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9. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONTENT OF INFORMATION

The Code of Minors provides:

Art. 33: ?The state guarantees to minors access to adequate information which respects the culture of their age group. To implement this right, the state shall request the media to produce and disseminate programs which meet the language needs of minors belonging to different ethnic groups.?

Art. 200: ?The media are forbidden to publish or transmit news items about minors that assails their good reputation, privacy or family.

In transmitting or publishing criminal facts involving minors as perpetrators, participants, witnesses or victims, they shall not be interviewed and their names shall remain undisclosed, as well as other facts that might identify them or lead to their identification.?

The Electoral Law of 15 January 1987 provides:

Art. 104: ?Electoral advertising carried out by legally recognized political parties is guaranteed, provided it does not undermine public order and good behavior according to the law.?

Art. 105: ?In order to assure that parties and electoral alliances share equal opportunities during elections to promote their respective candidates, electoral advertising shall be controlled through the space and time allotted to each in the press, radio and television.?

Art. 106: ?Electoral advertising shall be restricted for each political party and electoral alliances to half a page per newspaper edition or its equivalent in column inches, estimated for all dailies with national circulation; 10 minutes per day on television estimated for all nationwide or regional TV channels; 20 minutes per day on each nationwide radio station and 10 on each local station. Within these limits political parties may distribute the time and space for political advertising to better serve their objectives.?

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