6.2 Press Council

The Council's character (the Press Council Act 2048): the statutory-but-press-led body (the co-regulation's flagship (the self-regulation's institutionalisation (the world's press-council model's Nepal member))). 6.2.1 Composition of Press Council and Its Powers and Functions The composition: the Chairman (the distinguished-journalist/justice-type tradition (the government's appointment face (the autonomy's perennial question))); the members (the editors'- publishers'-journalists'-and-the-institutions' representatives (the working-journalists' associations (the press's internal voice)) + the government's-and-the-academia's faces). The powers-and- functions (the exam's list): 1. The code's enforcement (the journalists'-ethics (the 6.2.2's depth)). 2. The complaints' adjudication (the public's grievances (the media-vs-the-citizen disputes (the 6.2.3's sanctions))). 3. The press-freedom's promotion (the violations'-monitoring (the censorship-and- harassment's recording (the government's excess's criticism face))). 4. The registration-and-recognition faces (the press's classification (the journalists'- identity (the press-pass's world))). 5. The research-and-development (the media-studies (the annual-report's public- record (the press's state-of-the-nation))). 6.2.2 Code of Conduct of Journalists The Council's Code (the Code of Journalistic Conduct (the 2074-revision's modern face)): The core duties: the truth-and-accuracy (the fact's verification (the error's correction)); the independence (the interests'-disclosure (the bribes-and-favours' bar)); the fairness (the right-of-reply (the subject's side (the hearing's discipline))); the privacy's respect (the private-grief's restraint (the U2.4's application)); the identification's discipline (the victim-protection (the sexual-offence victims'-and-juveniles' non-identification (the LAW5607-U5's companion ethics)); the presumption- of-innocence (the accused-not-the-convicted (the U4's sub-judice application))); the plagiarism's bar (the source's credit (the U5's ethics face));…