The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the law "on press and other media" make law "on press and other media" (the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1991, 5./6.nr.; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, no. 11; 2002.13. nr. 2) the following amendments: 1. Replace the entire law, the word "Finance" with the word "financial".
2.7. Article: replace the second paragraph, the word "innocence" with the word "innocence";
to supplement the article with the ninth and tenth by the following: "prohibited to publish the child pornography and materials that shall be given to children facing violence.
Forbidden to publish erotic and porn grāfisk explicit material, if thereby infringe the procedure laid down in the laws governing the erotic and pornographic materials. "
3. Article 9: to make the first part of the fourth sentence as follows: "the State notary register of companies will examine the application and decide within 10 days of its receipt.";
make the third paragraph as follows: "together with the application for registration must be submitted to document on registration and payment of the fee for the decision on the media establishment and issues. If the founder, Publisher or editorial are different individuals, shall be submitted to the contract governing the relationship between the parties. "
4. Article 10 shall be expressed by the following: ' article 10. Refusal of registration in the register of notaries public can refuse the media registration if: 1) is not complied with this law, 4, 8 and 9 the requirements set out in article;
2) indicated in the application are false.
In the Republic of Latvia is prohibited to register a mass media with Latvia if a weekly or by court ruling out of the activities of the media name.
For media registration refusal in writing to the applicant within five days from the date of adoption of the decision, stating the reasons for refusal.
The applicant has the right to challenge the State notary register of companies, the decision and the actual action, the administrative procedure law shall be submitted to the register of companies, the main State notary application.
The applicant has the right to register in the public notary main decision and action, appeal to the Administrative Court of law. "
5. Express article 11, the second subparagraph by the following: "If the media action ends the first part of this article 1 and paragraph 3, in the cases referred to in the Media Manager or the Court within three days after the opening of winding-up shall notify the Registrar of companies and submit a decision on media activities. Notice for the media of the winding up to be sent to the National Library of Latvia. "
6. Supplement article 12 paragraph 4 of the second paragraph after the word "equality" with the words "the infringement and child pornography".
7. Replace the words "in article 19 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia" with the word "law".
8. Article 21 of the expression as follows: "article 21. The false news of the withdrawal and apology of any natural or legal person is entitled to request the media references about them published (broadcast) news, if its not true. Honor and dignity of other harassment cases have the right to ask for an apology.
The application of false recall or apologies for submitting Media Editor for six months of false news or the honor and dignity of the offensive publication of the information (transmission).
Application to be precisely true inappropriate messages or honor and dignity, their offensive the publishing point (broadcast) and date.
Media Editor must consider the application within seven days from the date of arrival.
If the media feature, there is no evidence that the published information (transmitted) is true, then it should be immediately withdrawn. A cancellation or an apology be published in the same typeface, same edition Chapter (broadcast), which was published in the (broadcast) false news or the honor and dignity of offensive information. In the event of a dispute the interested natural or legal person this post a cancellation or an apology can claim in court.
If the Court ruling the media feature of duty levied at called false news or apologize, this is done in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The media feature can refuse to recall the message, if it confirms the facts referred to the judgment of the Court. "
9. Express article 27, the first paragraph by the following: "the secret source of information for disclosure, the journalist in the jamming or article 7 of this law the publication of information in the perpetrators responsible for the Republic of Latvia laws."
The law adopted in 2005 the Saeima on 26 October.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga on 11 November 2005 in the Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on the 25th November 2005.