1. Purposely reporting an untrue fact with regard to an election or reporting a falsified fact or making a
comment based on a falsified fact in order to aid and abet a particular candidate to win or lose in the
election;
2. Reporting the predicted outcome of an election without presenting objective data, such as outcomes
of a public opinion poll.
Article 97 (Restriction on Acts for Unlawful Use of Broadcast or Newspaper)
(1) No one shall offer, manifest his or her will to offer, or promise to offer money and goods, banquet, or
other interests for the election campaign to a person who operates, manages a broadcast, newspaper,
communication, magazine, or other publications, or a person who edits, gathers materials, writes, or
reports.
(2) No political party, candidate, election campaign manager, chief of an election campaign liaison office,
election campaign worker, accountant in charge, campaign speechmaker, interviewer, debater, or company
having relations with the candidate or his or her family provided in Article 114 (2) shall offer, manifest his
or her will to offer, or promise to offer money and goods, banquet, or other interests to a person who
operates or manages a relevant broadcast, newspaper, wire service, magazine, or other publications, or a
person who edits, gathers materials, writes, or reports, or his or her assistant, in connection with a news,
criticism, interview or debate on the election.
(3) A person who operates, manages a broadcast, newspaper, wire service, magazine, or other
publications, or a person who edits, gathers materials, writes, or reports shall not receive, solicit, demand
or promise money, banquet, or other interests provided in paragraphs (1) and (2).
Article 98 (Restriction on Use of Broadcast for Election Campaign)
Except as prescribed by this Act, no one shall broadcast or have someone else broadcast for an election
campaign, using the broadcasting facilities, regardless of the way of using it. <Amended on Nov. 14, 1997;
Feb. 16, 2000>
Article 99 (Prohibition of Election Campaign by Internal Broadcast)
Except as prescribed by this Act, no one shall carry out an election campaign using broadcasting
equipment installed in means of transportation building or facilities during the election period.
Article 100 (Prohibition of Use of Audio Recorders)
No one shall wage the election campaign using any audio or video recorder (including a video and audio
device) during the election campaign period, in violation of the provisions of this Act. <Amended on Mar.
12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005>
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