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KOREA - Public Offical Election Act

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Article 111

(Report on Parliamentary Activities)

(1) A National Assembly member or a local council member other may report his/her parliamentary activities (including activities in his/her
constituency, notification of schedules and other matters necessary for publicity of his/her achievements) to the electorate (including the electorate
newly included in the district by a change of the administrative or electorate district; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), through assemblies such as briefing sessions, written reports (including printed matter, sound recording, video recording, and copies of computerized data), the Internet, text messages, or direct telephone conversations between a caller and a receiver or congratulatory speeches or greeting words (including the case of posting them): Provided, That no one shall report his/her performance of duties and parliamentary activities, in whatsoever name they are, by any means other than publishing them through an Internet homepage or its bulletin board or chatting room or transmitting them by e-mail or by text message during a period beginning on 90 days before the election day for the presidential election or the election of National Assembly members, local council members, or the heads of local governments and ending on the election day.

(2) Where a National Assembly member or a local council member holds a briefing session of his/her parliamentary activities, he/she may paste or post notification posters and marks of session venue, and print the session name, date and time, venue and matters to be reported (excluding the contents to propagate the person who intends to be a candidate) on the relevant posters and marks. In such cases, a National Assembly member or local council member who holds a briefing session of his/her parliamentary activities shall, upon the completion of the said session, remove the posters and marks without delay.

(3) Any National Assembly member or any local council member who intends to mail the report pursuant to paragraph (1) may file an application in writing with the head of each Gu/Si/Gun for delivering the names and addresses of householders who are the electors (hereafter in this Article referred to as "roll of householders") once in a year within the scope of the quantity of the delivery and the head of each Gu/Si/Gun shall, upon receiving the application, promptly prepare and deliver the roll of householders to the applicant, notwithstanding the provisions of other Acts.

(4) The provisions of Article 46 (3) and (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of expenses incurred in preparing the roll of householders
referred to in paragraph (3) and the prohibition on transferring, lending and using the delivered roll of householders. In such cases, the term "electoral register" shall be construed as the "roll of householders".

(5) The size and quantity of the notification posters and marks of the briefing session of parliamentary activities, the application for the delivery of the
roll of householders and other matters necessary for the report on parliamentary activities shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000]