(6) The campaign material concerning the party platform and policies referred to in paragraph (1) shall be
prepared within 27 centimeters in length and 9 centimeters in width and within 16 sheets in cases of a
presidential election and within eight sheets in cases of an election of constituency members of the
National Assembly, an election of constituency members of local councils and an election of the heads of
local governments, respectively. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
Article 138-2 (Restrictions on Distribution of Policy Promise Collection)
(1) When any political party intends to distribute its policy promise collection (referring to the collection
that is published in the form of book; hereinafter referred to as "policy promise collection") in which its
policies and campaign promises are described, the political party shall sell the policy promise collection in
an ordinary manner: Provided, That the policy promise collection shall not be sold by means of door-todoor sales.
(2) Every political party may sell its policy promise collections in its headquarters and open places where
candidates nominated by the relevant political party deliver their campaign speeches and speaking places
pursuant to Article 79, in addition to its sales made in an ordinary manner pursuant to paragraph (1). In
such cases, when they are sold at the headquarters of a political party, they shall be sold in a method by
which the fact of selling policy promise collections can be confirmed in public, such as installing a
separate stand in an open place. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Jan. 25, 2010>
(3) When any political party intends to sell its policy promise collection pursuant to paragraphs (1) and
(2), the political party shall immediately submit two copies of the policy promise collection to the
competent election commission tasked with performing the clerical work involving the registrations of
political parties provided for in the Political Parties Act, and such copies may be substituted by electronic
files. <Amended on Jan. 25, 2010>
(4) Matters related to candidates, including the marks, names, photographs, academic attainments and
careers, etc. of candidates, and matters concerning their political parties shall be prohibited from being
described in a policy promise collection.
(5) The indication of the basis for compiling a policy promise collection, the submission thereof and other
necessary matters shall be prescribed by the National Election Commission Regulations.
Article 139 (Restrictions on Publication and Distribution of Party Organs)
(1) A central party of a political party shall not publish and distribute a party organ during the election
period in anything but a normal way: Provided, That where the frequency of publication in the ordinary
cycle is fewer than twice during the election period, it may be published and distributed up to twice
(including the enlarged edition, extras, temporary edition, and even where part of the contents inserted in
is different from area to area where it is distributed, it shall be deemed identical). In such cases, issuance
by a party branch other than the central party of a political party, distribution at the place of campaign
speech or interview at an open place or the place of interview or debates, or selling, distribution, pasting,
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