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Article 89
 

Article 89 (Prohibition of Establishment of Similar Institutions)


(1) No one shall newly establish or install an election promotion committee, supporter’s association, research institute, counseling office, resting place,
or any similar institution, association, organization, or facility in whatsoever name or use an existing institution, association, organization, or facility for a candidate or a person who intends to become a candidate, in addition to the election campaign office, election campaign liaison office, or election campaign organization under paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 61: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to one election campaign organization established in the election campaign office of a candidate or a preliminary candidate and the supporters’ association under the Political Funds Act.


<Amended by Act No. 5412, Nov. 14, 1997; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 11485, Oct. 2, 2012; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(2) An institution, association, organization, or facility established and operated by a political party or a candidate shall not do anything, to the electors
concerned, that may influence the election, or carry out propaganda using a poster, placard, broadcast, newspaper, communications, magazine or printed matter, or other means in the name of the political party or candidate, or in a manner that such a name may be analogized, in order to let the electors know the establishment or activities of such institution, organization or facilities from 180 days before the election day (the time when the reason for holding the election becomes final, in case of a special election) to the election day: Provided, That the same shall not apply to any notice and any advertisement aimed for raising funds under Article 15 of the Political Funds Act.


<Amended by Act No. 5412, Nov. 14, 1997; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>