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D o m i n i c a n R e p u b l i c 10. RIGHT OF REPLY AND OF RETRACTION Art. 17 of Law 3162 of 1962, Expression and Propagation of
Ideas, addresses the question of corrections and the right of reply.
Although the law only regulates aspects of the right of correction,
it deals in fact with the right of reply because it compels a newspaper
or publication to publish a text from an offended party, as ordered
by a judge. This right is based on two cases. The first covers public officials
(Art. 18) and the second, private parties (Art. 19), with the intent
of correcting verifiable mistakes. The right of correction or rectification for public officials
deals with information relevant to their public duties, under terms
of Art. 18. Private parties may exercise the right of correction
in cases where the information in question contains verifiable errors
as defined in Art. 19. Failure to publish a correction incurs a
monetary sanction. Publication of the correction must be free of charge (Arts.
18 and 20). The deadline for seeking a correction is two months after the
date of the original publication (Art. 22).
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