Law No. 1 of 1990 Law of the Union of Journalists of the Syrian Arab Republic

President

As approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held on the date of 2-6-1410 A.H., 30-12-12-989,

The following are issued:

Section I

In the Federation and its objectives and registration

Chapter I

Definitions

Article 1 The following expressions shall mean that the provisions of this Law shall apply the meanings set forth by each of them:

Union : Union of Journalists of the Syrian Arab Republic

Ministry : Ministry of Information

Minister: Minister of Information

Conference: General Conference of the Union

Council: Federation Council

Office: Executive Office of the Federation

Captain: Federation President

Profession: The profession of journalism is gathering news and information, writing, editing, preparing, commenting on, and directing it by means of spreading, audible or visible.

Journalist: All Who is the profession of journalism, whether it is editor, reporter, hanging, informer, or other types of journalistic work defined by the Union's rules of procedure.

Chapter II

Designation of the Union-and its objectives and powers

Article 2 Journalists in the Syrian Arab Republic comprise one professional union organization called the Union of Journalists, which is called the city of Damascus and enjoys legal personality and financial independence and it has the need to establish branches in the governorates in accordance with the provisions of this law.

Article 3 The Union of Journalists is a professional union organization that believes in the goals of the Arab nation in unity, freedom and socialism, and is committed to working to achieve them according to the decisions and directives of the Baath Arab Socialist Party.

Article 4 The Union works in cooperation with the official, popular and professional bodies of the Syrian Arab country to achieve the following objectives:

1. To build an Arab national media that promotes the bonds of brotherhood among the Arab nation and contributes to the struggle to achieve its goals in unity, freedom and socialism, and supports its struggle against imperialism and Zionism and its racist base in occupied Palestine and expose all forces. Dealers with them.

2. Making the media public education as a means of educating the socialist Arab nationalist ideology in the souls of the masses and deepening its love for the Arab heritage in its human and civilizational sense, and crosses it with the vast human culture.

3. Make the media a better expression and development tool in all spheres of life in order to remove obsolete deposits, eliminate underdevelopment and advance economic, social and cultural development to build an advanced society free from ignorance, vulnerability and dependence.

4-Developing media work and upgrading its scientific level to be able to effectively serve the issues of the public and defend its development gains.

5. To seek the media to exercise its constructive role in the field of popular oversight of the various State bodies.

6. Respect for copyright, translation, maintenance and defence.

7. To cooperate with the Union of Arab Journalists, as well as with Arab, foreign and international federations and trade unions in the interest of developing the profession, supporting the struggle of the common peoples and helping the Union achieve its objectives.

8. To facilitate the work of Arab and foreign journalists to carry out their journalistic tasks within the country, as well as to assist members of the Federation in achieving their missions abroad.

9. To raise the moral, physical and professional activities of journalists, to protect them from unemployment, to secure their lives, to guarantee their pension and to defend their rights.

10. Work to resolve disputes relating to the profession that arise between union members or between them and the bodies, institutions and press role in which they work and to consider the Federation as the basic reference for journalists in relation to the profession.

11. To contribute to the planning of press and media curricula in Syrian colleges and institutes and to encourage research and scientific studies in the field of journalism and media

Article 5 The Union has the following powers to achieve its objectives within the confines of the laws and regulations in force.

1. Ownership, management and investment of movable and immovable property in projects and work set out by the competent bodies and councils of the Union.

2. Conclusion of contracts

3. To hold discussions and conclude cooperation agreements with organizations, bodies, roles, institutions and press study institutes in the field of exchange of experience, preparation of press cadres and the definition of joint struggle.

4. The right to litigation on behalf of the Federation and on behalf of its members groups and individuals in all relevant professions and the rights of journalists.

5. Holding meetings, conferences, symposiums, festivals and lectures within and outside the Syrian Arab Republic, in coordination with the competent office in the Qatari leadership of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

6. Sending and receiving press delegations and proposing to send senior and academic missions in the areas of journalistic work.

7. To study the reality of press institutions and press work and to submit proposals for its development and to contribute to the administrative and media bodies and councils, press and press committees and the exercise of oversight of administrative bodies in the press field.

8. Release and publish periodical and non-periodic publications in the interest of the objectives of the Federation.

9. Establishment of clubs, libraries, cooperatives, savings, health and social security, retirement funds and the establishment of nurseries and recreation.

