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Article 138
 

(Restrictions on Distribution, etc. of Policy Promise Collection, etc.)


(1) When any political party intends to distribute its policy promise collection (referring to the collection that is published in the form of book;
hereinafter referred to as "policy promise collection") in which its policies and campaign promises are described, the political party shall sell the
policy promise collection in an ordinary manner: Provided, That the policy promise collection shall not be sold by means of door-to-door sales.


(2) Every political party may sell its policy promise collections in its headquarters and open places where candidates recommended by the relevant political party deliver their campaign speeches and speaking places pursuant to Article 79, in addition to its sales made in an ordinary manner pursuant to paragraph (1). In such cases, when they are sold at the headquarters of a political party, they shall be sold in a method by which the fact of selling policy promise collections can be confirmed in public, such as installing a separate stand in an open place.


<Amended by Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(3) When any political party intends to sell its policy promise collection pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), the political party shall submit two
copies of the policy promise collection to the competent election commission tasked with performing the clerical work involving the registrations of political parties provided for in the Political Parties Act, and such copies may be substituted by electronic files.


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


(4) Matters related to candidates, including the marks, names, photographs, academic attainments and careers, etc. of candidates, and matters
concerning their political parties shall be prohibited from being described in a policy promise collection.


(5) The indication of the basis for compiling a policy promise collection, the submission thereof and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by
Regulations of the National Election Commission.


[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 8232, Jan. 3, 2007]