council to which he or she intends to belong within 14 days after the district is changed, shall be
deemed to have reported to the council of the local government having jurisdiction over the district of
which he or she registered as a resident, as of the 14th day after the district is changed;
2. If two or more local governments are integrated to become a new local government, the previous
local council member shall become a local council member of a new local government of the same
category and hold office for his or her remaining term, and during this remaining term, notwithstanding
the provisions of Article 22 or 23, the number of incumbent members shall be the fixed number of
council members, respectively;
3. If a local government is divided into two or more local governments, the previous local council
member shall become a council member of the local government having jurisdiction over the
constituency at the time of his or her candidate registration and hold office for his or her remaining
term, and during this remaining term, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 22 or 23, the number of
incumbent members shall be the fixed number of council members, respectively. In this case, the
proportional representation members of the City/Do councils shall choose a City/Do council to which
they intend to belong and report in writing their choice to the relevant City/Do council within 14 days
after the City/Do is formed after being divided and the proportional representation members of the
autonomous Gu/Si/Gun councils shall choose an autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council to which they intend
to belong within 14 days from the date on which the relevant autonomous Gu/Si/Gun is formed after
being divided and then report in writing their choice to the relevant autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council:
Provided, That if the number of incumbent council members is fewer than 2/3 of the new fixed number
of members as provided in Article 22 or 23, the election shall be held to fill up the fixed number of
members;
4. If a Si becomes a Metropolitan City, the previous Si council member and the Do council member
who has been elected in the competent area shall be disqualified as the previous local council member,
respectively, and qualified as the Metropolitan City council member, but his or her term of office shall
be the remaining term of the previous Do council member and during this remaining term,
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 22, the number of incumbent members shall be the fixed
number of the council members;
5. When an Eup or a Myeon becomes a Si, a new Si council shall be formed and the fixed number of the
newly formed Si council members shall be the number calculated by subtracting the fixed number of the
Gun council members who are already elected in the relevant constituency from the fixed number that is
newly set by the election boundary delimitation commission for the autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council
members of the relevant City/Do and the Gun council members who are already elected in the relevant
constituency shall become the members of the Si council. In this case, the number combined by the
fixed number of newly elected members shall be made the total fixed number of the autonomous
Gu/Si/Gun council members by the City/Do provided for in the provisions of Article 23;
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