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Article 163
 

(Restriction on Access to Polling Stations, etc.)


(1) No one shall enter a polling station, except for an elector, voting witness, official in charge of voting management, the members and employees of
the Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission and the superior election commission, and voting clerk.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(2) A member and employee of an election commission, official in charge of voting management, voting clerk of an election commission and voting witness shall, upon entering or leaving a polling station, wear or attach the mark prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission, and shall not wear or attach anything else in relation to the election other than the mark provided in this provision.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(3) The mark provided in paragraph (2) shall not be transferred or conceded to another person.


(4) The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the restriction on entry into advance polling stations (including places
where balloting booths are installed in accordance with Article 149).


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>