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(1450-1900)

Swedish Ordinance on the Limitation of Terms of Protection, Stockholm (1841)

Source: Swensk Författnings-Samling, No. 71, 1841. Kongl. Maj:ts och Riksens Ständers faststälde Tryckfrihets-förordning; Dat. Örebro den 16 Julii 1812. Med de derefter, och sist wid Riksdagen i Stockholm åren 1840 och 1841, af Konungens och Riksens Ständer antagna förändringar. National Archives of Sweden.

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Swedish Ordinance on the Limitation of Terms of Protection, Stockholm (1841), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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The Court of Appeals shall immediately request the opinion of the Freedom of the Press Committee. If the committee approves the seizure, the Court of Appeals, when there are strong reasons to do so, may confirm such a seizure, which shall then remain in effect until the end of the trial. If the Freedom of the Press Committee rejects the seizure but the Court of Appeals nevertheless finds it justified, the decision of the Court of Appeals shall not be executed, but shall be submitted to the Supreme Court for final determination. The Justice Ombudsman of the Estates of the Realm shall be informed as soon as such a case is submitted for review, and it shall be their responsibility to expedite the proceedings and the decisions of the Supreme Court, at the public expense, in the event that a private publisher cannot be found.

 

9. The case shall be examined and determined by the Lower Court, and the judge shall submit their decision for review by the Court of Appeals, as prescribed in Chapter 25, Section 5 of the Code of Judicial Procedure. In any case, the documents in freedom of the press cases shall be sent for review by the Court of Appeals by the Lower Court.

 

10. If the accused writing, according to the prosecutor's claim, is of such a criminal nature that it warrants severe punishment, and the author of the writing belongs to a class that, according to the law and regulations, can only be judged for such a crime in the Court of Appeals, the Lower Court, after the name label has been opened, shall then refer the matter to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings, in accordance with the provisions of this Freedom of the Press Act.

 

11. If individuals are attacked in writings that have been published, whether it is one person or several, and this is not done as part of their official duties, only the aggrieved parties may bring a lawsuit, or a public prosecutor appointed for the purpose may bring such a case to trial. However, the aggrieved parties are not prevented from requesting the assistance of the Crown's prosecutor in the legal proceedings, and it is within the authority of the Chancellor of Justice to grant such requests upon reconsideration; however, the absence or failure of such a prosecutor shall not delay the proceedings and resolution of the case in court.

 



    


uppehåll till Hof-Rätten insändas. Hof-Rättan bör genast deöfwer infordra Tryckfrihets-Kommitteens utlåtande. Tillstyrker denna qwarstads beläggande, må Hof-Rätten, der så skälligt pröfwas, efter Utslag, en sådan qwarstad bifalla, och stånde den så fast intill Rättegångens slut. Har Tryckfrihets-Kommitteen afstyrkt qwarstad, men Hof¨Rätten ändock finner den äga rum, då må Hof-Rättens Utslag ej i werkställighet gå, utan underställes Högsta Domstolens afgörande. Riksens Ständers Justitie-Ombudsmand äge, att, efter erhållen underrättelse, då sådant mål till öfwerläggning, förekommer, derwid tillstädes wara; Hwarefter honom åligge, att Högsta Domstolens Protokoll och Utslag i målet genast till trycket befordra, på publik bekostnad, i händelse enskild Förläggare ej skulle erhållas.

9:o Wid Under-Rätt pröfwe och afgöre Domaren saken, men underställe sitt Utslag Hof-Rättens pröfning, på sätt 25 Kap. 5 § Rättegångs-Balken bjuder, men i alla fall skole Handlingarne uti Tryckfrihets-mål underställnings-wis af Under-Rätt till Hof-Rätten insändas.

 

10:o Är åklagad Skrift, efter Åklagarens påstående, af så brottdlig beskaffenhet, att urbota bestraffning derå följa bör, och Skriftens Författare hörer till det Stånd, att, efter Lag of Författningar, han endast i Hof-Rätt för dylikt brott dömas kan, förwise då Under-Rätt, der Namnsedeln blifwit öppnad, saken till Hof-Rättens handläggning, hwarefter med densamma widare förfares, såsom denna Tryckfrihets-Lag föreskrifwer.

 

11:o Angripas, uti af trycket utkomna Skrifter, enskilde personer, en eller flere, och det ej sker i och för deras Embete, derom må ej annor än rätter målsägande kära, ej eller må tillförordnad publik Aktor någonsin sådant i sitt färomål upptaga och åklaga. Målgäganden ware likwäl obetaget, att hos Justitie-Canzlers-Embetet begära bitrade i Rättegången af Kronans Ombud, och må på Justitie-Canzlerens eget ompröfwande ankomma, att härtill bifall lemna; dock kan sådan Aktors frånwaro eller uteblifwande icke uppehålla målets

 



    


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