Chapter III

Membership and registration in the Federation

Article 6 A request for registration in the Federation is required to:

1. Arab Syria is at least five years old and 20 years old.

2. High school diploma or at least equivalent to the exception of leading journalists prior to the enactment of Legislative Decree No. 58/1974

3. Not sentenced to any criminal penalty or heinous misdemeanor penalty.

4. The full capacity and good conduct suggest the trust and respect for the profession.

5. Not exceeding two years of age, with the exception of the participant, and if the registration student has exceeded 45 years of age, it does not meet any pension charges and therefore does not benefit from the provisions of the Law on the Retirement of Journalists, without prejudice to the rights of the acquired rights holders who have already registered them. In the Union

6. Not isolated or expelled from State or public sector functions or not from one of these entities for the reason of the security of the State or the honour of the function

7- The public does not have a profession or a job that has nothing to do with the press.

Article 7 The Palestinians and those covered by Law 3/60 of 1956 treat the treatment of Syrian Arabs in all that is provided for by this law. .

B The membership of the Arab country residing in the Syrian Arab Republic may be admitted by a decision of the General Committee if the conditions for registration in article 6 (except for the condition of nationality) are available.

Article 8 A registration application is accompanied by documents proving the availability of registration requirements to the Office

B - The request shall be decided by the Bureau within 3/months of the date of its submission otherwise it is considered acceptable.

The office decision to reject the request must be exempt.

Article 9 The registration student who rejected his request is entitled to appeal against the decision of rejection before the Court of Appeal in Damascus within fifteen days, starting from the day after the decision of the decision to be notified of the decision.

Article 10 A-The name of the one whose membership has been accepted in the table of journalists is registered.

The interns are subject to a four-year exercise period for the secondary school diploma campaign and three years for the middle media institutes (press branch) campaign The duration of the study is no less than two years, two years for the campaign of leave and higher certificates, and the duration of registration of holders, outbeers and subjects outside the public and seconded from public bodies to work in the press in the table of journalists participating in the calculation of the duration of the exercise.

C - During the time of the practice, the conspirers must practise in one of the press agencies accepted by the office. .

The rules of procedure and duties of the interns, supervision and obligations, the test system at the end of the exercise term and the conditions for the transition to the working members' schedule and all related to the exercise, including extensions, shall be determined by the rules of procedure of the Federation.

Article 11 A: By decision of the General Committee, the name of the conspirers will be removed from the table of the conspirers in the following cases.

Loss of a condition of registration

A breach of the terms and duties of the exercise.

3. Failure to pass the exercise test successfully after the expiration of the period of extension of the exercise, as determined by the rules of procedure of the Federation.

(b) A decision by the General Committee to re-register the graduated mirror on the basis of his or her request after the removal of the reasons for write-off may be returned to the table.

Article 12 -The conspirators who spent the exercise period and successfully passed the exercise test are entitled to request that their name be transferred to the table of members working on the basis of the rules set by the Union's rules of procedure.

The Office shall decide on the transfer request with a decision.

Article 13 The duration of the exercise will be followed by the transfer of the name of the mirror to the table of members serving in his press service.

Article 14 The member shall lose his or her name from the table of members serving on a decision of the Bureau in one of the following cases:

1. Death

2. Loss of a registration requirement

3. Delayed payment of Union fees, contributions and other financial obligations of the Union for a full year following a month of warning of assets

4. To punish him with the death penalty in application of the provisions of this Act and if the penalty for write-off is lost for a specified period of time only.

5. Withdrawal from the Union

6. Discharge of the profession for a full year without justifiable reason and the rules of procedure of the Federation determine cases where the interruption is justified

For those who lost their membership in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the request for re-registration may be repeated once the reasons for their loss have been removed and, in this case, the fees on the request for registration are renewed and are not considered as a period of loss of pension or the duration of the responsibilities. The union.

Article 15 -Financial groups of persons can register their names in the table of participating journalists of the federation.

1. Journalism workers from Syrian Arabs along with a profession, a job or another job.

2. Mandate holders, delegates and subjects outside the landlords and those who are opposed to the public to serve in the press.

3. Workers in the press outside the country are Syrian Arabs.

4. Workers in institutions and the press role in the country and correspondents approved with the approval of the Ministry from a body, press role and non-Syrian Arab media.

