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While many countries have statutorily declared the print version of their gazette to be the official source of law, as more nations shift to publishing gazettes in digital format, the authoritativeness of these non-print versions is not always clear. The table below provides an overview of the status of digital gazettes in numerous jurisdictions. The following chart provides information about the online gazettes of fifty-six countries, including the title and URL of the online gazette, citations to relevant legislative information, an indication of whether the online gazette has been designated as “official,” and information on whether online access is free or fee-based. The chart includes countries that have affirmatively provided that the online version of their gazette is considered official and those that have not.
Prepared October 2015; Updated periodically
| Jurisdiction | Title of Gazette | Online Version Affirmatively Considered Official* |
Provision Authorizing Official Status |
Free Access? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah |
No | No provisions authorizing official status found. |
free |
| Argentina | Boletín Oficial http://www.boletinoficial.gov.ar
|
Yes |
Free online access is established by Resolución 70/2010 del Secretaría Legal y Técnica de la Presidencia de la Nación, Direccion Nacional del Registro Oficial [Resolution 70/2010 of the Legal and Technical Secretariat of the National Presidency, National Bureau of Official Records] art. 1, According to Decree 207/2016, Jan. 18, 2016 (https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/ |
legislation section free; other sections by paid subscription |
| Australia | Government Notices Gazette |
Yes | The GN has been available in
electronic
format
since
Oct. 10, 2012; print publication
of
the GN
ceased on
June 30, 2013. See Government Notices
Gazette: General
Information, ComLaw, https://www.comlaw.gov.au/
content/
Gazettes (last visited Oct. 15, 2015), archived at
http://perma.cc/QZ6K-FSPN.
The GN notices
are now
published
electronically as individual notices. Other Australian government notices are published in specialist gazettes produced by various government agencies. Gazettal requirements appear to be changing as a result of the passage of the Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015, https://www.comlaw.gov.au/ Details/C2015A00010, archived at https://perma.cc/44M8-ZPAR. This legislation will establish a consolidated Federal Register of Legislation, which will incorporate the existing official databases of legislation and legislative instruments on the ComLaw website. A requirement in legislation for an instrument to be published or notified in the Gazette will be satisfied by registration. |
free |
| Austria | Bundesgesetzblatt |
Yes | Bundesgesetz über das Bundesgesetzblatt
2004
[Bundesgesetzblattgesetz]
[BGBlG]
[Federal Act
on the Federal Law
Gazette
2004]
[Federal Law
Gazette Act],
BGBl.
I No. 100/2003,
as
amended, §§ 1, 6, 7, https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/ GeltendeFassung/ Bundesnormen / 20002988/ BGBlG%2c %20Fassung %20vom% 2003.08.2015.pdf, archived at https://perma.cc/XD3B-7JJK, English version available at https://www.ris. bka.gv.at/ Dokumente/ Erv/ ERV _2003 _1_100/ ERV_2003_1_100.pdf, archived at https://perma.cc/T25B-C7JW. |
free |
| Bahrain | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah http://www.msia.gov.bh/ar/ |
No | The Ministry of Information is the
designated
authority that
publishes
the official gazette
according to an
official statement
on the
Department
of Legislation and Legal Opinion
Commission
website.
See Legislation and Legal
Opinion Commission, http://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/ 61.aspx?cms= iQRpheuph YtJ6pyXUG iNqvu4CKlWT6%2Br (in Arabic; last visited Sept. 22, 2015), archived at https://perma.cc/7GZR-MUG5. Electronic copies of the gazette appear on the Ministry’s website in PDF, stamped with the Government Printing Press name. |
free |
| Belgium | Moniteur Belge |
Yes | Loi-programme du 24 décembre 2002,
modifiée par la loi portant
des
dispositions
diverses du 20
juillet 2005 9 [Program-
Law
of
December 24, 2002, as Modified
by
Law on
Miscellaneous
Provisions
of
July 20, 2005]
arts. 474 & 475, http://www.ejustice.just.
fgov.be/
cgi_loi/ loi_a1.pl? language=fr&la= F&table _ name= loi&cn=2002122431& &callerlist&F&fromtab=loi&tri=dd+AS+ RANK&rech= 1&numero=1&sql= (text+contains+(%27%27)) #LNKR0183, archived at http://perma.cc/749R-9UXH. |
free |
| Bolivia | Gaceta Oficial |
No | No information located. | paid subscription |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Službeni Glasnik BiH |
Yes | Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina on
Amending
the Law on
Official
Publication
of
Acts in
Bosnia
and Herzegovina of
Dec. 30, 2009
(Službeni
glasnik
BiH, 103/09), https://www.parlament.ba/sadrzaj/ |
free |
| Brazil | Diário Oficial da União e |
Yes | Decreto No. 4.520, de 16 de Dezembro
de
2002,
Anexo, art. 1(§2), http://www.planalto.gov.br/
ccivil_03/
decreto/2002/D4520.htm,
archived at https://perma.cc/4MHE-U44N. |
free |
| Bulgaria | Derzhaven Vestnik |
Yes | Law on the State Herald of Nov. 7, 1995,
arts.
