(Prohibition of Abnormal Distribution of Newspapers, Magazines, etc.)
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, no one shall distribute, circulate, post, or affix a newspaper, news report, or magazine or a news letter or any other periodical of an institution, organization, or facility, which carries an article about an election, in any manner other than the ordinary manner or make a photocopy of such article to distribute, circulate, post, or affix it.
<Amended by Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012>
(2) An “article about an election” in paragraph (1) means an article favorable or unfavorable to the success or defeat of a candidate (including a person
who intends to become a candidate; the same shall apply hereafter in Articles 96 and 97) or an article in favor of or against a particular political party (including the preparatory committee for the establishment of a political party), while “distribution in the ordinary manner” means issuance and distribution in the ing and distributing in the usual manner within the usual extent.
<Amended by Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012>