(Maintenance of Order in Polling Stations, etc.)

(1) Where it is deemed impossible to hold a fair election due to serious disturbance of the order at a polling station, officials in charge of voting management or voting clerks may request for assistance to a police officer in uniform or the chief of a police station to maintain the order at a polling station.

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

(2) Any police officer or chief of a police station, upon receiving a request for assistance provided in paragraph (1), shall immediately comply therewith. 

(3) Any police officer or chief of a police station who enters the polling station in receipt of request under paragraph (1) shall follow the instructions of officials in charge of voting management and when order is restored or the officials in charge of voting management request, he/she shall immediately withdraw from the polling station.

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

(4) The provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the maintenance of order in advance polling stations. In such cases, the
term "official in charge of voting management" shall be construed as "official in charge of advance polling management", the term "official in charge of voting management" as “official in charge of advance polling management”, and the term “voting clerks” as “clerks in advance polling”.

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