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1 Political Constitution of the State, Article 7, section b), whose text was sanctioned by Law 1615 of February 6, 1995, based on Law 1585 of August 12, 1994.

2 Ibid. Article 15.

3Ibid. Article 112, sections 3 and 6.

4Printing Law of January 19, 1925 contains the provisions of the Bylaws of July 17, 1920.

5 Article 1 of Law 494 of December 29, 1979.

6 Ibid. Article 6.

7 Printing Law, Article 1, supra.

8 Ibid. Article 2.

9 Ibid. Article 6.

10 Ibid. Article 7.

11 Fundamental Laws of the Journalist, Article 1, effective May 9, 1984.

12 Ibid. Article 2.

13 Ibid. Article 3.

14 Ibid. Article 6.

15 Ibid. Article 7.

16 Ibid. Article 8.

17 Ibid. Article 9.

18 Ibid. Article 10.

19 Ibid. Article 11.

20 Ibid. Article 12.

21 Ibid. Article 13.

22 Ibid. Article 17.

23 Ibid. Article 18.

24 Ibid. Article 19.

25 Ibid. Article 20.

26 Ibid. Article 25.

27 Ibid. Article 26.

28 Ibid. Article 27.

29 Ibid. Article 28.

30 Ibid. Article 29.

31 Ibid. Article 30.

32 Ibid. Article 31.

33 Ibid. Article 32.

34 Ibid. Article 34.

35 Ibid. Article 35.

36 Ibid. Article 36.

37 Ibid. Article 37.

38 Ibid. Article 38.

39 Ibid. Article 39.

40 Ibid. Article 40.

41 Ibid. Article 41.

42 Ibid. Article 42.

43 Ibid. Article 43.

44 Ibid. Article 44.

45 Ibid. Article 45.

46 Ibid. Article 46.

47 Ibid. Article 47.

48 Article 37 of Law No. 1632 entitled Telecommunications Law. This law permits public officials to tap telephone connections and listen to the conversations.

49 Article 228 of the Political Constitution of the State.

50 See Articles 2, 6, 8, and 27 to 31 of the Printing Law.

51 Ibid. Article 28.

52 Ibid. Article 29.

53 Ibid. Article 30.

54 Ibid. Article 31.

55 Article 1 of Law 494 of December 29, 1979.

56 Ibid. Article 2.

57 It should read Federation of Press Workers of Bolivia.

58 Ibid. Article 3.

59 Ibid. Article 4.

60 Ibid. Article 5.

61 Ibid. Article 6.

62 Ibid. Article 7.

63 Ibid. Article 8.

64 Article 27 of the Fundamental Laws of the Journalist. See Footnote 36, Supra.

65 Article 7 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

66 Article 282 of the Penal Code.

67 Ibid. Article 283.

68 Ibid. Article 284.

69 Ibid. Article 285.

70 Ibid. Article 286.

71 Ibid. Article 287.

72 Ibid. Article 288.

73 Ibid. Article 289.

74 Ibid. Article 290.

75 Article 31 of the Printing Law.

76 Ibid. Articles 2, 6, 7, 13, 15, 18, 27 and 28.

77 Ibid. Article 28.

78 Ibid. Article 10.

79 Ibid. Article 11.

80 Ibid. Article 12.

81 Ibid. Article 13.

82 Ibid. Article 14.

83 Ibid. Article 15.

84 Ibid. Article 16.

85 Ibid. Article 17.

86 Ibid. Article 18.

87 Ibid. Article 19.

88 Ibid. Article 20.

89 Ibid. Article 28.

90 Ibid. Article 29.

91 Article 296 of the Penal Code.

92 Article 16 of the Civil Code. Through Decree No. 12,760 of August 6, 1975, the Civil Code was approved as Law of the Republic, effective April 2, 1976.

93 Ibid. Article 17.

94 Ibid. Article 18.

95 Article 6 of the Political Constitution of the State.

96 Article 11 of the Code of the Minor. This Code was promulgated via Law No. 1403 of December 18, 1992.

97 Article 2 of Supreme Decree No. 23,469 of April 7, 1993.

98 Article 239, section 5, of the Criminal Procedure Code.

99 Electoral Law No. 12,146 of July 5, 1991, regulated by Reform Law No. 1453 of February 15, 1993.

100 Ibid. Article 102.

101 Article 62 of the Printing Law.

102 Article 162 of the Penal Code.

103 Ibid. Section 2.

104 Article 14 of the Printing Law.

105 Ibid. Article 8.

106 Article 14 of the Printing Law.

107 See Footnote 28, supra, regarding the Conscience Clause.

108 See Footnote 29, Supra.

109 Article 9 of the Fundamental Laws of the Journalist.

110 See Article 10 of the Fundamental Laws of the Journalist.

111 Ibid. Article 20.

112 Ibid. Article 21.

113 Ibid. Article 22.

114 Ibid. Article 23.

115 Ibid. Article 24.

116 Article 1 of Law 1322 of April 13, 1992.

117 Ibid. Article 9.

118 Ibid. Article 20.

119 Ibid. Article 57.

120 Ibid. Article 70.

121 Article 3 of the Printing Law.

122 Ibid. Article 4.

123 Article 1 of Supreme Decree of May 14, 1957.

124 Ibid. Article 5.

125 Article 33 of the Printing Law.

126 Article 65 of Supreme Decree 09740 of the General Telecommunications Law.

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