1, 3, 12(3), http://www.lex.bg/bg/
laws/ldoc/
2133636096 (in Bulgarian),
archived
at
http://perma.cc/PCR2-PZCM.
Article 12(3)
provides
for publication
online on same day as print edition. Article 1 states that the Derzhaven Vestnik is the official publication of the Republic of Bulgaria. According to article 3, the same normative and non- normative acts are published in the print and Internet versions of the Derzhaven Vestnik. |
free |
| Canada | Canada Gazette |
Yes | According to the Canada Gazette website, “[t]he printed version
(published between
1841
and 2014)
and, since April 1, 2003,
the electronic PDF version of the Canada Gazette are official. Issues posted on the Canada Gazette Web site in PDF version prior to this date, along with all those posted in HTML format, are not considered official versions.” Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Government of Canada, http://www.gazette.gc.ca/ resources-ressources/ faq-eng.html#i5 (last updated Apr. 15, 2015), archived at http://perma.cc/S4KS-C552. The Canada Gazette Publication Order (SI/2003-58), http://lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/ regulations/SI-2003-58/20060322/ P1TT3xt3.html, archived at http://perma.cc/VTK3-2B68, provided that the Canada Gazette would begin electronic publication in PDF format and be published simultaneously with the print version of the Gazette. The Canada Gazette Publication Order, 2014 (SI/2014-19), effective April 1, 2014, http://lois.justice.gc.ca/ PDF/SI-2014-19.pdf, archived at http://perma.cc/J3BG-YPDH, repealed the provision in the Canada Gazette Publication Order (SI/2003-58) requiring simultaneous publication of the print and electronic versions, but mandated the continued publication of the electronic PDF version of the Gazette. |
free |
| Cape Verde | Boletim Oficial |
Yes | Lei No. 87/VII/2011 de 10 de Janeiro,
art. 2(5), https://kiosk.incv.cv/Legislacao/
?f=
Lei+no
+87+VII+2011
+de+10+de+ |
paid subscription |
| Colombia | Diario Oficial http://www.imprenta.gov.co/ |
No | No information located. | paid subscription |
| Costa Rica | La Gaceta |
Yes | Dictámen No. C-168-210 de la Procuradoría
General de la
República, Aug. 11, 2010; Resolución No. 20100112642 de la Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (undated). |
free |
| Denmark | Lovtidende https://www.lovtidende.dk
|
Yes | Bekendtgørelse Af Lov om
Udgivelsen
Af
En
Lovtidende og
en
Ministerialtidende,
Lbk nr 608
af 24/06/2008 Gældende, https://www.retsinformation.dk/ Forms/ R0710.aspx? id=117310, archived at https://perma.cc/5ZK8-9RLH; Bekendtgørelse om Lovtidende i elektronisk form, BEK nr 1395 af 12/12/2007 Gældende, https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/ R0710.aspx?id=114009, archived at https://perma.cc/Z5T8-XRES. |
free |
| Ecuador | Registro Oficial https://www.registroficial |
No | While no law or regulation denoting
official
status was found,
the
website
represents
that those
who “[s]ubscribe to
the physical
or virtual Registro
Oficial
. . . enjoy the
advantages of
receiving
information from
the only official institution in the country that has the power to publish regulations and laws.” Registro Oficial, https://www.registroficial.gob.ec (scroll over “Servicios”), archived at https://perma.cc/L59B-UMUS. |
paid subscription for access
via the Registro Oficial [RO] website; free via the National Assembly website, which posts RO versions of laws in PDF format, http://www.asamble anacional.gob.ec/ es/ leyes-aprobadas |
| Estonia | Riigi Teataja |
Yes | Since 2010, the electronic version is the only official publication of the Riigi Teataja. Riigi Teataja Act of April 22, 2010, §§ 1, 9, https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ 514112013014/consolide, archived at https://perma.cc/K9YE-4JMX. |
free |
| Finland | Suomken Säädöskokoelma http://www.finlex.fi/fi/ |
Yes | 1, 12 §§ Laki Suomen sÄÄdÖskokoelmasta
[Act on Finnish Gazette] 25.2.2000/
188, https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/
ajantasa/2000/
20000188
(in Finnish), archived at https://perma.cc/VD72-GJ3R,
as
amended
by
Laki Suomen
ÄÄdÖskokoelmasta |
free (also available on the publishers fee-based site, http://www.edilex.fi) |
| France | Journal Officiel de la |
Yes | Ordonnance n° 2004-164 du 20 février
2004
relative aux
modalités et
effets de
la publication
des lois et de certains
actes
administratifs
[Ordinance
No. 2004-164 of
February 20, 2004,
Regarding the
Means
and Effects of the Publication of Laws and Certain Administrative Decisions], http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/ affichTexte.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT 000005765402, archived at http://perma.cc/M4LC-57LF. |
free |
| Georgia | Sakartvelos Sakanonmdeblo Matsne [Legislative Herald of Georgia] |
Yes | Law of the Republic of Georgia No.
