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Article 7
 

(Responsibilities of Political Parties, Candidates, etc. for Fair Competition)


(1) A political party and a candidate taking part in an election (including a person who intends to become a candidate; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply) and a person who canvasses for votes on behalf of a candidate, in conducting an election campaign, shall witness this Act and engage in fair competition, and shall not engage in any conduct detrimental to the good morals and social order in supporting, propagandizing, criticizing or opposing the platform and policy of a political party or the political views of a candidate.


<Amended by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>


(2) The election commissions at all levels (excluding Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission) shall positively publicize necessary matters in order to promote policy elections and may subsidize organizations engaged in promoting policy elections in a neutral manner.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>