340. Referring to safeguards under the Data Act, the representative stated that if an individual alleged that a computerised file contained inaorrect information on him he was entitled to know what steps had been taken in If an individual was harmed by incorrect or response to his complaint. the keeper of the file was liable to pay mis?.eading information in a file, The Data Inspectorate could revoke permits to maintain files. damages. Legislation relating to electronic surveillance provided that the county administrative board had to give permission for the placement of surVeillEWe cameras that monitored areas accessible to the general public. Pllegal wire-tapping was punishable under chapter IV of the Penal Code by fines or imprisonment of up to five years. to nav . * on uressio9YUCQhjgition . . or religaous of Drhatred for war an&& wished to know what 341. With regard to that issue , members of the.Committee were the current status and prospects of the debate on the separation of Church and State and what the current status of plans was for legislative action on proposals adopted by the Commission on Freedom of Expression, whether there had been any prosecutions under chapter 16, section 0, of the Penal Code, as smended, relating to the dissemination of racist statementst and whether any action had been taken on the envisaged amendments to the Ordinance on Cinema Performances. 342. In his reply, the representative of the State party emphasiaed that the ties between Church and State in his country were centuries old, which was why the question had not yet been resolved. The Church, to which more than 90 par cant of the population belonged, had acquired a structure which enabled it to take decisions in most matters through representative bodies. At the request of the General Senate of the Church, the Government had appointed a committee to propose solutions to the economic and legal problems that could arise if the current relationship between Church and State was’ to be radically altered, 343. A new bill on freedom of axpression , which in essence would extend the same protection to new electronic media as had already been extended to print media, was currently before Parliament. There had been five or six cases in 1990 in which individuals had been found guilty of breaches of chapter 16, section 8, of the Penal Code, and new legislation concerning freedom of performances had been enacted in 1990. Problems relating to the use of video technology for the distribution of violent images were being dealt with through intensified surveillance of the market and harsher penalties. . YrotecLuu . of the fad&! 344. In connection with that issue, members of the Committee requested information on the status of the proposed bill to replace the Care of Young Persons Act and inquired whether the new legislation, if enacted, would provide divorced parents with increased access to their children. Clarification was also sought of the provision relating to the detention of immigrant children while the status of their parents was being investigated. -04-