PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance, Stockholm (1810)

Source: Kong. Maj:ts Och Riksens Ständers Faststälde Tryckfrihets-Förordning; Dat. Stockholm den 9 Martii 1810. Cum Gratia & Privilegio S:æ R:æ Maj:tis. STOCKHOLM, Tryckt i Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1810.

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Swedish Freedom of the Press Ordinance, Stockholm (1810), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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If the Committee approves the confiscation, the Supreme Court may, if deemed reasonable, grant such confiscation, and it shall remain in effect until the conclusion of the trial. If the Committee rejects the confiscation, but the Supreme Court still finds it warranted, the decision of the Supreme Court shall not be enforced, but shall be referred to the final decision of the Supreme Court. The Justice Ombudsman of the Estates of the Realm may, upon receiving notice of such a case being referred, oversee it, and it shall be his duty promptly to send the minutes and decisions of the Supreme Court in the case to the press at public expense, in the event that a private publisher cannot be obtained.

When the lower court has completed the examination in the principal matter, it shall be immediately sent, along with its opinion on the case in those instances where the lower court's decision is to be followed according to the law, to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court shall then promptly request the opinion of the Freedom of the Press Committee to which all documents related to the case shall be submitted. The Committee's opinion, based on the reasons stated, shall include a specific statement, not only on whether prosecution for the publication of the document should proceed, but also on whether the edition should be sequestered and prohibited from further distribution. Additionally, the Committee's response shall indicate whether the disclosure of the author's name should be imposed on the printer. If the publication addresses theological matters, the Supreme Court shall also request an opinion on the subject from the Cathedral Chapter in the locality where the publication originated, and in Stockholm, from the City Consistory. Thereafter, the Supreme Court shall issue its judgment. In cases related to the disclosure of the author's name, which may only be demanded from the printer before the Supreme Court when the matter is considered extremely serious or when the printer is found to have such limited means that fines exceeding sixteen Riksdalers and thirty-two Skillingars must be converted into imprisonment, the Supreme Court shall consider that the disclosure of the author's name, which may only be demanded before the Supreme Court, shall only be recommended when the Supreme Court, following an investigation of the case, finds it to be of the utmost gravity or when the printer is deemed to have such limited means that fines exceeding sixteen Riksdalers and thirty-two Skillingars must be converted into imprisonment. If the Supreme Court's judgment differs from the opinion of the Freedom of the Press Committee, it shall not be enforced but shall be referred to the Supreme Court, and it shall proceed as previously stated regarding confiscation. If the Supreme Court's judgment agrees in all respects with the opinion of the Freedom of the Press Committee, and

 



    


qwarstads beläggande, må Hof-Rätten, der så skäligt pröfwas, efter Utslag, en sådan qwarstad bifalla, och stånde den då fast intil Rättegångens slut. Har Tryckfrihets-Commitéen afstyrkt qwarstad, men Hof-Rätten ändå finner den böra äga rum, då må Hof-Rättens Utslag ej i werkställighet gå, utan underställes Högsta Domstolens afgörande. Riksens Ständers Justitiæ-Ombudsman äge, at, efter erhållen underrättelse, då sådant mål til öfwerläggning förekommer, derwid öfwerwara; hwarefter honom åligge at Högsta Domstolens Protocoll och Utslag i målet genast til trycket befordra på publik bekostnad, i händelse enskild Förläggare ej skulle erhållas.

Då Under Rätt i hufwudsaken undersökning fulländat, warde den, jemte des utlåtande öfwer målet i de fall, då Under-Rätts Utslag, enligt Lag, följa bör, genast til Swea Hof-Rätt insänd. Hof-Rätten åligge då, at ofördröjligen af Tryckfrihets-Commitéen, åt hwilken alla til målet hörande Handlingar meddelas skola, infordra des betänkande, som, uppå anförda skäl bör innehålla bestämdt utlåtande, ej mindre, om answar för Skriftens utgifwande äger rum, än om Uplagan bör sequestreras  och til utspridande förbjudas, samt desutom innefatta Commitéens  yttrande, huruwida upgift af Författarens namn bör kunna Boktryckaren åläggas. Afhandlar Skriften Theologiskt ämne, infordre Hof-Rätten jemwäl yttrande deröfwer af Dom-Capitlet i den ort, der Skriften utkommit, och i Stockholm af Stads-Consistorium.  Derefter döme Hof-Rätten, som, hwad den sistnämda omständigheten beträffar, har at iakttaga, det upgiften af Författarens namn, hwilken ej annorstädes än hos Hof-Rätten fordras må, skal wid intet annat tilfälle kunna anbefallas, än då Hof-Rätten, efter målets utredande, finner detta wara af urbota beskaffenhet, eller Boktryckaren pröfwas äga den ringa förmögenhet, at böterne, då de öfwerstiga Sexton Riksdaler Tretiotwå Skillingar, måste i fängelsestraff förwandlas. Skiljer sig Hof-Rättens Dom från Tryckfrihets-Commitéens yttrande, gånge den icke i werkställighet, utan hänskjutes til Högsta Domstolen och förfares dermed widare, som här ofwan, i fråga om qwarstad, sagdt är. Instämmer Hof-Rättens Dom til alla delar med Tryckfrihets-Commitéens utlåtande, och

 



    


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