Article 11 (Status Guarantee of Candidates) (1) A candidate for a presidential election shall not be arrested or detained unless he or she is caught while committing a crime, except when he or she commits a crime falling under capital punishment or imprisonment with or without labor either for life or for seven or more years, and shall have the call for military service postponed, from the time the candidate completes registration until the ballot counting is finished. <Amended on May 10, 1995> (2) A candidate for National Assembly elections and elections of local council members and the heads of local governments shall not be arrested or detained unless he or she is caught while committing a crime, except when he or she commits a crime falling under capital punishment or imprisonment with or without labor either for life or for five or more years or commits a crime provided for in Chapter XVI Penalty Provisions, and shall have the call for military service postponed, from the time the candidate completes registration until the ballot counting is finished. <Newly Inserted on May 10, 1995> (3) An election campaign manager, the chief of an election campaign liaison office, an election campaign worker, an accountant in charge, a voting observer, an early voting observer, and a counting observer (excluding an election campaign manager, an election campaign worker, and an accountant in charge appointed by a preliminary candidate) shall not be arrested or detained unless he or she is caught while committing a crime, except when he or she commits a crime punishable by capital punishment or imprisonment with or without labor either for life or for three or more years, or commits a crime under Articles 230 through 235 and 237 through 259, or shall have the call for military service postponed, from the time he or she acquires the relevant status until the ballot counting is finished. <Amended on Jul. 28, 2011; Jan. 17, 2014> Article 12 (Election Management) (1) Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, the National Election Commission shall control and manage all election affairs and may cancel or change an illegal or unfair disposition taken by a subordinate election commission (including officials in charge of voting management and officials in charge of early voting management; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply), an overseas election commission under Article 218, and an overseas returning officer under Article 218-2. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005; Feb. 12, 2009; Jan. 17, 2014> (2) A City/Do election commission may cancel or change an illegal or unfair disposition taken by a subordinate election commission with respect to an election of local council members and the head of a local government. <Amended on Apr. 1, 1995; Aug. 4, 2005> (3) A Gu/Si/Gun election commission may cancel or change an illegal or unfair disposition taken by a subordinate election commission with respect to the election concerned. (4) Gu/Si/Gun election commissions prescribed in this Act shall be deemed to include the election commission of Sejong City, as far as it is not contrary to its nature. <Newly Inserted on Aug. 13, 2015>

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