reputation of a legal person, the conditions and procedure for refuting such information as well as civil liability of producers and/or disseminators of public information. 2. If the false information has been announced through the media (in the press, on television, radio, etc.), a person about whom such information has been announced shall have the right to write out refutation which must specify which published information contradicts reality, when and where it was announced, which statements of the published information degrade the honour and dignity of the natural person or damage the professional reputation of the legal person, and to demand that the media which disseminated such information publish the refutation. 3. Upon receiving the refutation specified in paragraph 2 of this Article, it must be published free of charge of the same size and in the same form as the false information degrading the honour and dignity of the natural person or damaging the professional reputation of the legal person or published by any other adequate means within a period of two weeks, with the exception of the media the periodicity of which is less frequent. In that case, the aforementioned refutation shall be published in the first programme of the National Radio of Lithuania (within a period of two weeks) and in the first publication or programme of the media after the receipt of the refutation, without comments, in the same place, of the same size and in the same form (television and radio – on the same day of the week and at the same time) as the false information degrading the honour and dignity of the natural person or damaging the professional reputation of the legal person. The media must publish the response regardless of whether the information disseminated through them was disseminated on behalf of the media or any other person. 4. If upon receipt of the refutation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the media decide not to publish such refutation, they must, within a period of two weeks of the receipt of the refutation, reply in writing to a person who has submitted the refutation indicating the reasons and motives for refusal to publish the refutation. 5. The requirements specified in paragraph 3 of this Article must also be adhered to in cases where the media, of their own free will, publish the refutation of false information degrading the honour and dignity of the natural person or damaging the professional reputation of the legal person. 6. Refusal to publish or otherwise announce the refutation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article in the manner prescribed in paragraphs 3-5 of this Article may be appealed against in court according to the place of residence of the person whose honour and dignity has been degraded by the false information, or according to the place of registration of the head office of the legal person whose professional reputation has been damaged by the false information. A complaint must be examined not later than within 30 days of its lodgement; non-working days shall also be included in this time limit. CHAPTER V REGULATORY AND SELF-REGULATORY BODIES GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF PRODUCERS AND DISSEMINATORS OF PUBLIC INFORMATION