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Article 29
 

(Election for Membership Increase of Local Council Members)


(1) The election for the membership increase as provided in subparagraph 3 (proviso), 5 or 6 of Article 28 shall be based on the new constituency
demarcated as provided in Article 22 , 23, or 26, but shall be held for the constituency in which there are no previous local council members or the number of the previous local council members falls short of the fixed number of members.


(2) In the constituency demarcation of paragraph (1), the constituency for the previous local council member shall be the constituency having jurisdiction
over his/her domicile at the time of his/her candidate registration, and if the number of the previous local council members in a newly demarcated
constituency exceeds the new fixed number of council members for the constituency, the number of members, including those in excess of the new fixed number, shall be the fixed number of members for the constituency concerned until the general election is held at the expiration of the term, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 22 or 23. 


(3) The affairs concerning the election for the membership increase as provided in paragraph (1), where the Gu/Si/Gun election commission
concerned is not established, may be attended to by the Gu/Si/Gun election commission designated by the City/Do election commission or having previously had jurisdiction over the district concerned.