GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Office of the Collector, North Goa District

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Order

No. MCMC/General Election 2022/Misc/01

Sub : Media Monitoring & Certification

Whereas that the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India,

by its interim order dated 02-04-2004 passed in SLP

(Civil) No. 6679/2004 (Ministry of Information and

Broadcasting V/s M/s. Gemini TV and others), in

substitution of the order under challenge, had

directed as under:

a) No cable operator or TV channel shall telecast

any advertisement, which does not conform to

the law of the country and which offends the

morality, decency and susceptibility of views or

which is shocking, disgusting and revolting;

b) The telecast during the operation of the Model

Code of Conduct shall be monitored by the

Election Commission of India;

c) The question as to whether the expenditure

incurred by the candidate on inserting such

advertisement should or should not be included,

shall be considered by the committee to be

appointed in this regard; and

d) The Election Commission of India shall lay down

the modalities whether such advertisements are

in conformity with law.

In order to preview, scrutinize and verify all

advertisements by individual contesting candidates

or political parties or organization/association,

before it is inserted in the electronic media, in terms

of Hon’ble Supreme Court Order dated 13th April,

2004 in SLP (Civil) No. 6679/2004 and ECI’s

subsequent Order No. 509/75/2004/JS.-I dated 15th

April, 2004, a Media Certification and Monitoring

Panaji, 12th January, 2022 (Pausa 22, 1943)

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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023

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Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected]

Committee (MCMC) of North Goa District has been

constituted by the District Magistrate and District

Election Officer, North Goa District, vide Order No.

5-16-2021/ELN/Main/58 dated 08-01-2022 for the

purpose of previewing, scrutinizing and verifying

all advertisements by individual contesting

candidates or political parties or organization/

/association, before it is inserted in the electronic

media.

Every registered Nation and State, Political

Party and every contesting candidate proposing to

issue advertisements on Print Media/Electronic

Media/Social Media and Television Channels

will have to apply for pre-certification of

advertisements to the Media Certification and

Monitoring Committee (MCMC) of North Goa

District in Annexure “A” (Application for Certifi-

cation of Advertisement) not later than 3 days prior

to the date of the proposed commencement of the

telecast of such advertisement. In case of any other

person or unregistered political parties, they have

to apply in writing in Annexure “A” to the MCMC

not later than 7 days prior to the date of the

telecast. Such application shall be accompanied

by two copies of the proposed advertisement in

electronic form along with the duly attested

transcript thereof. In case of earlier, the application

shall be shall be disposed within 3 days of its

receipt.

The application for certification shall contain

following details:

I. The cost of production of the advertisement.

II. The approximate cost of the proposed

telecast of such advertisement on a

television channel or cable network with

the break-up of number of insertions and

rate proposed to be charges for each such

insertion.

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III. It shall also contain a statement whether the

advertisement inserted is for the benefit of

the prospects of the election of a

candidate(s)/parties.

IV. If the advertisement is issued by any person

other than a political party or a candidate,

that person shall state on oath that it is not

for the benefit of the political party or a

candidate and that the said advertisement

has not been sponsored or commissioned or

paid for by any political party or a candidate.

V. The political party or candidate has to state

on which social media platform/whatsapp/

bulk sms he intends to utilize for advertising,

if any of this platforms are going to be utilized.

VI. A statement that all the payments shall be

made by way of cheque or demand draft.

The MCMC will scrutinize the applications

received and if the committee is of the opinion that

the proposed advertisement is fit for telecast as per

the guidelines prescribed by the Hon’ble Supreme

Court of India, then the committee shall issue the

certificate of advertisement for telecast in Annexure

“B”, After obtaining the certificate in Annexure “B”,

the applicant shall produce the same before the

print media/Social media for telecasting the

proposed advertisement.

All the Editors of Print media/electronic media/

/social media and Television Channels are hereby

informed to insist on certification in Annexure “B”

issued by the Media Certification and Monitoring

Committee (MCMC) before telecasting or publis-

hing any advertisement from any individual and

daily report of such advertisement shall be

submitted to the Nodal Officer MCMC, North Goa

on email ID: [email protected] as per

enclosed format Annexure “C”.

Panaji, 11th January, 2022.—The District

Magistrate & DEO, North Goa District, Ajit Roy, IAS.

ANNEXURE-A

Application for Certification of Advertisement

(i)

Name and full address of the applicant:

(ii)

Whether the advertisement is by a political party/

/contesting candidate/any other person/group of

persons/ association/ organization/Trust (give the

name):

(iii)

(a) In case of political party, the status of the

party (whether recognized National/State/

unrecognized party):

(b) In case of the candidate, name of the

Assembly constituency from where contesting:

(iv)

Address of Headquarters of political party/group

or body of persons/association/organization/Trust:

(v)

Channels/Cable networks/Print Media/Social

Media on which the advertisement is proposed to

be telecast:

(vi)

(a) Is the advertisement for the benefit of prospects

of election of any candidate(s):

(b) If so, give the name(s) of such candidate(s)

with full address and name(s) of constituency

(ies):

(vii)

Date of submission of the advertisement:

(viii)

Language(s) used in the advertisement

(advertisement is to be submitted with two copies

in electronic form along with a duly attested

transcript):

(ix)

Title of advertisement:

(x)

Cost of production of the advertisement:

(xi)

Approximate cost of proposed telecast with the

break up of number of insertions and rate

proposed for each such insertion.

(xii)

Total expenditure involved (in Rupees).

I Shri/Smt. ___________________________ s/o d/o w/o,

_________________________________ (full address)

_________________________________, undertake that all

payments related to the production and telecast of this

advertisement will be made by way of cheque/demand

draft.

Place:

Date:

Signature of the applicant

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(Applicable for advertisement by a person/persons, other

than a political party or a candidate)

I, Shri/Smt. ____________________________, s/o, d/o, w/o

________________________________, (full address)

__________________________, hereby state and affirm that

the advertisement(s) submitted herewith is not for the

benefit of any political party or any candidate and that

this advertisement(s) has/have not been sponsored/

/commissioned or paid for by any political party or a

candidate.

Place:

Date:

Signature of applicant

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Encl.:- Two copies in electronic form alongwith duly attested transcript.

ANNEXURE-B

Certification of advertisement for telecast

Name and address of the applicant/ Political Party candidates/Person/Group

of Persons/Association/Organization Trust

Title of Advertisement

Types of Advertisements & Duration

Language (s) used in advertisement

Date of submission of advertisement

Date of Certification of Telecast

Channel on which Advertisement to be telecasted

Total Expenditure

Certified that the above advertisement is fit for telecast as per guidelines prescribed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court

of India.

ANNEXURE-C

FORMAT

Name of the Print/Electronic Media House: Date:

Sr.

Name of the Political party

Authority from whom

Duration of Broadcast/

Cost of the said

No.

or candidate by whom advertise-

approval/permission has

/dimension of advertise-

ment has been given

been obtained by the

ment in case print media

political party/candidate

______________________________

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