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Article 79
 

(Campaign Speeches or Interviews at Open Places)


(1) The candidate (excluding any candidate for the proportional representative National Assembly member and the proportional representative local
council member; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply) may make a campaign speech or interview at an open place for the purpose of providing information on the platform and policy of the political party to which he/she belongs, his/her political views or other necessary matters during the election campaign period.


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


(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term "campaign speech or interview at an open place" means a campaign speech requesting persons for the
support of a political party or candidate or an interview by a candidate, an election campaign manager, the chief of an election liaison office, an election campaign worker (hereinafter referred to as "candidate, etc." in this Article) and persons designated by a candidate, etc., from among persons who are able to conduct an election campaign, with persons in a way of answering questions, rendered at a roadside, square, open space, resident hall, market, shop, or other open places which many people pass through and which is prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


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


(3) A motor vehicle, loudspeaker system attached thereto, or portable loudspeaker for a campaign speech or interview may be used at an open place according to the classification of the following subparagraphs:


<Amended by Act No. 4947, Apr. 1, 1995; Act No. 5127, Dec. 30, 1995; Act No. 5412, Nov. 14, 1997; Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


1. In the presidential election: one unit and one set per each candidate and each City/Do and Gu/Si/Gun election campaign liaison office;


2. In the election of the National Assembly member of local constituency and the Mayor/Do Governor: one unit and one set per each candidate and each Gu/Si/Gun election campaign liaison office;


3. In the elections of the local council member of local constituency and the head of autonomous Gu/Si/Gun: one unit and one set per each
candidate. 


(4) The loudspeaker system provided for in paragraph (3) may be used only for a campaign speech or interview, and the portable loudspeaker may not
be used in an area other than where the motor vehicle to be used for a campaign speech or interview comes to a halt. In such cases, such a portable loudspeaker may not be used at the same time with the loudspeaker system attached to the motor vehicle.


<Amended by Act No. 5127, Dec. 30, 1995; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(5) Where the loudspeaker system attached to a motor vehicle is used, the number of loudspeakers shall not exceed one.


<Amended by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>


(6) The motor vehicle and loudspeaker system shall be marked under conditions prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission,
and the campaign poster under Article 64, the campaign bulletins under Article 65, the written campaign promises Article 66, or candidate's photograph may be attached thereto.


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


(7) A candidate, etc. may temporarily attend an indoor meeting which is held by another person, to make a campaign speech or have an interview, and
in this case, he/she may use a loudspeaker system installed at the place or a portable loudspeaker.


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


(8) and (9) Deleted. <by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(10) A candidate, when making a campaign speech or having an interview at an open place (or when a candidate travels by the automobile specified in
paragraph (3) or when he/she prepares him/herself or stands by around such automobile in order to make a campaign speech or to have an interview), may play music (including music which promotes a political party or a candidate, such as a political party's theme song) or make broadcast or play film as to platforms or policies, or candidate' personal histories, political views, or activities by using tape recorders or video cameras (including video and audio appliances; the same shall also apply in this Article hereafter).


<Amended by Act No. 5412, Nov. 14, 1997; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012> 


(11) Deleted. <by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(12) Size of video cameras and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


<Amended by Act No. 5412, Nov. 14, 1997; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>