S.L. 350.10 Art. 3Broadcasters’ duties.

Broadcasters shall have the duty to use the Maltese language correctly by:

(a) understanding their responsibility in safeguarding the Maltese language;

(b) complying with developments taking place in the Maltese language, whether spoken or written, especially in the case of journalists;

(c) ensuring that proper translations and adjustments are carried out based on the fundamental principles of translation;

(d) assisting persons who participate in a programme and also stopping participants who do not use the Maltese language correctly;

(e) monitoring programmes for the correct use of the Maltese language, especially educational, informative and children’s programmes;

(f) ensuring that the Maltese language used is of a high level as to diction, semantics, grammar, syntax, morphology and content;

(g) ensuring a good command of all the aspects of the Maltese language so that the final result will be a unified one, well linked and comprehensible;

(h) using with due care all neologisms which make way into the Maltese language and, where possible, according to the existing morphology of the Maltese language;

(i) using the Maltese language correctly without recourse to archaic diction; and

(j) using words which are clear and easy to understand.