine of not less than 20,000 birr and not exceeding 200,000 birr.
2/ Any publisher of a periodical or broadcaster who, in violation of article 6(2) ,failed to
appoint a responsible editor, failed to comply with obligations set out under article9(6) or
violates the obligations provided under article 10 shall be punished with a fine up to 15,000
birr
3/ Where an editor in chief or program editor has improperly failed to publish or broadcast a
reply or correction sent to the mass media pursuant to article 40 of this Proclamation, shall
be fined up to 15,000 birr.
4/ Any person who violates article 6(1) or article 8 may be fined up to 15,000 birr.
5/ If in an offence committed through a mass media the defendant is convicted, the court
may ,up on request by the party ,issue an order for the verdict to be published in that mass
media outlet.
6/ The court may issue an injunction forbidding further dissemination of mass media output
in respect of which a conviction or order of impoundment has been issued.
46. Statute of Limitation
1/ Subject to Article 28(1) of the Constitution, no criminal proceeding for an offence
committed through a periodical may be instituted after the lapse of one year from the date
when the offending matter was published.
2/. For broadcasters, the period in sub-article (1) shall be six months from the date when the
program was broadcast.
Part Six Miscellaneous Provisions
47. Scope of Application