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Article 232
 

(Corrupt Practices and Inducement by Interest toward Candidates)


(1) Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than seven years or by a fine of not less than
five million nor more than 50 million won:


<Amended by Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>


1. A person who commits an act provided in Article 230 (1) 1 against a person who intends to be a candidate or a candidate, or a person who
receives such benefit or position or accepts a manifestation of an intention of such offer, with the intention of making another person not to be a candidate or making another person who is a candidate resign;


2. A person who commits any act provided in Article 230 (1) 1 against a person who intends to be or was a candidate with the intention of
gaining compensation for giving up being a candidate or resigning, or who receives such benefit or position or accepts a manifestation of an intention of such offer. 


(2) Any person who instructs, solicits, demands, or mediates an act under any subparagraph of paragraph (1) shall be punished by imprisonment with
prison labor for not more than ten years or by a fine of not less than five million nor more than 70 million won.


<Amended by Act No. 12393 Feb. 13, 2014>


(3) If a member or employee of the election commission, or public official or police officer (including a judicial police officer and military judicial
police officer) related to election affairs commits any act provided in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) or (2) shall be punished by imprisonment
with prison labor for not more than ten years.