and who in collusion with a candidate spent for election expenses an amount equivalent to 1/3 or more of
the election expense limit) or a lineal ascendant or descendant and spouse of the candidate (including a
person intending to become a candidate) concurrently commits offenses under Articles 263 and 265 and
other offenses under paragraph (1) 3 of this Article and is punished by imprisonment with labor or a fine
of at least three million won (including punishment due to acts committed by an election campaign
manager or accountant in charge of an election campaign office before he or she is appointed or reported),
such person shall be tried and sentenced separately for each offense. <Amended on Jan. 25, 2010>
Article 19 (Persons Ineligible for Election)
Any of the following persons as of the election day shall be ineligible for election: <Amended on Dec. 30,
2013; Feb. 13, 2014>
1. A person who falls under Article 18 (1) 1, 3, or 4;
2. A person who is sentenced to imprisonment without labor or a heavier punishment and whose
sentence is not invalidated;
3. A person whose eligibility for election is suspended or forfeited by a court judgment or by any other
statute;
4. Any of the following persons who committed a crime under Article 166 of the National Assembly
Act (including persons upon whom a sentence imposed has become invalidated):
(a) A person in whose case five years have not passed yet since a sentence of a fine of at least five
million won or any heavier punishment, imposed upon the person, became final and conclusive;
(b) A person in whose case 10 years have not passed yet since a sentence of suspension of execution
of a punishment, imposed upon the person, became final and conclusive;
(c) A person in whose case 10 years have not passed yet since the person was finally and
conclusively exempted from the execution of a sentence of imprisonment with labor, imposed upon
the person, or since the execution of such sentence was completed or remitted;
5. A person in whose case 10 years have not passed yet since the sentence of a fine, imposed upon the
person for the commission of a crime under Article 230 (6), became final and conclusive (including a
person upon whom such sentence imposed became invalidated).
CHAPTER III ELECTION DISTRICTS AND FIXED NUMBER
OF MEMBERS
Article 20 (Election Districts)
(1) The President and proportional representation members of the National Assembly shall be elected in
the whole country as a unit. <Amended on Feb. 16, 2000; Aug. 4, 2005>
(2) The proportional representation members of City/Do councils shall be elected in the relevant City/Do
as a unit, and the proportional representation members of autonomous Gu/Si/Gun councils shall be elected
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