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This law governs the publication of the Official Gazette of the Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel (hereinafter: the Official Gazette) and the Systematic Compendium of Neuchâtel Legislation (hereinafter: the Systematic Compendium).

Publication within the meaning of this law is carried out digitally.

1. The Official Gazette provides legal publicity for the official acts of cantonal and communal authorities.

2. It is published every Friday or, in the case of holidays, on the business day preceding it.

3. It is published by the State Chancellery.

1. Published in the Official Gazette

3. The Council of State specifies the scope of application of letter a.

1. If particular circumstances prevent the timely publication of an act by a cantonal authority or a communal authority in the Official Gazette, this act may be made known to the public by posting or by any other appropriate means.

2. Under penalty of being considered null and void, the act must nevertheless be published in the next edition of the Official Gazette.

**1. Acts Published in the Official Gazette**

1. The acts published in the Official Gazette are deemed to have been brought to the knowledge of their addressee or the public on the day of their publication.

2. If, pursuant to Article 5, the act has been brought to the attention of the public in a manner other than by publication in the Official Gazette, any third party may provide evidence that they were not aware of the act in question and could not have been aware of it despite exercising all due diligence required of them.

3. The production of a certified true copy of a publication is sufficient to prove such publication.

4. The certified true copy of a publication in the Official Gazette is issued by the State Chancellery, subject to a fee set by the Council of State.

1. Any person may subscribe to the Official Gazette or purchase the current edition individually.

2. The State Council sets the price.

3. Members of the Grand Council, state services, judicial authorities, and municipalities are subscribed automatically and free of charge.

Any person may consult the Official Gazette free of charge at the municipalities and the State Chancellery in accordance with the procedures defined by the Council of State.

1. Notices to be inserted in the Official Gazette are submitted to the State Chancellery, in accordance with the procedures defined by the Council of State.

2. The Council of State sets the rates for insertions.

The State Chancellery is the data controller within the meaning of Article 14, letter f of the Intercantonal Convention on Data Protection and Transparency in the Cantons of Jura and Neuchâtel (CPDT-JUNE), dated May 9, 2012 [1].

1. Each issue of the Official Gazette remains accessible indefinitely.

2. Furthermore, it is archived in accordance with the Archiving Law (LArch) of February 22, 2011 [2].

1. The State Chancellery removes or anonymizes every 6 months from the Official Gazette publications containing the names of individuals published more than 18 months earlier.

2. The recipient of a removed or anonymized publication, as well as the authority or administration that carried it out, can obtain a certified copy of it at any time under Article 6, paragraphs 3 and 4.

3. The Inter-cantonal Convention on Data Protection and Transparency in the Cantons of Jura and Neuchâtel (CPDT-JUNE) applies additionally.

1. The Council of State Publishes the Systematic Digest in Digital Form

2. This Systematic Digest is Updated Several Times a Year.

1. The Systematic Collection contains all cantonal legal provisions that have general applicability, are enacted for an indefinite period or longer than one year, and are issued by the people, the Grand Council, the Council of State, a department of cantonal administration, or a judicial authority.

2. Norms that are considered to have general applicability include abstract rules that impose obligations or confer rights to an indefinite number of natural or legal persons, as well as rules that govern the organization, authority, or duties of authorities, or that establish a procedure.

3. Notably excluded from this category are acts that

a) concern an individual private person or a commune considered in isolation;

b) apply only on the occasion of a specific event;

c) relate to a thing or location considered in isolation;

d) concern the applicability of a specific text or plan;

e) pertain to the financial management of the State or its institutions;

f) regulate detailed issues related to the operation of cantonal administration services or State institutions.

4. Treaties and agreements signed by the State are only published to the extent that they confer rights or impose obligations on someone other than the contracting party.

The changes made to the texts published in the Systematic Collection are indicated within the body of those texts themselves.

In the event of a discrepancy between a text made known to the public through the Official Gazette and a text published in the Systematic Compendium, the first of these texts shall prevail.

**Law on the Publication of Official Acts, March 20, 1972 [3], is Repealed.**

This law is subject to an optional referendum.

1. The Council of State shall, if necessary, ensure the promulgation of the present law.

2. The law shall enter into force on January 1, 2017.

Law promulgated by the Council of State on November 16, 2016.