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Article 8
 

(Correction Report, etc. of Internet Press Agencies)


(1) The Internet Election News Deliberative Committee shall inspect whether election reports that are run in the web-sites of Internet press agencies are
fair or not and when contents of the election report are deemed unfair as a result of the inspection, the Internet Election News Deliberative Committee shall order the relevant Internet press agencies to take measures necessary to publish a correction report of such election report.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(2) When the political parties or candidates (including person who intends to become a candidate; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply) deem
that any election report of the Internet press agencies is unfair, they may raise objections in writing to the Internet Election News Deliberative
Committee within ten days from the date on which they have known that there existed the said report.


(3) When the Internet Election News Deliberative Committee has received an objection under the provisions of paragraph (2), it shall promptly deliberate on whether the election report subject to an objection is impartial, and if it is deemed that the election report is unfair as a result of deliberations, it shall order the relevant Internet press agencies to take measures necessary to publish a correction report of the relevant election report.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(4) Any political party or candidate subjected to damages due to the distorted election report of the Internet press agencies may demand in writing the
relevant Internet press agencies within ten days from the date on which they have known that there existed a public announcement of such a report, to make a broadcast of the objection report or a printing of the counterargument report (hereafter in this Article, referred to as "counterargument report"). In such case, when 30 days have elapsed from the date of public announcement of the said report, no demand for the counterargument report shall be allowed. 


(5) When any Internet press agency has received a demand under paragraph


(4), it shall promptly hold a consultation with the relevant political parties, candidates or their agents on the form, content, size, frequency, etc., and
thereafter make the counterargument report at its own charge within 12 hours from the time when receiving a demand for it.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(6) Where a consultation on the counterargument report under the provisions of paragraph (5) is not attained, the relevant political parties or candidates
may promptly make a demand for counterargument report to the Internet Election News Deliberative Committee, and the said Committee shall deliberate thereon and make a decision on rejection, dismissal or acceptance, and thereafter notify the relevant political parties, candidates and Internet press agencies of the details of such decisions. In such case, when such Committee makes a decision on acceptance of the counterargument report, it shall concurrently decide its form, content, size and frequency, etc. and other necessary matters and notify thereof, and the Internet press agency in receipt of such a notice shall promptly perform them.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(7) The provisions of Article 15 (1), (4) through (6), and (8) of the Act on Press Arbitration and Damage Relief, etc. shall apply mutatis mutandis to
any demand for the counterargument report of the election report run by any Internet press agencies unless such provisions are not contrary to their
nature. In such cases, the "demand for the correction report" shall be deemed the "demand for the counterargument report", the "correction" shall be deemed the"counterargument", the "right to demand the correction report" shall be deemed the "right to demand the counterargument report", the "correction report" shall be deemed the "counterargument report" and the "text of the correction report" shall be deemed the "text of the counterargument report", respectively.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4,2005; Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012>


[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004]