2. Persons who believe that their rights and legal interests were violated by information administrators shall have the right to seek compensation of material and moral damages in accordance with procedure defined by the law. Chapter VI. FINAL PROVISIONS 1. This Law shall come into effect in three months from the day of its publication. 2. Before legislation of Ukraine is brought into accordance with this Law legislative acts of Ukraine shall be applied in the part that is not contradicting this Law. 3. To make amendments in the following legislative acts of Ukraine: 1) in the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (The Vidomosti of the Verkhovna Rada of URSR, 1984, Addendum to #51, p. 1122): to complement paragraph 1 of Article 212-3 after the words “On Information” with the words “On Access to Public Information”; the Note shall be laid out in the following wording: “Note. Persons defined in the Note to Article 212-26 of this Code shall be held responsible for actions described by this Article in accordance with Article 212-26.”; to complement paragraph 1 of Article 212-26 after the words “On Information” with the words “On Access to Public Information”; 2) in the title and subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 330 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (The Vidomosti of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2001, #25-25 p. 131) the words “that is the property of the state” shall be replaced with the words “that is in possession of the state”; 3) paragraph 10 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine “On Search and Detective Activities” (The Vidomosti of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 1992, # 22, p. 303; 2000, # 10, p.79) shall be complemented with the sentences: “It is prohibited to publish or provide collected information, as well as information concerning the conducting or not conducting of search and detective activities with regard to a certain person prior to making a decision based on the outcome of such activities. The issue of publication or provision of such information after the decision is made shall be regulated by the law.”. 4) Article 9 of Law of Ukraine “On Counterintelligence Activities” (The Vidomosti of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2003, # 12, p. 89) shall be complemented with a sentence of the following wording: “It is prohibited to publish or provide (disclose) collected information, as well as information concerning the conducting or not conducting of counterintelligence activities and measures with regard to a certain person prior to making a decision based on the outcome of such activities or measures”; Translated for the Council of Europe/EU Project “Promotion of European standards in the Ukrainian media environment”. Translation edited by Dmytro Kotlyar. 14