(Report of Overseas Absentees)
(1) Whenever a presidential election and an election of members of the National Assembly due to the termination of the term of membership are held, any elector (excluding an elector whose domestic domicile has been reported in any election for the National Assembly members of local constituencies) who intends to vote overseas because he/she falls under any of the following subparagraphs, as a person whose resident registration has been made and whose domestic domicile has been reported, shall make a report of an overseas absentee to the head of the competent Gu/Si/Gun from 150 days to 60 days before the election day (hereafter referred to as the "period for report of overseas absentees" in this CHAPTER) in writing or by e-mail. In such cases, any person staying or living in a foreign country shall make a report via a mission:
<Amended by Act No. 11071, Nov. 7, 2011; Act No. 11485, Oct. 2, 2012; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>
1. Any person who leaves Korea before the commencement date of the period for advance polling and is scheduled to return home after the election day;
2. Any person who will not return home until the election day because he/she stays or lives in a foreign country.
(2) Any person who intends to make a report of an overseas absentee pursuant to paragraph (1) shall write matters under the following subparagraphs in the report and attach a copy of his/her passport thereto: Provided, That with respect to any soldier who has been dispatched to a foreign country or who is to be dispatched to a foreign country (including a civilian attached to the military; hereafter referred to as a "dispatched soldier" in this CHAPTER) before the beginning date of the advance polling period, a written confirmation of the Minister of Defense or the commander of troops he/she belongs to may take the place of a copy of passport:
<Amended by Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>
1. Name;
2. Resident registration number (referring to the report number of domestic domicile, in cases of a person whose resident registration has not been made);
3. Address;
4. Domicile (to write in Roman capitals, specific methods shall be prescribed by the Regulations of the National Election Commission; hereafter the same shall apply in Article 218-5 (2) 4).
(3) A person who intends to file a report on an overseas absentee by e-mail pursuant to paragraph (1) shall transmit the report on the overseas absentee to the e-mail address publicly notified by the competent official in charge of overseas voting management or the competent head of Gu/Si/Gun. In such cases, a person may file only his/her own report on an overseas absentee with his/her own e-mail address.
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 11485, Oct. 2, 2012>
(4) An official in charge of overseas voting management or the head of a Gu/Si/Gun shall open a separate e-mail account and take other measures necessary to receive reports from overseas absentees by e-mail.
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 11485, Oct. 2, 2012>
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 9466, Feb. 12, 2009]
