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Article 221
 

(Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Administrative Appeals Act)


(1) Except matters as prescribed by this Act in relation to election petitions, Articles 10 (in such cases, "chairperson" shall be deemed a "National Election Commission or City/Do Election Commission"), 15, 16 (2) through (4) (in such cases, "corporation" shall be deemed "political party"), 17 (2) through (6), 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29, 30 (1), 32, 33, 34, 35 (1) through (3), 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 (1) and (2), 51, 55, 56, 57, and 61 of the Administrative Appeals Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the election petition, and the Civil Procedure Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the expenses for the election petition, but where the Administrative Appeals Act apply mutatis mutandis, the term "administrative appeals" means "election petition"; the term "requester" means "petitioner"; the term "requestee" means "petitionee"; the term "request for administrative appeals or administrative appeals" means "petition"; the term "written request for administrative appeals" means "written petition"; the term "ruling" means "decision"; the term "ruling period" means "decision period"; the term "committee" means "National Election Commission or City/Do election commission"; the term "written ruling" means "written decision".


<Amended by Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 8871, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 9968, Jan. 25, 2010>


(2) Other matters necessary for the petition shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.