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Article 85
 

(Prohibition of Involvement of Public Officials, etc. in Elections, etc.)


(1) A public official or a person who shall remain politically neutral in accordance with an Act and subordinate statutes shall not exercise undue
influence on an election in connection with his/her duties or by taking advantage of his/her status or commit an act that affects an election
otherwise.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014> 


(2) No public official shall engage in an election campaign taking advantage of his/her status. If a public official carries out an election campaign
aiming at the staff members under his/her control or executives and employees of an institution provided in Article 53 (1) 4 through 6, or executives and employees of a private enterprise provided in Article 17 of the Public Service Ethics Act, it shall be deemed that he/she engages in an election campaign taking advantage of his/her status.


<Amended by Act No. 6388, Jan. 26, 2001; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005: Act No. 10067, Mar. 12, 2010; Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012; Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>


(3) No one shall have another person carry out an election campaign aiming at the members of an educational, religious or professional institution or
organization or have such members carry out an election campaign, taking advantage of any occupational act in the organization thereof, or have another person carry out an election campaign aiming at a business organization, enterprise or members thereof or have such an organization,
enterprise or member thereof carry out an election campaign, taking advantage of a special transaction status such as a systematization or subcontract.


<Amended by Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>


(4) No one shall carry out an election campaign aiming at a person who has no voting franchise but is under a special educational relation, taking
advantage of an educational act.


<Amended by Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>