(Prohibition of False Criticism or Report)

(1) No one shall distort outcomes of a public opinion poll with regard to an election to publish or report falsified outcomes.

<Amended by Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012>

(2) A person who operates or manages a broadcasting company, newspaper, news agency, magazine, or any other periodical or a person who edits,
collects, writes, and reports news or articles shall not commit any of the following acts:

<Newly Inserted by Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012>

1. Purposely reporting an untrue fact with regard to an election or reporting a falsified fact or making a comment based on a falsified
fact in order to aid and abet a particular candidate to win or lose in the election;

2. Reporting the predicted outcome of an election without presenting objective data, such as outcomes of a public opinion poll.