(Independent Candidates Prohibited from Professing Political Party)

No independent candidate shall profess that he/she is supported or recommended by a specific political party: Provided, That the same shall not apply to acts falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

<Amended by Act No. 4947, Apr. 1, 1995; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>

1. Indicating his/her career as a political party member;

2. Where a political party, which has not recommended a candidate in the relevant constituency, supports or aids any independent candidate, the act of professing such fact.

<This Article was amended in accordance with the decision on unconstitutionality made by the constitutional Court on January 30, 2003, pursuant to Act No. 7189 on March 12, 2004>