posting, or diffusion on the street, shall not be deemed distribution made in a normal way. <Amended on
Mar. 12, 2004>
(2) The party organ under paragraph (1) shall not contain other matters related to the publicity of a
candidate than the mark, name, photograph, education, career, etc. of the candidate nominated by the
relevant political party. <Newly Inserted on Feb. 16, 2000>
(3) A political party, upon publishing a party organ provided in paragraph (1), shall immediately submit
two copies to the National Election Commission, and such copies may be substituted by electronic files.
<Amended on Jan. 25, 2010>
Article 140 (Restriction on Holding and Announcing Rally for Formation of Political Parties)
(1) A political party, where holding a rally for its formation, merger, or reorganization, or the election for
selecting candidates (hereafter in this Article referred to as "political party formation rally, etc.") during
the period from 120 days before the election day (in cases of a special election etc. whose reasons for
holding have become definite after 120 days prior to the election day, the time when the reason for holding
the said election has become definite) to the election day, shall hold it only with the party members (in
cases of a rally for selection of candidates, including those who are not the party members having the
voting right to select the candidate for an election of public officials of the relevant political party) at a
place which is not an open place where the multitudes pass on, but any persons who are not members of
the party may be invited in conformity with generally accepted social norms. <Amended on Mar. 12, 2004;
Aug. 4, 2005>
(2) A political party supervising a rally for party formation or others under paragraph (1) may put up five
or fewer signs at the place where a rally for party formation is held, in addition to a public announcement
inserted in a newspaper provided for in the provisions of Article 10 of the Political Parties Act. In such
cases, the public announcement of the newspaper and sign shall not include a photograph and name
(including particulars by which the name may be analogized) of the candidate (including the person who
intends to be a candidate; hereafter in this paragraph, the same shall apply), or an advertisement of the
candidate such as a promotional slogan. <Amended on Mar. 12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005>
(3) "Rally for ... reorganization" in paragraph (1) means an assembly such as the general meeting of party
members or the meeting of representative organs which is held for dealing with a matter concerning
structural reorganization in regard to party constitution or party regulations such as a change of the party
representative, and "rally for election of a candidate" means an assembly which is held under Article 57-2
of the Political Parties Act for the election, by party branches at all levels, of the candidate nominated by
the relevant political party for the election under this Act. <Newly Inserted on Feb. 16, 2000; Aug. 4, 2005>
(4) The signs provided in paragraph (2) shall be removed by the sponsor without delay after the relevant
rally is finished. <Amended on Mar. 12, 2004>
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