Under a requirement to be registered in the table of participating journalists, the conditions provided for in article 6, except in article 6, paragraph 1/above, are required.

Article 16 Working journalists, opponents and subjects outside the owners and shops retain their membership in the Union without the enjoyment of other trade union rights during the period of assignment, secondment or placement outside the owners or placement, provided they perform the financial duties and obligations that they specify. Rules of procedure and financial regulations.

Article 17 The Bureau shall organize membership in the following tables:

1. Table of working journalists

2. Table of dedicated press

3. Table of participants

These tables and the membership decisions of the Office shall be communicated to the Ministry and other relevant bodies and shall be made public at the headquarters and branches of the Federation.

Chapter IV

In the profession.

Article 18A: A citizen of a Syrian Arab citizen or in the form of a citizen whose name is registered in a country should be registered in one of the tables of the Union.

b. The rules of procedure define journalistic nomenclature and how the profession and the boundaries of such practice are practiced for members of each of the three Union tables.

Part two.

Federation bodies, council and office

Chapter I

General Conference

Article 19 The General Conference of the Union is the highest authority and consists of members registered in the table of journalists working exclusively in accordance with the following:
1. Expired members of the Executive Board.

2. Representatives of press units under the provisions of this Act

B The General Conference session will last for five years.

Article 20 A press unit is an electoral unit with a group of members enrolled in the working group of journalists so that there are no fewer than ten members

Press units, whose number of journalists are less than ten members of a single electoral unit, constitute the press units.

The Press Unit shall elect its representatives to the Conference by one representative per ten members and force the number to 10 if it reaches the five and above and shall be disregarded. In all cases, the number of representatives of any unit may not exceed 15 /representatives.

The rules, quality and specifications of the press units shall be determined by the rules of procedure.

Article 21 a The Conference shall be competent to:

1. Election of the Federation Council by secret ballot.

2. Adoption of the policy of the Union and control of its implementation.

3. To discuss the reports submitted by the Board, the results of the implementation of the action plan for the past year, the adoption of the following year plan and the export of the final account for the following year after the report of the Inspector of Accounts and the approval of the following year

4. Withdraw confidence from the members of the Council or from one of them, with the agreement of two thirds of the members of the Conference and in this case elect the Alternative Conference.

5. Dissolve the differences that lie between the Board and the Bureau.

6. Consideration of all matters concerning the affairs of the Union and the profession and the achievement of their objectives.

B The Captain issues the resolutions of the Conference and follows up on their implementation through the Council and the Bureau.

Article 22 -The General Conference shall convene at the invitation of the Captain in the following cases:

1. At an election cycle during the 30/day period from the date of the election of the representatives of the units to the election of the Federation Council.

2. At a regular session and during the first quarter of each year, for the approval of the final accounts, approval of the budget, discussion of annual reports and approval of the action plan.

3. In its extraordinary role, at least one third of the members of the Conference, on the basis of the decision of the Bureau or the Council, or at least one third of the members of the Conference shall be required to specify in that request or

B The General Conference meeting is invited to inform the members in writing and to announce them at the headquarters of the Union and its branches and in local newspapers.

Article 23 The meetings of the Conference shall be chaired by the Captain or his deputy in the event of his absence or the oldest member of the Council present at the election. Members will elect a President, a Vice-President and a Rapporteur whose terms of office will expire at the end of the Conference.

Article 24a The meetings of the Conference shall be considered legal only in the presence of two thirds of its members and, in the event of a quorum, the Conference shall hold its meeting for the second time in fifteen days, and the second meeting shall be legal in the presence of at least 51 % of the members. The date of the second meeting may be determined by invitation First, decisions are made by a majority of the votes of the participants, so if the side of the meeting is likely to be heard.

B - Extraordinary General Conference meetings, at the request of one third of the members, shall be considered legal only in the presence of two thirds of the members of the Conference. If that majority is not available at the meeting, the request for invitation shall be considered null and void.

The invitation will be issued to the competent office in the Qatari leadership of the Arab Socialist Baath Party and the Ministry to nominate a representative for each to attend the meetings of the Conference, at least three days before the meeting.

Chapter II

Federation Council

Article 25 -The Federation Council shall consist of thirty-three members elected by the Conference from among its members by secret ballot and by the relative majority of the members present.

The Council will last for five years.

