8 (v) (c) S.C. 128\02 in the case of correspondence, preventing the unlawful dispatch therewith of other matter; or that imposes restrictions upon public officers; except so far as that provision or, as the case may be, the thing done under the authority thereof is shown not to be reasonably justifiable in a democratic society. It would appear to me from the affidavits filed of record that the following issues fall for determination in this case. 1. Whether section 20(1) of the Constitution includes freedom of the press. 2. If section 20 of the Constitution does include freedom of the press, does the setting up of a regulatory authority constitute a permissible derogation of that freedom of the press? 3. If the setting up of a regulatory authority is a permissible derogation are the impugned sections setting up such authority and the other impugned sections within the permissible constitutional derogations? I will now deal with the above issues seriatim. DOES SECTION 20(1) OF THE CONSTITUTION INCLUDE FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA SUCH AS THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN CASU? Mr Tomana, for the first respondent, submitted that the applicant’s contention that press freedom is protected under section 20 of the Constitution and, therefore, that restrictions or regulations imposed on the entrants into electronic media was erroneous. He argued that there was an important distinction between press freedom