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The Media Act is amended as follows:
A. Article 39g is amended as follows:
1. In the first section «and groupings» is deleted and the words «Second Chamber» are replaced by the words: Second or First Chamber.
2. In the section two every mention of «and groupings» is deleted.
3. Three new sections are added after section two, as follows:
3. Where a political party, on the basis of articles 137c, d, e, f, or g, or article 429 (4) of the Dutch Criminal Code, is sentenced to pay a monetary fine, the Media Authority, notwithstanding sections one and two, shall not allocate any broadcasting time to said political party for a period starting on the day when the conviction becomes irrevocable. This period is:
a. one year, if the pecuniary fine is less than f 2.500,-;
b. two years, if the pecuniary fine is f 2.500, - or more, but less than f 5,000, -;
c. three years, if the pecuniary fine is f 5,000, - or more, but less than f 7.500, -; and
d. four years, if the pecuniary fine is f 7.500, - or more.
4. In the event that, on the basis of the Electoral law, no seats are assigned to the list of a political party on the day when the conviction becomes irrevocable, but one or more seats are assigned on the basis of an election taking place within a period of two years after that day, the period during which said political party is not allocated any broadcasting time as referred to in the section one, is counted as beginning on the day when the election took place
5. Subsequent to a conviction as referred to in the section three, the political party, if necessary notwithstanding section three (a), shall not, in any case, be allocated any broadcasting time as referred to in the section two within two years following the day when the conviction becomes irrevocable.
B. In article 40i, section one, «and groupings» is deleted.
C. After article 45 an article 45a is inserted, as follows:
Article 45a
If a political party, pursuant to article 39g, section three, loses its allocation of broadcasting time, as provided for in article 39g, section three, from the day when the conviction becomes irrevocable, the broadcasting time already allocated shall also be cancelled ipso jure.
D. In article 50, section seven, «or grouping » is deleted.
E. In article 54a, section two, «and groupings» is deleted.
F. In article 55, section three, «and groupings» is deleted.
G. In article 55a, third section three, «and groupings» is deleted.
H. In article 57d «and groupings» is deleted.
I. In article 64b, section two, «and groupings» is deleted.
J. In article 103, section two, «and groupings» is deleted.
K. In article 109d «and groupings» is deleted.