Council of Europe - Venice Commission

KOREA - Public Offical Election Act

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Article 262

(Payment of Reward Money to Person Reporting Election Crimes)

(1) The election commission of each level (excluding the Eup/Myeon/ Dong election commission; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply) may
pay reward money to a person who has filed a report on an election crime before the election commission was aware of the crime.

(2) The National Election Commission and each City/Do election commission shall establish and operate the reward examination committee in order to examine the eligibility for the payment of reward money under paragraph (1), as prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.

(3) If any of the following events occurs after reward money is paid pursuant to paragraph (1), the competent election commission shall revoke the
decision to pay the reward money:

1. If it is discovered that a report has been filed by collusion or any other fraudulent conduct;
2. If the suspected crime is disposed of non-prosecution;
3. If the judgment of acquittal becomes final and conclusive.

(4) When an election commission revokes a decision to pay reward money under paragraph (3), it shall the relevant reporter that it revokes the
decision and that he/she is required to return the amount equivalent to the reward money, and the reporter shall pay the amount to the election commission within 30 days from the date on which he/she is notified thereof.

(5) If a reporter fails to return the reward money by the deadline for payment as he/she is notified under paragraph (4), the competent election
commission shall entrust collection to the head of the tax office having jurisdiction over the reporter’s domicile, and the head of the tax office
shall collect it in the same manner as applied to delinquent national taxes.

(6) The amount paid or collected pursuant to paragraph (4) or (5) shall belong to the State.

(7) The criteria and procedure for the payment of reward money, the organization of the reward examination committee and the matters subject
to deliberation by the committee, the grounds for claiming the return of reward money under paragraph (3) 2 or 3, the procedure for payment of
an amount to be returned, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004]