Bernama Act 1967 · 1990 Revised Edition · Part V · Part V—General.
Bernama Act 1967 · 1990 Revised Edition · Part V · Part V—General.
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Notwithstanding any arrangements which
Bernama may enter into or make for the reception and distribution of international news, subscribers to
‘Bernama shall be guaranteed the right, on request and
[Pt. V, S. 21-24]
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on terms in regard to payment to be decided by the
Board, to receive through Bernama the full service supplied to Bernama by any international news agency or agencies.
Arrangements for news collection and dis-tribution made by Bernama shall be without prejudice to the right of newspaper subscribers to make their own independent arrangements for news coverage by their own correspondents.
In subsection (2), “correspondents” include editorial staff of a newspaper and any person who writes or supplies news for a fee either as a part-time or whole-time occupation.