(4) In cases falling under the former part of paragraph (3), when the resident registration of the head of a
local government is made in the district under the jurisdiction of another local government because the
office of the relevant local government is located in the district under the jurisdiction of another local
government, it shall be deemed that his or her resident registration is made in the district under the
jurisdiction of the relevant local government. <Amended on Feb. 12, 2009>
Article 17 (Criteria for Calculating Age)
The age of an eligible voter and a person eligible for election shall be calculated as of the election day.
Article 18 (Disfranchised Persons)
(1) Any of the following persons, as of the election day, shall be disfranchised: <Amended on Mar. 12, 2004;
Aug. 4, 2005; Aug. 13, 2015>
1. A person who is declared incompetent;
2. A person who is sentenced to imprisonment with or without labor for at least one year, but whose
sentence execution has not been terminated or whose sentence execution has not been decided to be
exempted: Provided, That a person who is under the suspension of the execution of said sentence shall
be excluded therefrom;
3. A person who commits an election crime, who commits the crimes provided for in Articles 45 and 49
of the Political Fund Act or who commits the crimes in connection with the duties while in office as the
President, member of the National Assembly, member of local council, and head of a local government,
which are referred to in Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act (including the case subject to an
aggravated punishment pursuant to Article 2 of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific
Crimes) and Article 3 of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes, and for whom
five years have not passed since a fine of at least one million won is sentenced and the sentence
becomes final or 10 years have not passed since the suspended sentence becomes final, or for whom 10
years have not passed since imprisonment was sentenced and the decision not to execute the sentence
became final or since the execution of the sentence was terminated or exempted (including a person
whose punishment becomes invalidated);
4. A person whose right to vote is suspended or forfeited according to a decision by court or pursuant to
other statutes.
(2) "Person who commits an election crime" in paragraph (1) 3 means a person who commits a crime
provided in Chapter XVI Penalty Provisions or a crime in violation of the National Referendum Act.
<Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
(3) A person who concurrently commits the crimes referred to in paragraph (1) 3 and other offenses shall
be tried and sentenced separately for each offense, notwithstanding Article 38 of the Criminal Act, and,
when an election campaign manager, accountant in charge of an election campaign office (including a
person who has not been appointed nor reported as an accountant in charge of an election campaign office
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