Article 20. Information publication on mass media
1. State agencies responsible for information provision shall fully, accurately, and timely
provide mass media with information subject to publication on mass media as required by the laws.
2. Putting and broadcasting news on mass media shall comply with the provisions of the
laws. When putting an advertisement and broadcasting news, mass media companies shall ensure
fullness, accuracy, timeliness of the information.
Article 21. Publishing information on the Official Gazette or posting information in public
1. Publishing information publication on the Official Gazette or posting information in public
shall comply with relevant laws.
2. For information posted in public without specific provisions on posting place and
timeframe, such information must be posted at the offices of the agencies or places for community
activities within at least 30 (thirty) days.
Article 22. Handling of incorrect published information
1. State agencies, upon detecting that the information created and published by itself is
incorrect, shall be responsible for correcting information and publishing the corrected information in
timely manner.
2. State agencies publishing information created by other agencies, upon detecting that the
information is incorrect, shall be responsible for correcting information and publishing the corrected
information in timely manner.
3. The state agencies creating information, upon detecting that such information was
incorrectly published by other agencies, shall be responsible for requesting that publishing agency to
correct information and publish the corrected information.
4. Citizens, upon finding published information incorrect, shall make recommendations to
the state agency publishing that information. No later than 15 days from the date of receipt of
recommendations, the agency shall be responsible for checking the accuracy of the information and
responding citizens; in case the information is found incorrect, the state agency shall timely correct
information, and publish the corrected information.
5. Information shall be corrected in the form it was incorrectly published before.
CHAPTER III
PROVIDING INFORMATION UPON REQUEST
Section 1
General provisions on proving information upon request
Article 23. Information accessible upon request
1. Information prescribed in Article 17 of this Law falling in the following cases:
a) Information within the timeframe for publication but not being made public yet;
b) Information with timeframe for publication having expired in accordance with the law;
c) Information being published but not accessible to the information requester due to an
event of force majeure.
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