Article 26 The Board shall be competent to:

1. Election of officers from among its members by secret ballot

2. To adopt and amend the central regulations of the Union, including the accounting and financial system, the exercise system, the professional qualification system, the system of personnel and regulations relating to the funds and activities of the Federation and to issue such regulations by decision of the Minister.

3. To develop the Union Plan of Action and to raise the recommendations in all that would achieve its objectives.

4. To discuss the budget and make recommendations thereon for adoption by the Conference.

5. To propose the enactment of legislation, decrees or decisions that are necessary or related to the profession.

6. Supervision of the activities and work of the Office.

7. Request to invite the Conference to convene a special session.

8. Withdraw confidence from the Bureau or from one of its members with the consent of two thirds of the members of the Council and, in this case, the replacement of the Council.

9. Development of a vocational training and qualification programme

10. Formation of professional and trade union committees and determination of their terms of reference and working system

11. Adoption of projects and investments of Union funds.

b. Captain issues the decisions of the Board and follows up on their implementation through the Bureau

Article 27A. -The Council shall meet at the invitation of the Captain in the following cases:

1. At an election cycle within fifteen days of the date of election of its members from the Conference for the election of the Bureau.

2. In its regular role in the first quarter of each year, to discuss and prepare for the concluding accounts and the preparation of the recommendations thereon, the annual report and a second regular session to be held in the third quarter of each year to discuss the work of the Office and the affairs of the Union.

At a special session on the basis of a decision by the Executive Office or a written request from at least one third of the members of the Council to set out in this request or decision the purpose of the invitation.

B -The meeting of the Council shall be called upon to inform the members in writing and to announce them at the headquarters of the Federation and its branches and in one of the newspapers issued in the capital at least.

Duration 38. The Board's meetings are chaired by the Captain or his deputy in the absence of .

Article 29a The meetings of the Council shall be considered legal only in the presence of two thirds of the members, and if the quorum is not completed, the Council shall be convened for the second time in fifteen days, and the second meeting shall be legal, with 51 % of its members. The second session may be decided by the first invitation and decisions are made by a majority. The voices in attendance are if the side of the meeting is likely to die.

The extraordinary meetings of the Board at the request of its members shall be considered legal only in the presence of two thirds of the members of this Council. If the quorum at the meeting is not concluded, the request for invitation shall be considered null and void.

Article 30 If the status of the members of the Council shall be vacated, the Conference shall elect an alternative to the Conference .

B The Centre is vacant in the following cases.

1. Death

2. Withdrawal of confidence

3. Resignation and acceptance

4. Loss of membership

5. Failure to attend meetings of the Council three consecutive meetings without a written excuse to be accepted by the Council.

Chapter III

Executive Office

Article 31 The Federation is in charge of an office of 11 members

b. Who is a candidate for the Bureau to have spent ten years serving as a member of the Federation

The office will last for five years.

The Bureau shall elect, from among its members, a captain, a deputy, a trustee and a secretary of finance, and it is proposed that two of its members be discharged at the most and issued a full-time decision by the Minister.

Full-time shall retain their full rights to their institutions and the rules of procedure for granting compensation and the basis of the Union shall be determined by the rules of procedure.

The rules of procedure of the Federation define the functioning of the Bureau and the distribution of work among its members.

Article 32 The Office serves as the following:

1. Implementation of Council and General Conference resolutions

2. Working towards the objectives of the Union

3. Labour administration in the Federation

4. Propose the central draft regulations of the Federation

5. Status and presentation of the draft budget to the Board

6. Management and investment of Union funds and property in projects and works approved by the Board

7. Collection of fees, contributions and other financial obligations of the Federation

8. Identify the members of the electoral units and invite them to elect their representatives.

9. Invitation to the Council and the General Conference of IGAD

Organization of Federation tables

11. Designation of representatives of the Federation in the councils and committees in which they participate

To decide on requests for registration in the federation tables in transfer requests from one table to another

13. Proposal to send senior study missions to specialize in journalistic work.

Dispatch and training missions in accordance with the vocational training and qualification programme and concluded agreements

To send press delegations to participate in seminars, trade unions and political conferences held in the framework of Arab, foreign and international press organizations and organizations.

To invite and receive Arab, foreign and international press delegations.

17. The establishment of branches of the Union and the formation of permanent and temporary committees to achieve the objectives of the Union.