1876-IIc
of October 22, 2009,
On Legal
Acts, art. 26, https://matsne.gov.ge/ru/document/download/ 90052/13/ru/pdf (in Georgian), archived at http://perma.cc/M4LC-57LF. |
free |
| Greece | Ephemeris tes Kyverneseos tes http://www.et.gr/index.php/ |
Yes | Law No. 3861/2010, art. 7, ¶ 1 & art. 4, ¶ 4, EKED, Part A:112, July 13, 2010, available at https://www.mou.gr/ elibrary/ n3861_2010_fek112.pdf, archived at https://perma.cc/S8BH-VDY6. | free |
| Iceland | Stjórnartíðinda |
Yes | LÖg um Stjórnartíðindi og
LÖgbirtingablað
(2005 nr. 15 10. Mars)
[Act on Icelandic Gazettes], http://www.althingi.is/lagas/
134/2005015.html,
archived at http://perma.cc/9WGF-DZ8W; Reglugerð um útgáfu Stjórnartíðinda (958/2005) [Regulation on Publication of the Stjórnartíðinda Gazette] § 1, http://www.reglugerd.is/ reglugerdir/ allar/nr/ 958-2005, archived at http://perma.cc/5MYQ-HWV8. |
free |
| Iran | Rūznāmeh-e Rasmī-e |
No | An excerpt from the official gazette’s
website
essentially
says that in
line with the
E-commerce
Law of Jan. 7, 2004,
and “[i]n order to achieve
e-government
. . . [,] [a]ll matters
relating to the
main
activities of the |
free |
| Iraq | Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqīyah |
No | No provisions authorizing official status found. | free |
| Italy | Gazetta Ufficiale della |
Yes | Decreto Legislativo 7 marzo 2005, n. 82,
Codice
dell’ amministrazione digitale
[Legislative
Decree
No. 82 of
March 7, 2005, Code of Digital
Administration] art. 20, Gazetta
Ufficiale
della Repubblica
Italiana
[Official
Gazette of
the
Italian Republic]
No. 112, May 16, 2005, www.normattiva.it/ uri-res/ N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto. legislativo: 2005-03-07;82, archived at http://perma.cc/833T-PM6C (click “Uploaded page”). |
free for sixty days; paid subscription thereafter |
| Jordan | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah http://www.pm.gov.jo/arabic/ |
No | Law 29 of 1949 grants the right to the
Prime
Minister to
disseminate the official
gazette.
Law 29 of 1949, http://www.plc.gov.ps/ menu_plc/ arab/ files/الاردن/قانون %20الجريدة %20الرسيمة.htm, archived at http://perma.cc/362V-3WAD. |
free |
| Kenya | The Kenya Gazette |
Yes | While no information expressly stating
that
electronically
published
gazettes are
considered
official
in Kenya was
located,
the Kenya
Information
and Communications
Act
states as follows: “Where any
law
provides that any rule,
regulation,
order,
notification,
or any other matter
shall be
published in
the Gazette, then such requirement
shall be
deemed to have been satisfied if such
rule, regulation,
order, notification or any other
matter is published in the
electronic Gazette;
Provided that where
any rule, regulation,
order,
by-law, notification or any other matter
is
published
both
in the printed
and electronic
Gazettes, the date of
publication shall be
deemed
to be the date of the Gazette which
was first published in any form.”
