“journalist” means a person who gathers, collects, edits or prepares news, stories and
materials for the office of a mass media and is connected with it by reason of his
employment and includes freelance journalist;
“mass communication” means messages intended for an unlimited range of persons;
“mass media products” means any advertisement, the total print or part of the total print of
a separate issue of a periodically printed publication, a separate issue of a teletext
programme, the total data or part of the data of any electronically transmitted material,
or audio or video recorded programme;
“periodically printed publication” means a regular newspaper, magazine or journal, bulletin
or any other publication with a constant name.
63 Application of Part XI
This Part shall apply to all mass media owners in Zimbabwe and foreign mass media that
disseminate mass media products in Zimbabwe.
64 Abuse of freedom of expression
(1) Any person accredited or organisation registered in terms of this Act shall not make
use, by any means, of a mass media service for the purposes of—
(a) committing a criminal offence; or
(b) contravening the provisions of the Official Secrets Act [Chapter 11:09]; or
(c) contravening section sixty-one, seventy-nine, eighty-six (by failing to publish a
correction as required by that section) or eighty-nine (by failing to publish a reply as
required by that section); or
(d) knowingly publishing a false record of personal information.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding
two years.
65 Restriction on ownership of mass media service
(1) The following persons and bodies may not be mass media owners—
(a) any individual who is not a citizen of Zimbabwe or any body corporate in which a
controlling interest is not held, directly or indirectly, whether through any individual,
company or association or otherwise, by one or more individuals who are citizens of
Zimbabwe;
(b) an association of persons or an organisation whose activity is banned or prohibited by
law; or
(c) any person who is insolvent or bankrupt under a law in force in Zimbabwe or any
other country, and has not been rehabilitated or discharged.
(2) No person other than—
(a) a citizen of Zimbabwe or person who is regarded as permanently resident in Zimbabwe
by virtue of the Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02]; or

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