Under article 23 of the law on the press and publishing, it is prohibited to circulate registered publications without the prior written approval of the Department.
It is prohibited to show any film or make a reference to a film, or screen a commercial in cinemas before it is licensed by the Committee for Motion Picture Control and Registered Publications.
A digest of all
registered publications described in line with international standards (about 2,500 items registered and described so far) is intended to be published in January 2016.
The percentage of growth for
registered publications over the previous year was 6.25 per cent.
In all, there are 28,500
registered publications, with a cumulative circulation of over 68 million, catering to 140 million readers.
The total number of
registered publications of this kind is 1,190.