To revoke the decisions of the offices of the branches which violate the law or the resolutions of the General Conference or resolutions of the Council or the General Committee.

19. Work to resolve professional disputes between members or between members and their institutions.

20. To participate in all councils and committees formed by media organizations looking into press and media issues and journalists in terms of recruitment, demobilization, upgrading and classification.

21. To appoint employees and users of the union and to determine their wages and compensation or amend them in accordance with the regulations of the Federation. Article 33 The office may delegate some of its competences to the branches of the Union.

Article 34a Captain invites and chairs the Bureau.

B Meetings of the Bureau shall be legal only in the presence of two thirds of its members.

C The decisions of the Bureau shall be made by a majority of the votes of the members present and if the votes are likely to be heard by the Chair.

Article 35 The Captain represents the Union towards others, chairs the meetings of the General Conference, the Board and the Bureau, follows the execution of its decisions and signs the contracts approved by the Bureau and has the right to litigation in the name of the Federation.

In case of his absence, the captain is absent from the captain and enjoys his powers.

The Captain, the Secretary of the Secret Service and the Financial Secretary reside in the Union Centre.

Article 36 If the status of the captain, deputy, secretary or financial secretary becomes vacant, the Bureau shall meet to elect the replacement and the Council shall elect an alternate member at its first meeting.

B A vacancy for three members of the Bureau for any reason on which the Council was invited to elect a replacement within a maximum of thirty days of the vacancy date of the third place shall be vacated.

c. The Centre is vacant in the following cases:

1. Death

2. Resignation and acceptance

3. Loss of membership

4. Withdrawal of confidence

5. Failure to attend meetings of the Bureau five consecutive meetings without a written excuse accepted by the Bureau.

Chapter IV

Federation branch

Article 37a By decision of the bureau, a union branch may be established in each province or more or more than 20 members.

B In the absence of a union branch in the province, the registrars in the federation's tables join the branch in the neighboring province and to you by decision of the office.

Article 38a Each branch office is composed of five members elected from members serving in the branch.

B The Bureau of the Branch shall elect from among its members a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary of the Secretary-General and a Secretary for Finance.

Article 39 The branch offices shall report an image of their decisions to the Bureau within fifteen days of the date of their issuance.

Article 40 The Branch represents the head of the branch office and chairs its meetings and follows up on the implementation of its decisions and the decisions of the Board and the Bureau

B In the absence of his/her deputy, he depuures the head of the office.

C The rules of procedure of the Federation determine the functioning of the branch office and the distribution of works among its members.

Section III

In electing and resolving the bodies, council, office and branch offices of the Federation

Chapter I

Election.

Article 41 The Captain shall invite press units at each branch to elect their representatives to the General Conference on dates specified by the Bureau.

Article 42 A candidate for membership of the General Conference is required to be on the table of journalists employed at least five years ago and no severe disciplinary penalty may be imposed from the Federation unless it has been issued with a two-year decision.

Article 43a The candidature for membership in the General Conference shall be open fifteen days before the date set for the elections and shall continue for five days and shall not be accepted after the expiration of the deadline.

The nomination shall be made under a book submitted by the candidate in particular to the head of the branch office or to the captain and registered in the office of the branch or office.

The Office of the Branch or the Office shall examine applications for nomination, and the head of the branch office or the captain shall declare within three days of the closure of the nomination the names of the candidates accepted for the bulletin board at the Union and Branches Centre.

A candidate whose name has not been declared an objection before the Court of Appeal of the Branch or the Court of Appeal of Damascus within forty-eight hours of the date of the declaration shall be entitled to an objection within twenty-four hours with a decision of the court.

Article 44 The Captain promises to convene the General Conference at an election cycle within 30 days of the date of the completion of the election processes for representatives of all units and shall set the date of the meeting no less than twenty days and no later than thirty days from the date of the invitation.

B The nomination shall be open for membership of the Federation Council for a period of ten days from the date of invitation and shall not accept the application for nomination after the expiration of such period.

C Filtering takes place under a book submitted by the candidate in particular to the Bureau of the Bureau.

d The Office checks the applications for nomination and the captain announces the names of the candidates in which the nomination requirements were available on the bulletin board at the Union headquarters within three days of the closing date of the nomination.

It's ... The candidate whose name was not declared an objection to the Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation shall be entitled to three days from the date of the declaration and the Court shall rule on an objection within three days of a decision concluded.

