‘Illegal adverts to be removed’

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KUWAIT CITY, June 21: The Director General of Kuwait Municipality Eng. Saud Al-Dabbous stated that the licensing of advertisements for commercial activities, stores, and others is in accordance with the conditions and controls contained in the advertisement regulations. Therefore, if an advertising material violates the advertisement regulations or includes anything that is inconsistent with the Islamic law, public order or morals or contains incorrect information or data, then the license holder will be held legally accountable, reports Al-Qabas daily.

In response to a question submitted by a member of the Municipal Council Eng. Sharifa Al-Shalfan regarding the issuance of advertising licenses, Eng. Al- Dabbous said licensing advertisements for advertisement auction contracts shall be in accordance with the numbers, locations, and conditions stipulated in advertisement auction contracts in different governorates and highways, as well as the advertisement regulations. He affirmed that the municipality’s role in approving the content of the advertisement is done by checking the advertising material before and after issuing the license to ensure that it conforms to the requirements stipulated in the advertisement regulations, adding that continuous follow-up is carried out on these advertisements.

Eng. Al-Dabbous revealed that unlicensed random advertisements are removed by the company contracting with the municipality through advertisement auctions. However, if the advertisement is licensed, then the removal is also done according to what is stated in the regulation. The municipality will remove all unlicensed advertisements without warning, and also those that violate the conditions after warning the licensee, without any responsibility for the damages that may result from that.

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