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Article 139
 

(Restrictions on Publication and Distribution of Party Organs)


(1) A central party of a political party shall not publish and distribute a party organ during the election period in anything but a normal way: Provided,
That where the frequency of publication in the ordinary cycle is fewer than twice during the election period, it may be published and distributed up to twice (including the enlarged edition, extras, temporary edition, and even where part of the contents inserted in is different from area to area where it is distributed, it shall be deemed identical). In such cases, where issued by a party branch other than the central party of a political party, distributed at the place of campaign speech or interview at an open place or the place of interview or debates, or sold, distributed, pasted, posted, diffused on the street, shall not be deemed to have been distributed in a normal way.


<Amended by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>


(2) The party organ under paragraph (1) shall not contain other matters related to the publicity of a candidate than the mark, name, photograph,
education, career, etc. of the candidate recommended by the political party concerned.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000>


(3) A political party, upon publishing a party organ provided in paragraph (1), shall immediately submit two copies to the National Election
Commission, and such copies may be substituted by electronic files.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>