(Compensation for Disease, Injury or Death)

(1) The National Election Commission shall pay the compensations under conditions prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission
when members of an election commissions at a level, officials in charge of voting management, officials in charge of advance polling, officials of
the supervisory group of vote rigging, the voting and ballot counting assistants (excluding those who are public officials) suffer from any disease and injury or died due to election duties during the election period (referring to the period when establishing the supervisory group of vote rigging, in cases of the members of the said group).

<Amended by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>

(2) The National Election Commission shall appropriate the reserve for disaster compensations in its budget for each year for the compensation
under paragraph (1).

(3) Where any reason for paying the compensations under paragraph (1) have occurred due to the acts of a third party, the National Election
Commission shall acquire the right to claim damage compensations which is possessed by a holder of recipiency right against the third party within
the limit of payment of compensations which have already been paid: Provided, That if the third party is a public official performing a public
duty, the whole or part of the right to claim damage compensations may not be exercised.

<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>

(4) In cases of paragraph (3), if any holder of recipiency right has already received damage compensations from the said third party on account of
the same causes, the compensations shall not be paid within the limit of said compensation amount.

<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>

(5) When reasons for paying compensations under paragraph (1) arise due to the intention or significant negligence of the relevant qualified recipients,
the whole or part of the relevant compensations may not be paid.

<Newly Inserted by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>

(6) The reduction of amounts of compensations due to the intention or significant negligence under paragraph (5), the scope of application of
significant negligence and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.

< Newly Inserted by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6663, Mar. 7, 2002]