Newspapers from the commencement date of an election period to two days before the election day,
pursuant to the following. In such cases, one run of advertisements in a daily newspaper shall be deemed
one instance of a newspaper advertisement in calculating the frequency of advertisements in the daily
newspaper: <Amended on Nov. 14, 1997; Mar. 12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005; Jul. 31, 2009>
1. A presidential election:
Up to 70 times in total;
2. An election of proportional representation members of the National Assembly:
Up to 20 times in total;
3. Election of the Mayors/Do Governors:
Up to five times in total: Provided, That in a City/Do with a population of more than three million,
one time shall be added for every one million persons exceeding three million persons.
(2) Advertisements under paragraph (1) shall indicate grounds for advertisements and the names of
advertisers. <Amended on Jan. 25, 2010>
(3) Two or more candidates who are nominated by the same political party in an election of Mayors/Do
Governors, may jointly run an advertisement. In such cases, each candidate shall be deemed to have run
the advertisement once respectively, and the expenses for the advertisement shall be divided among the
candidates according to their agreement, but the particulars about the division of expenses shall be
specified in an advertisement contract. <Amended on Jan. 25, 2010>
(4) Deleted. <Jan. 25, 2010>
(5) A candidate, if intending to run an advertisement, shall do so after obtaining a letter of certification
that the advertisement is in conformity with this Act from the competent constituency election
commission, and anyone who operates or manages the daily newspaper or who is in charge of the
advertisement affairs shall not insert an advertisement of the candidate when the letter of certification is
not accompanied.
(6) Deleted. <Jan. 25, 2010>
(7) Deleted. <Feb. 16, 2000>
(8) Any person operating or managing a daily newspaper in which an advertisement is inserted under
paragraph (1), may not claim or collect advertisement fees against or from candidates in excess of the
minimum fees of the commercial, cultural and other various advertisements inserted in the same size and
on the same column during an election period, in calculating the expenses for such an advertisement.
<Newly Inserted on Apr. 30, 1998>
(9) The forms of written certifications, indications of grounds for advertisements and other necessary
matters shall be prescribed by the National Election Commission Regulations. <Amended on Jan. 25, 2010>
Article 70 (Broadcast Advertisements)
(1) A candidate (referring to a party-nominated candidate in a presidential election and a political party
that nominates its candidates in an election of proportional representation members of the National
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