Information
and
Communications Act of 1998,
§ 83T,
11 Laws of
Kenya,
Cap. 411A (rev. ed. 2012), available at http://www.kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/ kenyalex/ actview.xql?actid=CAP.% 20411A#part_IX, archived at http://perma.cc/EPK8-UU4J. In addition, “[w]here any law provides that information or other matter shall be in writing, notwith- standing anything contained in such law, such requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if such information or matter is . . . rendered or made available in an electronic form . . . and . . . accessible so as to be useable for a subsequent reference.” Id. § 83G; see also A New and Improved Edition of the Laws of Kenya, Kenya Law (Oct. 11, 2013), http://kenyalaw.org/ kenyalawblog/ a-new-and -improved-edition- of-the-laws-of-kenya-2/, archived at http://perma.cc/9QKQ-SZGM. |
free |
| Kosovo | Gazeta Zyrtare e Republikës |
Yes | Law of the Republic of Kosovo
No. 03/L-190
of June 4, 2010,
on the
Official Gazette, art. 4, available at http://www.kuvendikosoves.org/ common/ docs/ligjet / 2010-190-eng.pdf, archived at http://perma.cc/ 3CUB-UP9M (in Albanian). Article 4 provides for identical publication of the official gazette in printed and electronic formats, and states that both versions are equal. |
free |
| Lebanon | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah http://www.pcm.gov.lb/ |
No | No provisions authorizing official status found. | free |
| Libya | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah |
Yes | Art. 1 of Law No. 8 of 2011 stipulates that an
official gazette
issued in
Arabic shall be
established
in Libya with a website
on which
an electronic
copy is published; article 6 of
the
Law stipulates
that the issues of the official gazette published in accordance with this Law are considered confirmation of the veracity of what they contain without the need of any other evidence. Law No. 8 of 2011 on the Organization of the Official Gazette, available at http://www.security-legislation.ly /ar/node/31624, archived at http://perma.cc/ H9PG-PFUZ. This could be interpreted as giving the electronic copy the same status as the printed one. |
free |
| Liechtenstein | Liechtensteinisches |
Yes | Kundmachungsgesetz [Public Announcement Act], Landesgesetzblatt [LGBl.] 1985, No. 41, t. 7,https://www.gesetze.li/ lilexprod/ showpdf.jsp? media= pdf&lgblid= 1985041000&version=0, archived at https://perma.cc/JN5V-USPR. | free |
| Lithuania | Valstybės Zinios |
Yes | Law of the Republic of Lithuania No. XI-2220
of
September 18, 2012, on the Legislative
Framework art. 26, http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/
inter3
/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_
id=433088&p_query
=&p_tr2=2,
archived at http://perma.cc/A2R9-DQNM. |
free |
| Luxembourg | Mémorial (A or B) |
Loi du 23 décembre 2016 concernant le Journal officiel du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg [Law of 23 December 2016 Regarding the Official Gazette of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg], http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2016/12/23/n25/jo | free | |
| Mexico | Diario Oficial de la |
Yes | Ley del Diario Oficial de la Federación y
Gacetas
Gubernamentales
[Law on the Federal
Official
Gazette]
arts. 5o, 7o. Bis, 10o.
Bis, Diario
Oficial de la FederaciÓn,
Dec. 24, 1986,
available as
amended through
June 2012
on the
website of Mexico’s
House of Representatives, at http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/
pdf/ 75.pdf, archived at http://perma.cc/3C9L-C3E7. |
free |
| Montenegro | Službeni list Crne Gore |
Yes | Law on Publication of Laws and Other
Acts of
Jan. 23, 2008, arts. 18, 19 & 21, http://www.sluzbenilist.me/
SluzbeniListDetalji.aspx
?tag=
{0589F7B1- CDC2-4391 -AB42-67FE32AEE5B6} (in Bosnian), archived at http://perma.cc/ LC68-YBK8 (click “Uploaded page”). Article 18 states that the official gazette, Sluzbeni List, is published in electronic and print formats; article 19 says both formats are identical. |
free |
| Morocco | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah http://www.sgg.gov.ma/ |
No | No provisions authorizing official status found. | free |
| Netherlands | Staatsblad van het https://www.officiel
|
Yes | Official for documents with a date of
July 1, 2009,
and
thereafter. Besluit
van 21
januari 2009
tot
uitvoering van
de
ekendmakingswet
(Bekendmakingsbesluit)
[Decree of 21 January
2009 to
Implement
the Publication
Act
(Publication Decree),
Stb. No. 30, 2009, Nota
van
Toelichting
[Explanatory Note]
1, second para., https://zoek.officielebekend makingen.nl/ stb-2009-30.html (has appended notes explaining that the gazettes will no longer be issued in print, but only in electronic form), archived at https://perma.cc/E3VW-EFWY (click “Screen capture”); Bekendmakingswet [Publication Act] (Feb. 4, 1988), as amended, arts. 1, 8, & 10a, http://wetten.overheid.nl/ BWBR0004287 /geldigheidsdatum_25-08-2015, archived at http://perma.cc/RNS3-G7AL. |
free |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Gazette |
Yes | The New Zealand Gazette is now only
published
online
and the Gazette
website
is the
authoritative
source. Press Release,
Department of Internal
Affairs, The New
Zealand Gazette
Moves into
the
Digital Age
(Oct. 29, 2014), http://www.dia.govt.nz/press.nsf/ d77da9b523f12931cc256ac5000d19b6/ ec1ed19313c909eccc257d7f007e0659! OpenDocument, archived at http://perma.cc/UJE8-28DT. |
free |
| Norway | Norsk Lovtidend |
Yes | ov om Norsk Lovtidend m.v.
