(Violation of Prohibition and Restriction on Contribution Act)
(1) Any person who falls under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than five years
or by a fine not exceeding ten million won:
<Amended by Act No. 5149, Feb. 6, 1996; Act No. 5262, Jan. 13, 1997; Act No. 5412, Nov. 14, 1997; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>
1. A person who violates Article 113, 114 (1) or 115;
2. A person who violates Article 81 (6) (including the case where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 82 (4) ).
(2) Any person who instructs, solicits, mediates, demands, or receives any contribution (excluding any person falling under Article 261 (9) 1 or 6) to
or from a political party (including a preparatory committee for formation of a new political party), the representative of a political party, the head
of a political party's electoral office, a National Assembly member, a local council member, the head of a local government, a candidate (including a
candidate who intends to be a candidate; hereafter the same shall apply in this Article), his/her spouse, the candidate's or his/her spouse's lineal
ascendants, lineal descendants or siblings, spouse of the candidate's lineal descendants or siblings, election campaign manager, chief of the election
campaign liaison office, election campaign worker, accountant in charge, election campaign speechmaker, interviewer or debater, company which is
related to the candidate or his/her family, or its officer or employee, or third person (referring to a counterpart to the act provided in Article 116), provided in Article 81 (6), 82 (4), 113, 114 (1) or 115, shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding five million won.
<Amended by Act No. 5262, Jan. 13, 1997; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012; Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>
(3) Any person who violates Article 117 shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than three years or by a fine not
exceeding five million won.
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 4949, May 10, 1995>
(4) Any benefits received by a person who has committed an offence provided for in paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be confiscated: Provided,
That where it is impossible to confiscate the whole or part thereof, its value shall be collected.
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 4949, May 10, 1995>
