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Bare acts > Press Council (Procedure for Nomination of Members) Rules, 1978 > Rule 3
 
  


 

3. Invitation of panels of names for membership of the Council.- (1). The Central Government in the case of the first Council, and the retiring Chairman of the previous Council in the case of any subsequent Council, shall invite panels of names under sub-section (4) of section 5 by sending a notice in writing in that behalf by registered post to the associations, or associations and news agencies, as the case may be, referred to in that sub-section, and the notice shall require them to furnish in relation to the name included in the panel, the particulars specified below:

(i) The name of the person;

(ii) The category he represents;

(a) editor,

(b) working journalist other than editor,

(c) owner or manager of a newspaper, or

(d) news agency;

(iii) the title and language of the newspaper, or the news agency, in which he is employed or, which he represents, as the case may be, and whether such newspaper is big, medium or small; (figures relating to total circulation of all editions of the past one year to be furnished);

(iv) the place of publication of the newspaper;

(v) if he is a working journalist;

(a) whether he owns or carries on the business of management of any newspaper;

(b) name of the newspaper or group of newspapers under the same control or management, if any, to which he belongs or in which he has interest;

(vi) the order of preference; and

(vii) any other information.

(2). The notice in sub-rule shall the date on or before which the panel of names are to be received and such date shall in no case be earlier than the date of expiry of thirty days from the date of the notice, and a panel of names received after that date shall not be considered.

(3). The panels of names shall be signed by an office bearer duly designated and authorised to do so by the association or news agency notified in this behalf under sub-section (4) of section 5 of the Act. Such designated and authorised person shall be responsible in all respects for the accuracy of the contents thereof and where the name of any person is included in a panel of names, duly verified by such a person as representing a particular category mentioned in sub-clause (a),(b) or (c) of clause (ii) of sub-rule (1), it shall be presumed that such person is eligible for nomination under that category. The person signing the panel of names shall do so on solemn affirmation before a Magistrate.”

 

 

 

 

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