(Returning of Overseas Votes)

(1) A responsible member at an overseas polling place shall open a ballot box in the presence of voting witnesses after the close of overseas voting
everyday and compute the number of voters, and then pack and seal the overseas votes and hand them over to an overseas returning officer.

(2) An overseas returning officer shall send out the overseas votes under paragraph (1) to the Republic of Korea without delay after the period of 
overseas voting ends, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall send the overseas votes out to the National Election Commission after confirming the closing or the sealing of the diplomatic pouch. In such cases, if the number of overseas votes is large, some of them may be sent first in the period of overseas voting.

<Amended by Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011; Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013>

(3) The National Election Commission shall send out the overseas votes which it has taken over pursuant to paragraph (2) to the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commissions by registered mail. 

(4) The methods to return the overseas votes to the Republic of Korea under paragraph (2) and other necessary measures shall be prescribed by
Regulations of the National Election Commission.

<Newly Inserted by Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011>

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 9466, Feb. 12, 2009]