ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (as amended January 2008) 83 … [Repealed] 84 84 Evidence and duration of accreditation of journalists (1) A press card shall constitute evidence that the holder thereof is accredited as a journalist, and shall be valid for a period or any part of a period of twelve months ending on the 31st December each year. (2) The holder of a press card may, in the form and manner and accompanied by the fee, if any, prescribed, make an application to the Commission for its renewal upon the same terms and conditions that applied when the initial press card was issued: Provided that if there are any material changes in the particulars furnished in connection with the original application for accreditation, the holder of a press card concerned shall make a new application for accreditation in terms of section seventy-nine. 85 … [Repealed] 85 86 Correction of untruthful information (1) A person or his legal representative shall have the right, at no cost, to demand from a mass media service correction of untruthful information that denigrates his honour and dignity and that was published by that mass media service.86 (2) A mass media owner shall be obliged to publish a correction in the next issue after the date of receipt of the demand for a correction of its text. (3) If a person has submitted a text of the correction, the text shall be disseminated as long as it does not contravene a provision of this Act. (4) A person aggrieved by a decision of a mass media owner to refuse to publish a correction may appeal to the Commission. 87 Manner in which correction is to be made (1) A correction shall indicate the information published by the given mass media service that was not truthful, and when it was published by that mass media service. 87 (2) A correction shall be published in the same manner as the refuted report or material was published and shall be set up with the same type and featured under the heading “Correction”. (3) A person aggrieved by the manner in which a correction in terms of this section is made or published may appeal in the time and manner prescribed to the Commission. 88 84 Section repealed by s. 18 of Act 20/2007.. 85 Section repealed by s. 19 of Act 20/2007.. 86 Subsection amended by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003. 87 Subsection amended by s. 20 of Act 5/2003. 88 Subsection inserted by s. 20 of Act 5/2003. 47