(Special Cases concerning Persons Who Voluntarily Surrender to Police)
(1) If any of the following persons voluntarily surrenders him/herself to the police, the punishment upon him/her shall be mitigated or discharged:
<Amended by Act No. 4947, Apr. 1, 1995; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012>
1. A person who receives, or consents to receive, money, goods, or other benefit (excluding a candidate, his/her family members, and a person
who commits fraud in receiving, or consenting to receive, a benefit), from among persons who violate Article 230 (1) or (2), 231 (1), or 257 (2);
2. A person who gives, or promises to give, money, goods, or other interest in property or provides, or promises to provide, a public or
private job according to another person’s instruction in contravention of Article 230 (1) or (2) or 257 (1).
(2) Where those provided for in paragraph (1) report on their own offenses against the election to the election commission of each level (excluding
Eup/Myeon/Dong election commissions) and the relevant commission notifies it to the related investigation agency, the time when such a report
is made to the said commission shall be deemed the time of voluntary surrender.
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>
