Berner Amtsanzeiger become more entertaining
In the future, the official gazettes of the Canton of Bern will allow for entertaining content such as recipes or crossword puzzles. In doing so, the Grand Council’s preliminary review committee has softened the wording of an ill-formulated section of the law.
The municipal law, which regulates the gazette system among other things, was already a topic of discussion in the Bernese cantonal parliament in the January session. It struggled with the question of whether the official gazettes should be allowed to publish editorial articles in future. In the end, the ban was upheld. However, the parliament demanded that the relevant section of the law be reworded. The wording went far beyond the target, so that even crossword puzzles or similar entertaining articles would no longer be permitted in future.
The commission has now adopted this new wording, as can be seen from a communication from the cantonal parliament on Friday. For the second reading of the law in March, it is now proposing that editorially prepared, opinion-forming texts and comments are not permitted in the non-official section of the gazette. Other text contributions and advertisements that endanger public peace and order and are discriminatory or immoral are also prohibited. Entertaining articles such as crossword puzzles, cartoons, event information, leisure tips or publicity reports are expressly permitted in the non-official section.
The commission has now adopted this new wording, as can be seen from a communication from the cantonal parliament on Friday. For the second reading of the law in March, it is now proposing that editorially prepared, opinion-forming texts and comments are not permitted in the non-official section of the gazette. Other text contributions and advertisements that endanger public peace and order and are discriminatory or immoral are also prohibited. Entertaining articles such as crossword puzzles, cartoons, event information, leisure tips or publicity reports are expressly permitted in the non-official section.
