§ 44 (1) During the campaign period program providers may publish political advertisements under equal conditions for nominating organisations and candidates. No opinion, assessing explanation shall be attached to such political advertisements.
(2) In other respects, regarding broadcasters' participation in the election campaign the provisions of the law on radio and television shall apply.
Legal remedy regarding media campaign
§ 44/A (1) Reserves regarding the participation of the media in the election campaign (so especially with respect to violating the basic principles of the electoral procedure, the publication of political advertisements) will be adjudged
a) regarding periodicals distributed nationally or local provision of programs, by the competent local election committee of the seat or address of the publisher or the program provider,
b) regarding regional provision of programs, by the competent regional election committee of the seat or address of the program provider,
c) regarding periodicals distributed nationally, news agencies or nationwide provision of programs, by the National Election Committee.
(2) If the election committee sustains the reserve, in addition to the legal consequences set forth under Section § 78 (1), it may oblige the editorial staff of the periodical, the program provider or news agency to publish its resolution or the operative clause thereof
a) within three days regarding daily newspapers and news agencies,
b) the same way in the next issue regarding periodicals,
c) within three days regarding program providers, in the period of the day and on as many occasions when and as many times the announcement violating the law was broadcast.
(3) In the reserve it is enough to indicate the program item producing the evidence of violation, it shall not be attached; the evidence indicated will be obtained by the election committee ex officio.