Article 45 The Captain invites the members of the Federation Council to meet and elect members of the Bureau within fifteen days of the date of election of the Council that the time between the date of invitation and the meeting shall not be less than ten days.

b. The nomination shall be open for office within three days of the date of the invitation to be elected.

The nomination request was submitted by the candidate in particular to the Bureau of the General Committee.

The Captain shall announce the names of candidates who are eligible for nomination within 24 hours of the closure of the nomination at the headquarters of the General Committee.

It's ... The candidate whose name was not declared an objection to the Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation is entitled to the 48/hour declaration of the names of the candidates and the court decides to object within three days of a decision concluded.

Article 46 Election by secret ballot

Article 47 The rules of procedure of the Union determine how the electoral processes and procedures are functioning and the results are announced.

Chapter II

Resolving the General Conference, its office and branch offices

Article 48 By decision of the Council of Ministers, the General Conference, the Federation Council or its Bureau may be dissolved in the event that any of them deviate from their functions and objectives and the decision is not subject to any method of review or appeal.

Article 49A In case of dissolution of the Federation Council or the Bureau, the Prime Minister shall invite the Conference General Within fifteen days of the dissolution decision to elect a new council and office in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

B In the event that the General Conference is dissolved or not invited to meet during the period mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the decision of the President of the Council of Ministers is called a temporary office of the Union in accordance with the provisions of this Law, exercising the terms of reference of the Bureau and the Council .

C Within a week, the Union's interim office will appoint branch office members and invite units to elect their representatives to the General Conference and to convene the conference in a new election cycle within a period of not exceeding three months and to complete the election of a new council and office.

d Temporarily performs the functions of the General Conference and exercises the powers set out in this Act by the total number of members of the Union temporary and branch offices concerned.

Section IV

Rights, duties and penalties

Chapter I

In rights and duties

Article 50 It has the right to obtain news, information and statistics from its sources and has the right to publish it. It may not be forced to publish its sources of information, all of which are within the limits of the law.

B The Union shall defend the rights of its members with respect to or because of the practice of the profession .

Article 51 The right to vote and to run in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall have the right to vote without .

Article 52 A working journalist and a dedicated journalist shall benefit exclusively from all the professional and social rights and services offered by the Union to its members.

B The office determines the rights and trade union services to which the participating journalist benefits

Article 53A journalist should:

1. Commitment to the objectives of the Federation provided for in this Act.

Maintain the secrets of the profession.

3. Respect for copyright, translation and publishing.

4. Failure to do any work contrary to the duties, honour or traditions of the profession

B Every contravention of duties and obligations provided for in this Act or in the rules of procedure shall be subject to disciplinary sanctions.

Chapter II

Disciplinary sanctions

Article 54 Punpunishable. d Every member, dedicated or participant who is out of the objectives of the Federation or without a duty or obligation under the provisions of this Act shall be bound by one of the following penalties:

A Light penalties

1. Verbal or written caveat

2. Alarm

3. Deprivation of facilities and features enjoyed by members of the whole or some of them for a period not exceeding six months

Heavy penalties.

1. Prevention from practising for a period not exceeding three months.

2. Write-off for a period not exceeding six months

3. Final removal from the Union table

Article 55. The prohibition of a member of the profession entails his failure to carry out any of her work and to deprive him of compensation for journalists during the period of prevention.

The temporary write-off shall prevent the member from practising and exclude his or her name from the table during the period of the write-off and denial of compensation to journalists during the temporary write-off, and does not account for such a period of press service.

(c) The final write-off shall exclude the name from the table and the ban from the profession for final occupation. If the punishment for such punishment is from the employees of a public office, it shall be converted into non-press work after the decision to write the write-off is acquired.

Books may be based on the author's request that the written member be redeemed a final name after two years on the date of acquisition of the decision to write off the categoric degree

Rule 56 Light penalties are imposed by a decision of the Bureau and severe penalties are imposed by a decision of the Disciplinary Board, which is made under the provisions of this Act.

Article 57a By decision of the Minister of Information, the Disciplinary Board shall be composed as follows:

1. Judge at the rank of adviser designated by the Minister of Justice-as President

Two members of the Bureau designated by the Bureau as its decision

Two experienced workers named by the Minister

B The Disciplinary Board holds its sessions at the headquarters of the Bureau

Article 58 The sergeant has the right to file a disciplinary case on the basis of a complaint or written communication and on the basis of the decision of the Bureau.

