(Infringement on Secrecy of Voting)
(1) Any person who infringes on the secrecy of voting, or demands any elector to indicate the political party or candidate which the elector wishes
to vote for or has voted for, before the voting is closed on the election day, or asks any question in order to anticipate the result of voting within
50 meters from the polling place, or publishes the details and result thereof before the voting is closed, in contravention of Article 167
(including cases where Article 218-17 (7) applies mutatis mutandis), shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than three
years or by a fine not exceeding six million won.
<Amended by Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011; Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012>
(2) A member or employee of an election commission, public official related to election affairs, public prosecutor, police officer (including a judicial
police officer), or military serviceman (including a civilian belonging to a military investigation agency) shall, if committing or making another person commit an act as provided in paragraph (1), be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than five years.