Article 19. Right to refutation

1. Citizen or legal entity shall have the right to demand refutation of data derogating his honor, dignity and business reputation in court, if the person that spread this information is not able to prove that information is true.

2. If data derogating honor, dignity and business reputation of citizen or legal entity is disseminated in mass media, it must be refuted in the same mass media free of charge.

If a document coming from an organization contains the mentioned data, such document shall be subject to replacement or recall with mandatory notification of addressees about non-compliance of the data contained in this document with reality.

3. Demand of a citizen or legal entity to publish refutation or responsibility in a mass medium shall be processed in court in event when a mass medium refused to make this publication or if it didn’t make this publication within one month and in event of its liquidation.

4. Citizen or legal entity, in relation to which data derogating his honor, dignity and business reputation was spread, shall have the right to demand compensation of losses and moral harm caused by initiator as well as refutation of such data.