Article 25. Responsibility for violation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on mass media Chapter 7. Liability for violation of the legislation on mass media of the Law on Mass Media
1. Dissemination of untrue information discrediting the honor and dignity of a citizen or organization (state body, public, creative, scientific, religious or other association of citizens and legal entities), the impact of mass media on the court, entail liability provided for by legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. Officials of state bodies and other organizations responsible for violating the legislation on mass media, as well as the owner, distributor, editor-in-chief (editor) of the mass media, and the authors of the disseminated messages and materials are responsible for violating the legislation on mass media.
2-1. The owner, editor-in-chief (editor) of the mass media are responsible, as established by the legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for distributing messages and materials containing propaganda or agitation of violent change of the constitutional order, violation of the integrity of the Republic of Kazakhstan, undermining the security of the state, war, social, racial, national, religious, class and tribal superiority, cult of cruelty, violence and pornography, regardless of the source of their receipt.
2-2. The owner, editor-in-chief (editor), and journalist of a mass media outlet, including individuals or legal entities using Internet resources, may not disclose in the disseminated messages and materials the information specified in paragraph 3-4 of Article 14 of this Law, except in cases where the dissemination of such information is carried out in order to protect the rights and legitimate interests of the interests of a child who has suffered as a result of unlawful actions (inaction), and minors suspected and (or) accused of committing administrative and (or) criminal offenses, with the exception of minors found guilty by the court of committing grave or especially grave crimes, including information about their parents and other legal representatives.
The information specified in the first part of this paragraph may be disseminated in the mass media with the consent of:
1) a minor who has reached the age of fourteen, who has suffered as a result of illegal actions (inaction), and his legal representatives;
2) legal representatives of a minor under the age of fourteen who has suffered as a result of unlawful actions (inaction);
3) a minor who has reached the age of sixteen, who has committed administrative and (or) criminal offenses, and his legal representatives.
If one of the persons specified in the second part of this paragraph does not give his consent to the dissemination of information in the mass media, the dissemination of this information is prohibited, except in the following cases:
1) without the consent of a minor who has reached the age of fourteen and has suffered as a result of illegal actions (inaction), or his legal representatives, if the legal representative is a suspect or accused of committing these illegal actions (inaction);
2) with the consent of one legal representative of the injured minor, if the other legal representative is located outside the Republic of Kazakhstan and it is not possible to obtain his consent.
2-3. The mass media may, in order to facilitate the investigation of a crime, identify persons involved in the commission of a crime, and search for missing minors to the extent necessary to achieve these goals, and in compliance with the requirements established by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the basis of procedural documents received from the authorities conducting the criminal process, distribute in the mass media information related to a minor, without obtaining the consent of the persons specified in the second part of paragraph 2-2 of this Article.
3. Obstruction of the legitimate professional activity of a journalist entails liability established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 23, 1999 No. 451-I.
This Law regulates public relations in the field of mass media, establishes state guarantees of their freedom in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
President
Republic of Kazakhstan
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