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Article 173
 

(Ballot-Counting Places)


(1) A Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall publicly announce the ballot counting place to be established in the seat of the relevant Gu/Si/Gun office or its territorial jurisdiction (including other adjacent districts, if there is no appropriate place in the competent district) by no later than five days before the election day: Provided, That if any natural disaster, terrestrial upheaval, or other unavoidable reason exists, it may be changed, and in such cases, it shall be immediately announced.


<Amended by Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998>


(2) A Gu/Si/Gun election commission may set up two or more ballot counting places.


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


(3) Provisions of Article 147 (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the ballot-counting place.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004> 


(4) Procedures for and methods of ballot-counting in case where two or more ballot-counting places are set up, and other necessary matters shall be
prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


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