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Sweden > 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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