Council of Europe - Venice Commission

KOREA - Public Offical Election Act

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Article 61

(Establishment of Election Campaign Organizations)

(1) In order to carry out election campaigns and other affairs concerning an election, a political party or a candidate may establish an election campaign office and election campaign liaison office, a preliminary candidate an election campaign office, and a political party election campaign organizations respectively in the office of its central party and in the office of each of its City/Do parties in accordance with the following subparagraphs:

1. For the presidential election: The political party or candidate may establish one election campaign office, and an election campaign liaison office in each City/Do and Gu/Si/Gun (referring to the local constituency for the National Assembly member, where one Gu/Si/Gun consists of two or more constituencies for the National Assembly members; hereafter, the same shall apply in this Article);

2. For the election of a local constituency National Assembly member: The candidate may establish one election campaign office in the local constituency for the National Assembly member concerned: Provided, That where one constituency for the National Assembly member consists of two or more Gu/Si/Gun, an election campaign liaison office may be established in each Gu/Si/Gun where the election campaign office is not located;

3. For the election of a proportional representative National Assembly member and a proportional representative local council member: The political party may establish one election campaign office (one election campaign office in each City/Do that submits the roll of the candidates for the proportional representative City/Do council members in the case of the election of the proportional representative City/Do council members, and one election campaign office in each autonomous Gu/Si/Gun that submits the roll of candidates for the proportional representative autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members in the case of
the election of the proportional representative autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members);

4. For the election of the local council members of local constituency: The candidate may establish one election campaign office in the constituency concerned;

5. For the election of the Mayor/Do Governor: The candidate may establish one election campaign office in the City/Do concerned, and one election campaign liaison office in each Gu/Si/Gun within the City/Do concerned;

6. For the election of the head of an autonomous Gu/Si/Gun: The candidate may establish one election campaign office in the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun concerned: Provided, That in a Si where non-autonomous Gus are established, an election campaign liaison office may be established in each Gu where the election campaign office is not located, and where one Gu/Si/Gun consists of two or more constituencies for the National Assembly members, an election campaign liaison office may be established in each constituency for the National Assembly member where the election campaign office is not located.

(2) Where the seat of the City/Do or Gu/Si/Gun office is located in a district of another City/Do or Gu/Si/Gun, the election campaign office or election campaign liaison office may be established in the district of the City/Do or Gu/Si/Gun having jurisdiction over the seat of the City/Do or Gu/Si/Gun office, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1).

(3) The election campaign office or the election campaign liaison office of a political party, party-recommended candidate, or a preliminary candidate belonging to a political party may, when there exists an office of the political party (including the political party's election campaign office under the provisions of Article 61-2) corresponding thereto, be established in that office.

(4) When a preliminary candidate has completed a registration of candidate pursuant to the provisions of Article 49, the election campaign office of the relevant preliminary candidate shall be deemed the election campaign office of the candidate.

(5) The election campaign office and election campaign liaison office shall be established in a fixed place or facilities, but shall not be established in a food entertainment business office under the Food Sanitation Act, or a public hygiene business office under the Public Health Control Act.

(6) Signboards, tablets, and placards for election campaigns, election posters under Article 64, campaign bulletins under Article 65, written campaign
promises under Article 66 and photographs of candidates may be erected or posted at each election campaign office, election campaign liaison office, or election campaign organization in accordance with Regulations of the National Election Commission: Provided, That only signboards, tablets, and placards may be erected or posted at the election campaign office of a preliminary candidate.

(7) When a preliminary candidate has been disqualified, he/she shall close an election campaign office established under the provisions of paragraph (1),
and where he/she has failed to close it, the constituency election commission shall order the relevant preliminary candidate to promptly close the election campaign office.