(Restrictions on Advertisement for Election)

(1) If an election commission deems the contents of an advertisement to be broadcast or to be inserted in newspapers, magazines or other publications
to be contrary to this Act, it may require the persons who operate and manage the relevant broadcasting stations or daily newspaper companies, and the advertisers, to suspend such an advertisement.

(2) Any person who has received a requirement for suspension under paragraph (1), shall comply with such a requirement, and if he/she makes an advertisement in noncompliance with such a requirement, a competent election commission shall, without delay, request a criminal investigation or make a complaint against him/her to a competent investigation agency.

(3) The term "advertisement" as used in paragraph (1) means an advertisement (excluding an advertisement under other provisions of this
Act) for or against the result of an election for a candidate (including those intending to be candidates), or favorable or unfavorable to a specific
political party (including a preparatory committee for the for mation of a political party).

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998]