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The Republic and Canton of Jura authorizes the official publication of a Gazette.

Only one Gazette shall be recognized for the Canton.

The Gazette is a publication medium whose neutral stance regarding religious and political matters must be preserved. Commercial advertising is permitted therein.

**1. Leasing of the Official Gazette**

The leasing of the Official Gazette is put up for tender by the State Chancellery. The Government determines the conditions.

Negotiations with the lessees are conducted by the State Chancellery. The contract is submitted for ratification by the Government.

A public tender process may be waived in the event of the renewal of a contract upon the expiration of the lease term.

In the event of a dispute between the publisher of the Gazette and its advertisers, the State Chancellor attempts to reconcile the parties. In case of failure, the Administrative Court decides.

The Official Gazette published in the Canton is deemed official upon the sanction, by the Government, of the provisions that govern it.

The Official Gazette is placed under the supervision of the Department of Justice and Interior through its Municipal Services.

Publications, notifications, and public notices provided for by the Swiss Civil Code, the Code of Obligations, the law on the introduction of the Swiss Civil Code, as well as those by the authorities, may be made by insertion in the Feuille d'Avis (Official Gazette).

Municipal authorities may publish the convocations and excerpts of their assemblies' deliberations as well as major projects in accordance with Article 68 of the Constitution.

Official state publications are inserted free of charge in the Gazette, except for

1. Publications made by the State in the exercise of private law functions or in connection with legal acts of the same nature (such as wood sales at auctions, leasing and sales tenders, prohibitions as property owner, etc.);

2. Publications for which the State can pass on the costs to third parties (such as concessions and authorizations in hydraulic matters, name changes, emancipations, etc.);

3. Publications for which the State charges a fixed fee that includes publication costs (such as the register of matrimonial property regimes, hunting licenses, industrial concessions, and permits, etc.).

Only the official publications of the municipalities concerning convocations and extracts from assembly deliberations are published free of charge.

The rates applicable to State and municipal publications must be approved by the Department of Justice and the Interior.

This ordinance enters into force at the same time as the law concerning official publications.