[Act Regarding Norwegian
Gazette]
(LOV-1993-06-11-83),
requires laws to be
published in Norsk
Lovtidend. Since 2001
Norsk Lovtidend is
published as the official
version
online. Om Lovdata, Lovdata.no, https://lovdata.no/info/om_lovdata
(last visited Sept. 23, 2015), archived at https://perma.cc/5C6Z-YK63. |
free |
| Oman | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah |
No | All laws, regulations, and ministerial resolutions are published on the Ministry of Legal Affairs website; when links are followed, the Gazette appears in its original format. Ministry of Legal Affairs, http://www.mola.gov.om/ officalgazette.aspx (in Arabic; last visited Sept. 22, 2015), archived at http://perma.cc/GD6J-349W. Gazette posted in PDF pages; paper version still published as well. | free |
| Palestinian Authority (West Bank) | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah http://www.dft.gov.ps/ |
No | Article 7 of Law 8 of 2008 grants the
Department of Fatwa and Legislation
the right to disseminate the official gazette; the electronic copy is published by that department but at present contains laws only through 2012; the paper edition is more current; Department of Fatwa and Legislation website, http://www.dft.gov.ps/ index.php?option=com_dataentry& pid=8&Itemid =27&des_id=1238 (last visited Sept. 22, 2015), archived at http://perma.cc/ H689-CV6C. No clear statement regarding official status. Also, online version not updated— only current through about 2012. |
free |
| Panama | Gaceta Oficial Digital |
Yes | Ley 53 que dicta normas para la
modernización
de la Gaceta Oficial y
|
free |
| Paraguay | Gaceta Oficial |
No | Decreto 4526, art. 4, Gaceta Oficial,
June 16, 2010, at 134, http://www.gabinetecivil.gov.py/ archivos/ documentos/decreto_4526 _ dewk4x87.pdf, archived at http://perma.cc/K8LV-3MN5. Clearly authorizes electronic publication and distribution but doesn’t specifically say that e-version is official or authoritative. |
free |
| Peru | El Peruano |
No | Ley 29091, art. 5, El Peruano, Sept. 26, 2007, http://www.minam.gob.pe/gica/
images/
transparencia/datos_generales/
docs_programa/
Ley_290991.pdf,
archived at
http://perma.cc/BAX5-8EAU.
|
free |
| Poland | Dziennik Ustaw |
Yes | Law on Publication of Normative and Other
Legal
Acts of July 29, 2011,
art. 20.17(2),
Dz. U, 2011, No. 1172, http://dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU/ 2011/ 1172/1 (in Polish), archived at http://perma.cc/X4VF-NB9Z (“The day of official publication of an act is the day of its publication in electronic format on the website of the Diary.”). |
free |
| Portugal | Diário da República |
Yes | Lei No. 74/98 de 11 de Novembro, as
amended
by Lei No. 26/2006
de 30 de Junho, art. 1(5), https://dre.pt/application/ file/357421, archived at https://perma.cc/R4BH-JQ53. |
free |
| Qatar | Al-Jarīdah Al-Rasmīyah |
No | Gazette website states that electronic version
is as authentic and reliable
as the paper
version,
but not considered official for court
purposes. Questions and Answers,
Qatar Legal
(Al-Meezan), http://www.almeezan.qa/CustomPage.aspx?
