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Article 196
 

(Postponement of Election)


(1) If it is impossible to hold an election or an election has not been held due to a natural disaster or terrestrial upheaval or for other unavoidable
reasons, the President shall postpone the election in the case of the presidential election and an election of a National Assembly member, and the chairman of the competent constituency election commission shall do so in consultation with the competent head of the local government (including his/her proxy) in the case of an election of a local council member or head of the local government.


<Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000>


(2) In the case of paragraph (1), if the election is postponed, the procedure for election shall proceed all over again, and if only the election day is
rescheduled, the election procedure shall resume where it had stopped. 


(3) If the election is postponed as provided in paragraph (1), the President or the chairman of the competent constituency election commission shall
announce the name of the election to be postponed and the reason for postponement, and the President shall immediately notify the chairman of the competent constituency election commission thereof, and the chairman of the competent constituency election commission shall do so to the head of the local government concerned.


<Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000>