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(Collection of Campaign Pledges of Preliminary Candidate)


(1) The preliminary candidates for the presidential election and the election of the head of local government may publish and distribute one kind of
campaign collection of pledges (refers to one published in the form of book; hereinafter "campaign promise collection of preliminary candidate") describing campaign promises and the goals, priority order, execution procedures, term of execution and plan for raising funds for each project as a promotion plan therefor, and when he/she intends to distribute it he/she shall sell it by an ordinary method: Provided, That it shall not be sold by door-to-door sales method.


(2) In addition to the campaign promises and the matters on a promotion plan therefor, in cases where the preliminary candidate in paragraph (1)
inserts his/her photograph, name, academic background (refers to the ordinary academic background and the academic background completed in a foreign educational course equivalent thereto), career and other matters necessary for publicity in the campaign promise collection of preliminary candidate, the number of pages on which aforesaid matters are inserted shall not exceed 10/100 of the total number of pages, including the front cover, and the matters concerning other political parties or a person who intends to be a candidate shall not be inserted in the campaign promise collection of preliminary candidate.


(3) When a preliminary candidate intends to publish and sell the campaign promise collection of preliminary candidate pursuant to paragraph (1),
he/she shall submit two copies thereof to the competent constituency election commission on publication without delay.


(4) The indication of grounds, etc. for drawing up and submission of the campaign promise collection of preliminary candidate, and other necessary
matters shall be prescribed by National Election Commission Regulations.


[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008]