Crimes and Penalties Law

Article 313 — Article (313)

Book Two: Crimes and their Penalties · Part Two: Forgery of Documents: Article (251) · Chapter Two: Influencing and Defamation of the Judiciary: Article (311)

A penalty of incarceration for a period not exceeding two years or a fine shall be imposed on anyone who, by any means of publicity, publishes: 1. News in respect of a current investigation into a crime or any of the documents relevant to such investigation, if the investigation authority has prohibited the publication of any such news. 2. News in respect of investigations or proceedings in lawsuits of pedigree, marriage, child custody, divorce, alimony, separation, adultery, libel or disclosure of secrets. 3. Names or pictures of juvenile delinquents. 4. Names or pictures of victims of crimes involving a breach of honour. 5. Names or pictures of convicted persons with a stay of execution. 6. Court deliberations. 7. News in respect of lawsuits which courts have decided to hear in secret sessions or which they have prohibited their publication.

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