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Article 218
 

(Prescription, etc. of Public Prosecution for Criminal in Overseas Election)


(1) Notwithstanding the main sentence of Article 268 (1), the prescription of a public prosecution of a crime prescribed by this Act committed overseas
shall expire when five years have passed after the relevant election date. 


<Amended by Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011>


(2) The Seoul Central District Court shall have the jurisdiction over the first trial on a person who commits a crime overseas as provided for in this
Act and the court's jurisdiction over the case of such person cannot be specific under the Criminal Procedure Act.


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


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