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Article 64
 

(Campaign Posters)


(1) A campaign poster to be used for an election campaign shall include a photograph (referring to the photograph of a candidate alone), name and
mark (referring to the indication of an order by which a political party or a candidate is entered on the ballot paper to be printed under Article 150; hereinafter the same shall apply) of a candidate, the name of the political party to which the party-recommended candidate belongs (an independent candidate shall be indicated as "independent"), his/her career [where an academic background is entered, the regular academic backgrounds and the academic backgrounds completed in a foreign educational course equivalent thereto, shall be entered therein: in such cases, if the regular academic background is entered, the name of school at the time of graduation or completion (in cases of leaving school in mid-course, the period of study shall be entered together) shall be entered therein, and when academic background completed in a foreign educational course equivalent thereto is entered, the name of curriculum, the period of study, and the title of the acquired degree when a degree was acquired shall be entered therein, and the final regular academic background and the academic background
completed in a foreign educational course may be entered therein on condition that a certificate of academic background is submitted under Article 49 (4) 6; hereinafter the same shall apply] and political views, the platform and policy of the political party to which he/she belongs, and other matters necessary for publicity (in cases of an election of a National Assembly member of local constituency, the roll of candidates for the proportional representative National Assembly members shall be included, in cases of an election of a City/Do council member of local constituency, the roll of candidates for the proportional representative
City/Do council members and in cases of an election of an autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council member of local constituency, the roll of candidates for the proportional representative autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members shall be included, and other figure photos than the candidate shall be excluded), and it shall be prepared and pasted at the rate of one sheet for a population of 500 in Dong, one sheet for a population of 250 in Eup, and one sheet for a population of 100 in Myeon: Provided, That it may be adjusted to the rate of one sheet for a population of 1,000 as prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission, in
consideration of population density, pasting places, etc.


<Amended by Act No. 4947, Apr. 1, 1995; Act No. 5127, Dec. 30, 1995; Act No. 5262, Jan. 13, 1997; Act No. 5412, Nov. 14, 1997; Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 6663, Mar. 7, 2002; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(2) Campaign posters as provided for in paragraph (1) shall be prepared by the candidate (excluding any candidate for the proportional representative
National Assembly member and the proportional representative local council member and in cases of the party-recommended candidate to run in the presidential election, referring to the political party that recommends him; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), and submitted to the Gu/Si/Gun election commission having jurisdiction over the area in which they are pasted by no later than three days after the closing date of candidate registration with regard to a presidential election (in cases of an additional registration under Article 51, it refers to two days after the closing date of additional registration), and by no later than five days after the closing date of candidate registration with regard to the election of National Assembly members, local government council members or heads of local governments, and the relevant Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall confirm and paste such campaign posters no later than
two days (three days, in cases of the presidential election or the islands or the remote and secluded areas in the mountains) after the closing date of submission of campaign posters. In such cases, if some of campaign posters are not submitted, the area where the campaign posters are not to be pasted (making a voting district as a unit) shall be designated and reported in writing when campaign posters are submitted, and if the area wherein no campaign posters are to be pasted is not reported, the relevant Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall designate such area.


<Amended by Act No. 4947, Apr. 1, 1995; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011; Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012>


(3) The competent constituency election commission shall publicly announce the quantity of campaign posters to be prepared, kept or submitted by the
candidate under paragraph (2) not later than ten days prior to the commencing date of election period. In such cases, a specified quantity may be added as prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


<Amended by Act No. 5127, Dec. 30, 1995; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(4) The campaign posters, if not submitted by the closing date of the submission period under paragraph (2) or if larger or smaller than the standard, shall not be pasted. <Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010> 


(5) The campaign posters submitted under paragraph (2) shall not be corrected or withdrawn: Provided, That a candidate may request for the correction or deletion of parts of campaign posters in writing to the relevant constituency election commission, on the grounds that any false information exists on the name or mark of a candidate, political party to which a candidate belongs, career, academic background, academic degrees, rewards or punishments (hereinafter referred to as "career, etc.") in campaign posters or that contents violating this Act are included in campaign posters, and the constituency election commission, upon receiving such requests, may allow such candidate to correct or delete the relevant parts within a deadline for submitting campaign posters under
paragraph (2). In such cases, no new information shall be added, other than the correction or deletion of the relevant parts, and there should be no changes in the existing arrangement methods, colors and standards, etc. 


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(6) When any one intends to raise an objection against any false information on career, etc. in campaign posters, he/she shall raise such objection in
writing to the next higher election commission via the relevant constituency election commission, and the higher election commission may, upon receiving the objection, request a candidate and a person, who has raised an objection, to present evidentiary documents, and when such documents are not presented or turn out to be false, the commission shall publicly announce such fact.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(7) Where the slanders on the private life of another candidate, his/her spouse, his/her lineal ascendant or descendant, or sibling contained in a campaign poster under paragraph (1) are deemed to be in contravention of this Act, the competent constituency election commission shall file a complaint against the facts thereof and publicly announce them.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(8) A printer who prints campaign posters shall provide any one with the campaign posters printed in excess of the quantity under paragraph (3).


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010> 


(9) A candidate shall, in case where he/she intends to make a supplementary pasting as the campaign posters pasted by the competent Gu/Si/Gun
election commission are spoiled or damaged, paste the new ones over the old ones, within the limit of publicly announced quantity under paragraph (3).


<Amended by Act No. 5127, Dec. 30, 1995; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010> 


(10) Where the campaign poster is pasted under paragraph (1), the owner or manager of the land, building or other facilities on which the campaign
poster is pasted shall cooperate in the pasting of such a campaign poster, unless any special ground exists to the contrary.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(11) Any application for correction or deletion of details of campaign posters, public notification of the quantity, standard, preparation, submission,
confirmation, and pasting of the posters, and the public notice of an objection filed against a falsity of career, etc. or a slander on the private
life of a candidate, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


<Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>