(2) Any police officer or chief of a police station, upon receiving a request for assistance provided for in
paragraph (1), shall immediately comply therewith.
(3) Any police officer or chief of a police station who enters the polling station in receipt of request under
paragraph (1) shall follow the instructions of officials in charge of voting management and when order is
restored or the officials in charge of voting management request, he or she shall immediately withdraw
from the polling station. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
(4) Paragraphs (1) through (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the maintenance of order in early voting
polling stations. In such cases, "official in charge of voting management" shall be construed as "official in
charge of early voting management", and “polling station staff” as “polling station staff for early voting”.
<Amended on Jan. 17, 2014>
Article 165 (Prohibition of Carrying Arms and Deadly Weapons)
(1) Except as provided in Article 164 (1), no person shall carry a weapon, deadly weapon, or explosive
into a polling station.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the prohibition against carrying a weapon or deadly
weapon into an early voting polling station (including places where polling booths are installed in
accordance with Article 149). <Amended on Jan. 17, 2014>
Article 166 (Prohibition of Noisy Speeches and Behaviors Inside and Outside of Polling Stations)
(1) If a person makes a noisy speech or behavior or makes a speech or behavior supporting or opposing a
specific political party or candidate within 100 meters from the polling station, officials in charge of
voting management or polling station staff shall restrain it, and if he or she refuses complying therewith,
he or she shall be compelled to withdraw from the polling station or beyond the restricted distance. In such
cases, the officials in charge of voting management or polling station staff, if necessary, may request for
assistance to a police officer in uniform or the chief of a police station. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
(2) Any eligible voter who is compelled to withdraw from a polling station under paragraph (1) shall vote
after all others: Provided, That officials in charge of voting management, if deeming that there is no
possibility that the eligible voter disturbs the order of the polling station, may have him or her vote even
before all others. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
(3) No one shall carry any mark that may have an effect on the election, such as wearing an armband and
breastband, except where he or she wears or attaches a mark provided for in Article 163 (2).
(4) Article 164 (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the prohibition of a noisy speech and behavior
inside and outside a polling station.
(5) Paragraphs (1) through (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the prohibition, etc. of noisy speeches and
behaviors inside and outside of early voting polling stations. In such cases, the “official in charge of voting
management” shall be construed as “official in charge of early voting management”; “polling station staff”
as “polling station staff for early voting”; and “on election day” as “inside of an early voting polling
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