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The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907
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B. Law Upon the Press.
May 11, 1868. Duvergier, Lois, LXVIII. 125–170.
Duvergier, J. B., et al. Collection complète des lois, decrets, ordonnances, reglements, avis du Conseil d’État. Second ed. of vols. 1–31 inclusive. First ed., 32— Paris 1834–.
1. Any Frenchman of legal age and in the enjoyment of his civil and political rights can, without prior authorisation, publish a newspaper or periodical work appearing either regularly and at a fixed day or in parts and irregularly.
2. No newspaper or periodical work can be published unless there has been made, at Paris at the prefecture of police and in the departments at the prefecture, and within at least fifteen days before the publication, a declaration containing:
1st. The title of the newspaper or periodical work and the periods at which it is due to appear;
2d. The name, residence and duties of the proprietors other than the silent partners;
3d. The name and residence of the conductor;
4th. The location of the printing office where it is to be printed.
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3. The stamp duty, fixed by article 6 of the decree of February 17, 1852, is reduced to five centimes in the departments of the Seine and Seine-et-Oise, and to two centimes everywheré else.
4. Electoral posters of a candidate containing his profession of faith, a circular signed by him, or only his name, are free from the stamp duty.
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7. At the moment of the publication of each sheet or part of a newspaper or periodical work, there shall be sent to the prefecture for the head-towns of the departments, to the sub-prefecture for those of the district, and for the other cities to the mairic, two copies signed by the responsible conductor or one of them, if there are several responsible conductors.
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8. No newspaper or periodical work can be signed by a member of the Senate or Legislative body in the capacity of responsible conductor. . . .
9. The publication by a newspaper or periodical work of an article signed by a person deprived of his civil and political rights, or to whom admission to France is forbidden, is punished by a fine of one thousand to five thousand francs.
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12. A condemnation for crime committed by means of the press entails ipso facto the suppression of the newspaper whose conductor has been condemued.
In case of repetition within two years from the first condemnation for a press offence, other than those committed against individuals, the tribunals can, in punishing a new offence of the same nature, pronounce the suspenson of the newspaper or periodical work for a time which shall not be less than fifteen days or more than two months.
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Chicago: Duvergier, J. B., ed., "B. Law Upon the Press. May 11, 1868," The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907 in The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907, ed. Frank Maloy Anderson (New York: Russell Russell, 1908), 552–554. Original Sources, accessed February 12, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GD87R359WSKUZJH.
MLA: . "B. Law Upon the Press. May 11, 1868." The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907, edited by Duvergier, J. B., Vol. LXVIII, in The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907, edited by Frank Maloy Anderson, New York, Russell Russell, 1908, pp. 552–554. Original Sources. 12 Feb. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GD87R359WSKUZJH.
Harvard: (ed.), 'B. Law Upon the Press. May 11, 1868' in The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907. cited in 1908, The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907, ed. , Russell Russell, New York, pp.552–554. Original Sources, retrieved 12 February 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GD87R359WSKUZJH.
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