id=6&language=ar (in Arabic; last visited Sept. 22, 2015), archived at http://perma.cc/ 6C7J-CC9H (click “Screen capture”). |
free |
| Russia | Sobranie Zakonodatelstva |
Yes | Decree of the RF President No. 662 of
April 1, 1994, on Publication
and Entering
into Force of Federal Laws, para. 2, Rossiiskaia
Gazeta,
No. 64, Apr. 6, 1994
(in Russian) (“Texts of official laws
published
in
electronic format by the Federal Protection
Service of the
Russian
Federation
[which runs government websites] are official.”). |
free |
| San Marino | Bollettino Ufficiale: Repubblica di San Marino http://www.bollettinoufficiale.sm/ on-line/home.html |
Yes | Per “Legge Qualificata N. 2/2010” of January 1, 2012, the Official Bulletin shall be electronic rather than in printed/hard copy. See Legge Qualificata 26 Ottobre 2010 N.2 www.interni.segreteria.sm/on-line/home/in-evidenza/bollettino-ufficiale/documento25041735.html (PDF). See also the regulation Regolamento Attuativo della Legge Qualificata 26 OTTOBRE 2010 N.2 “Riforma del Bollettino Ufficiale della Repubblica di San Marino” www.interni.segreteria.sm/on-line/home/in-evidenza/bollettino-ufficiale/documento25046286.html (PDF). |
free (administrative and advertisement sections by paid subscription) |
| Serbia | Službeni Glasnik |
Yes | PDF versions of electronic gazette are
official. Law No. 45 of
May 22, 2013, on
Publication of Laws and Other Regulations
and
Acts,
art. 26, http://www.parlament.gov.rs/upload/
archive/files/cir/
pdf/
zakoni/2013/
1030-13.pdf
(in Serbian),
archived at http://perma.cc/ZZ9K-U5UJ. |
free |
| Slovenia | Uradni List |
Yes | Law Amending the Law on the Government
Gazette of the Republic
of
Slovenia art.
1.3, Uradni List 109/09, http://www.uradni-list.si/_pdf/
2009/Ur/u2009109.pdf
#!/u2009109-pdf (in Slovenian),
archived at http://perma.cc/NR5E-5BQW. Article 1.3 states, “[t]he official gazette is published in electronic format containing an electronic certificate of authenticity.” |
free |
| South Africa | Republic of South Africa http://www.gpwonline.co.za/
|
No | No information expressly stating that this is official source was located. It appears that this site makes available only gazettes issued in the last three years. | free |
| Spain | Boletín Oficial del Estado |
Yes | Ley 11/2007 de Acceso Electrónico de los
Ciudadanos a los Servicios
Públicos
[Law 11/2007 on Online Access of Citizens
to Public Services]
art. 11, Boletin
Oficial del Estado, June 23, 2007,
http://boe.es/buscar/
act.php?id=
BOE-A-2007-12352, archived at http://perma.cc/S5RW-6CCG. |
free |
| Taiwan | The Office of President, Default.aspx?tabid=164 (containing PDFs of the print gazettes) |
No | The Electronic Signatures Act, which governs
the status of electronic
documents, may
indirectly
authorize the online gazette’s official status: “Where a law or regulation requires a
document to be retained, if the
content of the document can be presented in its integrity and remains accessible for subsequent reference, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record.” Electronic Signatures Act art. 6, http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/ LawClass/ LawAll.aspx?PCode= J0080037 (in English translation), archived at http://perma.cc/GK9T-UP82. |
free |
| Tunisia | Al-Rā’id Al-Rasmī lil-Jumhūrīat
|
No | No provisions authorizing official status found. | free |
| Turkey | T.C. Resmî Gazete |
No | No provision explicitly indicating that the
electronic version is official
could be
located.
A note on the homepage of the
Official Gazette
of the
Republic of
Turkey states that the official
gazette
prepared by the Prime
Ministry
General
Directorate of Legislative
Development
and Publication
|
free |
| Uruguay | Diario Oficial |
No | Ley 16736, art. 341(art. 2(C)), Diario
Oficial, Jan. 12, 1996, http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/ AccesoTextoLey.asp? Ley=16736&Anchor, archived at http://perma.cc/8UGG-2VUH. |
free |
Venezuela |
Gaceta Oficial http://www.imprentanacional |
No | No information located. |
paid subscription |
* This column of the chart identifies thirty-four countries that have affirmatively provided, through legislation or other official means, that the online version of their gazette is considered official. Only positive instances where the official status of the online gazette has been affirmed by the government are included.
Last Updated: 12/31/2020
