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Exceptionally from para 3, the state may establish a news agency by a separate law.
Article 14а
The founder of a media outlet cannot transfer or otherwise dispose of the right on the media outlet, or the right of publishing of the media
outlet.
A contract or another legal act which subject is transfer or other disposal of the rights stipulated in para. 1 hereof shall be deemed null and void.
In case of termination of a media outlet through signing out of the register of media outlets or in some other way i.e. by cessation of printing or
publishing the media outlet, founding of a media outlet with the identical or similar name that may cause confusion with respect to the identity
of the media outlet shall be prohibited.
The prohibition mentioned in para. 3 hereof shall be effective one year from the date of publishing the last issue of the media outlet that ceased
to exist i.e. which is not being printed or published.
In case the prohibition from Paragraph 3 of this Article is violated, as well as in case a media outlet operates without being registered with the
Register of Media Outlets, the competent public prosecutor shall, without any delay, launch the commercial offence proceedings before the
competent court and shall request that measures of temporary suspension of publishing activities be pronounced.
In accordance with the law, within 12 hours as of filing the motion by the public prosecutor, the court shall file the decision on measures of
temporary suspension of publishing activities to the founder which will remain valid until the proceedings from Paragraph 5 of this Article have
become final and valid.
Provisions of Article 24 of this Law shall be applied accordingly to the procedure for pronouncing measures from Paragraph 6 of Article 24 of this
Law.
Article 14b
The register of media outlet shall be kept by an organization in charge of keeping register of companies.
The minister in charge of public information shall stipulate the method of keeping the register of media outlet.
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