Council of Europe - Venice Commission

KOREA - Public Offical Election Act

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Article 30

(Election in Case of Abolition, Establishment, Division, and Merger of Local Governments)

(1) Where a local government is established, abolished, divided, or merged, the head of the local government concerned shall be elected as follows:

1. Where a new Si, autonomous Gu or Metropolitan City is established, the head of the local government concerned shall be newly elected;

2. Where a local government is divided into two or more local governments of the same category, the head of the previous local government shall, from among the newly established local governments, become the head of a local government that has jurisdiction over the district in which the office of the previous local government is located and the heads of other new local governments shall be newly elected. In this case, if the office of the previous local government is located in the district under jurisdiction of another local government, which local government shall elect the new head shall be determined at the time when Acts regarding the division of a local government are enacted;

3. Where two or more local governments of the same category are merged to become a new local government, the heads of the previous local governments shall lose their positions of office and the head of the new local government shall be elected;

4. Where a local government is abolished due to the merger into another local government, the head of the abolished local government shall lose
his/her position of office.

(2) Where only the name of a local government changes, the head of the previous local government shall become the head of the changed local
government and hold office for the remaining term at the time of such change.

(3) For the purpose of this Act, the term "local government of the same category" means a local government of the same category as provided in
Article 2 (1) of the Local Autonomy Act.