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Article 242
 

(Public Officials’ Crimes of Intervention in Administration of Overseas Election)


(1) A public official shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding six million won, if
he/she purposely exercises undue influence over a member of an overseas election commission or another public official favorably or unfavorably to
a particular political party or candidate (including a person who intends to become a candidate) with respect to the administration of an overseas
election. 


(2) A person shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, if he/she commits an act
specified in paragraph (1) to a public official under his/her control or supervision.


[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012]