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Sweden -- Freedom of the Press Act
Chapter 1 On the Freedom of the Press
Article 1 [General Definition]
Article 2 [Different types of written matter]
Article 3 [Printed matter]
Article 4 [Periodicals]
Article 5 [Supplements in the form of programs or technical recordings]
Article 6
Article 7 [Freedom to communicate and procure information]
Article 8 [Prohibition of Censorship]
Article 9 [Criminal Liability]
Article 10 [Presumption of Freedom]
Article 11 [Exception from fundamental law; Work of literature or art]
Article 12 [Exceptions from fundamental law; Commercial advertising]
Article 13 [Exception from fundamental law; publication of personal data]
Article 14 [Pornography Protection of Minors]
Chapter 2 On the Public Nature of Official Documents
Article 1 [Free Access to Official Documents]
Article 2 [Restriction of Right of Access to Official Documents]
Article 3 [Documents]
Article 4 [Official Documents]
Article 5 [Parliament and Local Government Assembly]
Article 6 [Receiving of Documents by a Public Authority]
Article 7 [Compilation containing personal data]
Article 8 [Official documents]
Article 9 [Document received]
Article 10 [Document drawn up]
Article 11 [Document transferred within an authority]
Article 12 [Memorandums; preliminary outlines and drafts]
Article 13 [Document not deemed to be official documents]
Article 14 [Document not deemed to be official documents]
Article 15 [The Right of access to official documents]
Article 16 [Copies of official documents]
Article 17 [Examination of requests]
Article 18 [No inquiry into a person's identity]
Article 19 [Appeal]
Article 20 [Obstacles to the release]
Article 21 [Official documents held by a private body]
Article 22
Article 23 [Storage and weeding]
Chapter 3 On the Right to Anonymity
Article 1 [Right to Anonymity]
Article 2 [Prohibition to Inquire into a Identity]
Article 3 [Duty of Confidentiality]
Article 4 [Exception from the duty of Confidentiality]
Article 5 [Inquiry into the Identity of the Author of Material]
Article 6 [Ban on reprisals]
Article 7 [Penalities]
Article 8 [Originator of Material]
Chapter 4 On the Production of Printed Matter
Article 1 [Right to Produce Printed Matter]
Article 2 [Identity of the Printer]
Article 3 [Job Printing, Pictorial Reproduction]
Article 4 [Obligation to Retain Copies of Printed Matter for Scrutiny]
Article 5 [Penalties]
Chapter 5 On the Publication of Periodicals
Article 1 [Responsible Editor]
Article 2 [Owner of a periodical]
Article 3 [Domiciled in Sweden]
Article 4 [Tasks]
Article 5 [Notification]
Article 6 [Appointment of a new owner]
Article 7 [Deputy for a responsible editor]
Article 8
Article 9 [Information about responsible editor]
Article 10 [Certificate of no legal impediment to publication]
Article 11
Article 12 [Validity and renewal]
Article 13 [Revocation]
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16 [Penalties]
Article 17
Article 18
Article 19
Chapter 6 On the Dissemination of Printed Matter
Article 1 [Right to the Dissemination of Printed Matter]
Article 2 [Applicability of the Provisions]
Article 3
Article 4 [Obligation to forward printed matter]
Article 5 [Penalties]
Article 6 [Penalties]
Chapter 7 On Offenses Against the Freedom of the Press
Article 1 [Offences against the freedom of the press]
Article 2 [Unlawful threats]
Article 3 [Defamation]
Article 4 [Insulting language]
Article 5 [Sedition]
Article 6 [Agitation against a population group]
Article 7 [Unlawful portrayal of violence]
Article 8 [Threat against a public servant]
Article 9 [Obstructing the course of justice]
Article 10 [Insurrection]
Article 11 [Offences against civil liberty]
Article 12 [High treason]
Article 13 [Instigation of war]
Article 14 [Espionage]
Article 15 [Unauthorised handling of secret information]
Article 16 [Carelessness with secret information]
Article 17 [Treason or betrayal of country]
Article 18 [Carelessness detrimental to the interests of the country]
