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Article 8
 

(Election News Deliberative Committee)


(1) The Press Arbitration Committee referred to in the provisions of Article 7 of the Act on Press Arbitration and Remedies, etc. for Damages Caused
by Press Reports (hereinafter referred to as the "Press Arbitration Committee") shall establish and operate the Election News Deliberative Committee during a period classified under each subparagraph of Article 8-2 (1), so as to maintain impartiality in election news (including editorials, comments, advertisements and other contents related to election; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply).


<Amended by Act No. 7681,Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(2) The Election News Deliberative Committee shall consist of not more than nine members including persons recommended by the community of
journalism scholars, the Korea Bar Association, journalists' associations, civil groups, etc. and a person recommended by each of political parties
that form negotiating groups in the National Assembly and the National Election Commission. In such cases, the latter part of Article 8-2 (2) shall
apply mutatis mutandis to the fixed number of members.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(3) The Election News Deliberative Committee shall inspect whether the election news appearing in newspapers under subparagraph 1 of Article 2
of the Act on the Promotion of Newspapers, etc., magazines, information publications, electronic publications and other publications under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on Promotion of Periodicals, Including Magazines, and news agencies under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on Promotion of News Communications (hereafter in this Article and Article 8-4, "periodicals, etc.") is fair, and shall, in cases where the contents of election news are recognized as unfair upon inspection, decide on the publication of a written apology or a corrected report concerning the contents of the relevant news and shall notify the Press Arbitration Commission thereof, and the Press Arbitration Commission shall order, without delay, the publication of a written
apology or a corrected report to the person (hereafter in this Article and Article 8-4, "press company") who has published the periodicals, etc.
which carried unfair election news.


<Amended by Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 9785, Jul. 31, 2009>


(4) Any person who publishes the periodicals, etc. shall submit, without delay, to the Election News Deliberative Committee one copy of the relevant periodical, when he/she publishes any general daily newspaper or any general weekly newspapers provided for in the provisions of
subparagraph 1 (a) or (c) of Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of Newspapers, etc. during the operational period of the Election News
Deliberative Committee under paragraph (1), and if there exists any request from the Election News Deliberative Committee, one copy of any
other periodical that he/she publishes.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 6663, Mar. 7, 2002; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 9785, Jul. 31, 2009>


(5) When there exists any request from the person who has submitted the periodical, etc. under paragraph (4), the Election News Deliberative
Committee shall make just compensation.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 6663, Mar. 7, 2002; Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008>


(6) The provisions of Article 8-2 (3), (4) and (6) shall be applicable mutatis mutandis to the Election News Deliberative Committee.


(7) The Press Arbitration Committee shall prescribe matters necessary for the composition and operation of the Election News Deliberative Committee.



[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000]