Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- The government has proposed a legal framework classifying violations of code of conduct by media and journalists into three distinct tiers, introducing penalties that range from mandatory apologies to the suspension of press credentials.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has made public the draft bill titled 'Bill to Amend and Integrate Laws Relating to the Media Council' for public feedback. Under the proposed legislation, media infringements are systematically categorised according to their severity, moving from routine journalistic errors to critical breaches of ethics.

According to Section 20 (3) of the draft, minor mistakes in names, designations, dates, or numerical statistics, alongside typograp...