Article 19 [Dissemination of rumours which endanger the security of the country]
Article 20 [Publication offences]
Article 21 [Exceptions]
Article 22 [Offences by communicators of information]
Article 23 [Offences by procurers of information]
Article 24 [Sanctions]
Article 25 [Publication of the judgment]
Article 26 [Confiscation]
Article 27 [Deletion form a database containing supplements]
Article 28
Article 29 [Ban on publication]
Chapter 8 Liability Rules
[Part 1] On Liability for Periodicals
Article 1 [Liability for Periodicals]
Article 2 [Responsible Editor]
Article 3 [Owner]
Article 4 [Liability of the Printer]
Article 5 [Liability of the Disseminator]
[Part 2] On Liability for Non-Periodical Printed Matter
Article 6 [Liability for Non-Periodical Printed Matter]
Article 7 [Liability of the Editor]
Article 8 [Liability of the Publisher]
Article 9 [Liability of the Printer]
Article 10 [Liability of a Disseminator]
[Part 3] Provisions Applicable to All Printed Matter
Article 11 [Passage of Liability]
Article 12 [Liability of a Person other than the Defendant]
Article 13 [Liability of a Person Responsible for Printed Matter]
Article 14 [Significance of liability]
Chapter 9 On Supervision and Prosecution
Article 1 [Monitoring]
Article 2 [Justice Chancellor]
Article 3 [Deadline]
Article 4 [Government's reporting and consent to prosecution]
Article 5 [Statutory time limits in the case of public prosecution]
Article 6
Article 7 [Reporting and private prosecution]
Article 8 [Confiscation and removal without prosecution]
Article 9
Article 10
Chapter 10 On Special Coercive Measures
Article 1 [Impoundment, Publication Prohibition]
Article 2 [Offense within the Scope of Public Prosecution]
Article 3 [Impoundment without a Court Order]
Article 4 [Deadline for Impoundment Order]
Article 5 [Institution of Proceedings]
Article 6 [Content of Impoundment Orders]
Article 7 [Execution of Impoundment Order]
Article 8
Article 9
Article 10
Article 11
Article 12 [Impoundments for investigation]
Article 13 [Temporary ban on publication]
Article 14 [Safekeeping pending issue of an impoundment order
Article 15
Chapter 11 On Private Claims for Damages
Article 1 [Private Claim for Damages]
Article 2 [Liability of the Owner and Publisher]
Article 3 [Liability as a Legal Representative]
Article 4 [Liability with Another Person]
Article 5 [Joint liability]
Article 6 [Damages in cases in which a penalty fort he offence cannot be imposed]
Chapter 12 On Legal Proceedings in Actions in Freedom of the Press Cases
Article 1 [Freedom of the Press Cases]
Article 2 [District Court]
Article 3 [Jury]
Article 4 [Decision]
Article 5 [Election]
Article 6 [Appeal]
Article 7 [Appointment]
Article 8 [Term]
Article 9 [Election of a Juror]
Article 10 [Eligibility requirements and other requirements pertaining to jurors]
Article 11 [Resignation of jurors]
Article 12
Article 13 [Appeals]
Article 14 [List of jurors]
Article 15 [Disqualification of judges]
Article 16 [Court Proceedings in Freedom of the Press Cases]
Article 17 [Several Parties]
Article 18 [Procedure]
Article 19 [Joint Jury]
Article 20 [Proceedings concerning damages or confiscation]
Article 21
Article 22 [Court proceedings]
Article 23 [War or danger of war]
Chapter 13 On Matter Printed Abroad
Article 1 [Matter Printed Abroad]
Article 2 [Publication within the Country]
Article 3 [Periodicals]
Article 4 [Certificate of no legal impediment to publication]
Article 5 [Liability for dissemination]
Article 6 [Obligation to retain copies and legal deposits]
Article 7 [Freedom to communicate and procure information]
Article 8 [Printed matter not published in Sweden]
Article 9 [Right to anonymity]
Article 10
Chapter 14 General Provisions
Article 1 [Re-Opening of Closed Cases]
Article 2 [Appointment of a new jury]
Article 3 [Prompt handling]
Article 4 [International legal assistance]
Article 5 [Non-Swedish citizens and non-Swedish legal persons]
Article 6 [Matters not regulated in this Act]
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