Article 23. The procedure for suspending or terminating the release of mass media or mass media, or the distribution of mass media or mass media products The Law on Mass Media
1. The suspension or termination of the release of mass media or mass media registered with an authorized body, or the distribution of mass media or mass media products, is possible by decision of the owner or the court.
2. Suspension is understood as the temporary cessation of the release of one or more issues of a periodical, the airing of a television, radio program, television, radio channel, the temporary suspension of the activities of an online publication, as well as the distribution of mass media products until the reasons that served as the basis for the suspension are eliminated.
The suspension of the release of mass media or mass media or the distribution of mass media or mass media products is allowed for a period of no more than three months.
3. The grounds for suspending the release of mass media or mass media or the distribution of mass media or mass media products in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan are: propaganda or agitation of the cult of cruelty and violence, social, racial, national, religious, class and tribal superiority, disclosure of information constituting state secrets or other legally protected information. secrecy, dissemination of information promoting suicide, disclosing the techniques and tactics of anti-terrorist operations during their conduct, propaganda of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors, explosives and explosive devices, distribution of television, radio programs, television, radio channels, as well as demonstration of pornographic and special sexually erotic films, propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation, pedophilia, the use of mass media for the purpose of violating the conditions of election campaigning carried out by foreigners, by stateless persons, foreign legal entities and international organizations, activities that hinder and (or) facilitate the nomination and election of candidates, political parties that have nominated a party list, the achievement of a certain result in elections, campaigning during the period of its prohibition, coercion to participate or refuse to participate in a strike, violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization of and peaceful assembly, copyright and related rights on the Internet, as well as violation of the requirements, provided for in paragraph 9 of Article 22 of this Law.
4. The grounds for termination of the release of mass media or mass media or the distribution of mass media or mass media products are: propaganda or agitation of a violent change in the constitutional order, violation of the integrity of the Republic of Kazakhstan, undermining the security of the state, war, propaganda of extremism or terrorism, publication of materials and dissemination of information aimed at inciting ethnic and interfaith hostility, as well as failure to eliminate the reasons for suspending the release of mass media or mass media or the distribution of mass media or mass media products within the prescribed period.
5. In case of suspension or termination of the release of mass media or mass media, or the distribution of mass media or mass media products, by decision of the owner or the court, a notification and (or) a court decision are sent to the authorized body.
The termination of the release of mass media or the distribution of mass media products entails the cancellation of the certificate of registration or re-registration.
6. In case of suspension or termination by a court decision that has entered into force of the release of mass media or the distribution of mass media products, when the mass media is an Internet resource, authorized state bodies, owners of mass media are obliged to suspend or stop the release of mass media or the distribution of mass media products on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
7. The entry into force of a court decision suspending the release of mass media or the distribution of mass media products, when the mass media is an Internet resource, entails a ban on the use of a domain name with the same or duplicate name for a period of no more than three months.
A court decision to stop the production of mass media or the distribution of mass media products, when the mass media is an Internet resource, entails the cancellation of the domain name registration and a ban on the use for one year of a domain name with the same or duplicate name, the registration of which was canceled by a court decision.
This Law regulates public relations in the field of mass media, establishes their legal basis and is aimed at ensuring the constitutional right to freedom of speech and creativity.
President
Republic of Kazakhstan
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