No Government servant shall,-
(i) engage himself or participate in any demonstration which is prejudicial to the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, 9 friendly relations with a foreign State, public order, decency or morality, or which involves contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence; or
(ii) resort to, or in any way instigate, incite or abet, any form of strike by any number of Government servants.
Explanation: For the purpose of this rule, “Strike” means a cessation or slowing down of work (including any unauthorised absence from duty) by a body of Government servants acting in combination or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding, of any number of Government Servants to work.
10. CONNECTION WITH PRESS, RADIO OR TELEVISION, PARTICIPATING IN PERFORMING ARTS OR MASS MEDIAS OF ANY KIND OR PUBLICATION OF BOOKS, ARTICLES ETC.,-
(1) No Government Servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, own wholly or in part, or conduct or participate in the Editing or Management of any News Papers or other Periodical Publication.
(2) No Government Servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the prescribed authority or except in the bona-fide discharge of his duties,-
(a) publish a book himself or through a publisher, or contribute an article to a book or a compilation of articles, or
(b) participate in a Radio Broadcast, film or television serials or contribute to an article or write a letter to a newspaper or periodical either in his own name or anonymously or pseudonymously or in the name of any other person;
Provided that no such sanction shall be required-
(i) if such publication is through a publisher and is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific Character; or
(ii) if such Broadcast, telecast, film or Writing is of a purely literary, Artistic or Scientific Character.
Provided further that, a Government servant,without sanction of the prescribed authority may engage himself occasionally in artistic, literary, scientific and other such cultural or academic activities having no commercial gain provided that his duties are not affected by such activities.
(3) Authorship of a Text-Book for use in Recognized Schools: No Government servant who is a member of the text book committee shall write or edit any of the text books for use in a recognized school during his membership of the committee.
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