B A disciplinary case may be established only after a statement from the member of the captain is heard by the captain or his or her assignment, unless the member has failed to attend despite his call for assets.

Article 59 The Office investigates the complaint of a disciplinary case.

B -Then. The result of the investigation shows that the penalty for the action attributed to the person is one of the light penalties for which the case is administered by the Office.

c. If the result of the investigation indicates that the penalty of action attributed to the offence is one of the severe penalties, the Office shall transmit the case to the Disciplinary Board by the Captain.

Article 60 -The Disciplinary Board shall dismiss the case referred to it after the invitation of the complainants, including assets and the meetings of the Board shall be confidential.

B The apricot has to attend to himself and has to use one of his colleagues or a lawyer to defend him.

C The judgement of the Disciplinary Board is issued.

Article 61 To the Disciplinary Board, pardon or at the request of one of the parties to the complaint that the hearing of witnesses should be decided upon to be invited as assets.

B If a witness fails to attend, the prosecution issues a subpowarrant for him at the request of the Disciplinary Board and, if he or she is present and prevents the performance of the certificate or witnessed a false testimony, the prosecution is required to perform the legal action against him in accordance with the rules of procedure used in that regard.

Article 62 To the scene, he is required to ask the Court of Appeal of Damascus to answer the President and members or one of them for the reasons laid down in the law on the response of the judges.

B The Appeals Tribunal shall separate the application for restitution in accordance with the due process of the restitution of judges in the chamber of study with a decision concluded.

C If a decision is issued in response, the applicant shall designate the alternative

Article 63. The captain shall refer to the Disciplinary Board the sentence of a worker, a worker or a sentenced participant who is sentenced to a criminal penalty or a sentence of imprisonment for a heinous crime.

Article 64a The decision of the Disciplinary Board to impose one of the severe penalties shall be subject to the appeal in cassation with the Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation within thirty days of the day after the date of the notification of assets, in accordance with the due process of appeal against the rulings of the Civil Appeals Tribunal.

b. Other Disciplinary Board decisions are in place.

Section V

Financial

Article 65. The Union has an estimated annual budget and a closing account.

Rule 66 The financial year of the union begins on the first day of January and ends at the end of the month of December every year.

Rule 67 -Union imports consist of:

1. Affiliation fees and transition from one table to another and re-registration.

2. Monthly contributions

3. Press card fee

4. State subsidies

5. Donations, donations and wills approved by the Prime Minister

6. Rent and investments of Union funds

7. Other resources established by law

8. A proportion of the fees paid by the writer in the press, radio and television and determined by decision of the Minister based on the proposal of the Bureau.

Rule 68 Specifies the financial fees and obligations set out in the preceding article and how they are met in the rules of procedure and financial regulations.

Article 69. The office shall exempt the unemployed journalist from the subscription fee for a period determined by his or her decision.

Article 70 The General Committee shall establish the budget for the next financial year of the Union, including the appropriations for the funds, and submit them to the Council for discussion and recommendations for approval by the General Conference.

Article 7a Union funds and property are exempt from all taxes, fees, financial stamps, the municipality and others.

B - With the retention of legally prescribed privilege rights, the headquarters, branches, movable and immovable property should not be booked. .

Union funds shall be considered public funds only in the exclusive application of economic sanctions law.

Article 772 In public authorities, departmental accountants shall deduced the amounts owed to the Union under the provisions of this Act and transfer them directly to the Union account.

Section VI

General provisions

Article 737 The membership of journalists in the Union shall be reorganized in accordance with the provisions of this Act, according to the specific schedule of the membership and the membership of the armed forces volunteers shall terminate on the Confederation's tables on the date of the entry into force of this Act.

Article 774 Exception from the provisions of paragraphs (a) From Article 36/of Act No. 1 of 1985, the Minister may assign a number of employees of media organizations to work in the Union upon the proposal of the Bureau and the delegates retain their full rights to their institutions.

Rule 75 Legislative Decree No. 58 /1974 is repealed and all provisions in contravention of this Act are repealed.

Article 767 This Act is published in the Official Gazette and operates on the date of its promulgation.

Damascus at/17-6-1410 A.H. 14-1-1990 M

President

Hafez al-Assad

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