(Period for Election Campaign)

An election campaign may be allowed during the period from the commencing date of election period to the day before the election day: Provided, That the same shall not apply to cases falling under any one of the following subparagraphs:

<Amended by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011; Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012>

1. Where any preliminary candidate, etc. wages the election campaign pursuant to the provisions of Article 60-3 (1) and (2);

2. Where a person works on an election campaign by sending text messages (excluding voice, images, and video clips without text) at any time other than the election day. In such cases, the persons who are permitted to send such messages by means of automatic broadcast communications with computers and computer applications shall be limited to candidates and preliminary candidates, but the number of times such messages may be sent shall not exceed five times (including the number of times a candidate sent such messages when he/she was a preliminary candidate), and only one telephone number
reported in accordance with Regulations of the National Election Commission shall be used every time such messages are sent;

3. Where a person works on an election campaign by posting a writing or video clip on an internet web-site or its bulletin board or chatting room or sending an e-mail (referring to a communication system with which computer users exchange information in the form of text, voice, images, or video clips through a network; the same shall apply hereinafter). In such cases, persons who are permitted to send e-mails by entrusting the dispatch of e-mails to an agency shall be limited to
candidates and preliminary candidates.