PENAL AND MISDEMEANOR PROVISIONS

(1) A fine in the amount of 2,250 EUR in MKD equivalent shall be imposed to a broadcaster for a misdemeanour if:
    - the broadcaster reports on the regular activities of the state bodies, the municipal bodies and the bodies of the City of Skopje, and the legal entities that have been entrusted with the performing of public authorities, contrary to Article 75-b of this Code;
    - editors, journalists, program hosts and presenters who are engaged in the program preparation for the broadcaster, if they participate in the pre-election activities of the election campaign participants contrary to Article 75-c of this Code;
     - the broadcaster does not record the output signal of the program from the day when elections are announced until their completion and does not keep the recordings from the program (Article 75- d, paragraph (1));
     - the broadcaster does not submit the recordings and other data related to the media coverage of the elections, contrary to Article 75-d paragraph (2);
     - notices and announcements for independent candidates are broadcast contrary to Article 75-e, paragraph (3);
     - the broadcaster does not provide equitable access to the informative program pursuant to Article 76-а, paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Code;
     - the public broadcasting service does not inform the citizens and people with impaired hearing about the election process (Article 76-а, paragraphs (1) and (4)); and
     - the public broadcasting service broadcasts free political presentation of the participants in the election process and acts contrary to Article 76-а, paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (12) of this Code.
(2) A fine in the amount of 30% of the fine prescribed for the broadcasting service shall be pronounced to the responsible person in the broadcasting service for the misdemeanour from paragraph (1) of this article.