(3) No person shall engage in an election campaign targeting the members of an educational, religious or
professional institution or organization, by taking advantage of any occupational act in the organization
thereof, or shall have such members engage in an election campaign; or shall engage in an election
campaign targeting a business organization or enterprise or members thereof, by taking advantage of a
special transaction status, such as a systematization or subcontract, or shall have such organization or
enterprise or members thereof engage in an election campaign. <Amended on Feb. 13, 2014>
(4) No person shall engage in an election campaign targeting a person who has no right to vote and is
under a special educational relationship, by taking advantage of an educational act. <Amended on Feb. 13,
2014>
Article 86 (Public Officials Prohibited from Having Effects on Election)
(1) A public official (excluding a member of the National Assembly and his or her assistant, chief
secretary, and secretary, and a local council member), the master of the ship with a seafarer who has filed
a shipboard voting report is onboard, a full-time executive officer of an institution, etc. provided for in
Article 53 (1) 4 and a full-time executive officer or employee of an institution, etc. provided for in
subparagraph 6 of that paragraph, the head of a Tong/Ri/Ban, a member of a residents' self-governing
committee, a company commander or higher-ranking officer of the reserve forces, a full-time executive
officer or employee of a national movement organization established pursuant to a special Act and
contributed or subsidized by the State or a local government (referring to the Society for a Better
Tomorrow, the Saemaul Movement Council, or the Korea Freedom Federation), and the representatives of
these organizations, etc. (including City/Do organizations and Gu/Si/Gun organizations) shall not commit
any of the following acts: <Amended on Nov. 14, 1997; Feb. 16, 2000; Mar. 7, 2002; Mar. 12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005;
Jan. 25, 2010; Jan. 17, 2012; Feb. 29, 2012; Jan. 17, 2014; May 29, 2016; Mar. 25, 2020>
1. Promoting the achievements of a specific political party or candidate (including a person who intends
to be a candidate; hereafter in this paragraph, the same shall apply) toward employees under his or her
supervision or constituents, regardless of the pretext of education or whatever;
2. Participating in planning an election campaign or in implementing such planning, by using his or her
status;
3. Surveying or publishing a support rate of eligible voters for a political party or candidate;
4. Deleted; <Jan. 25, 2010>
5. Holding a ground-breaking ceremony, during the election campaign period, for a construction work
which is not to be immediately proceeded with, among the projects to be executed with the budget of
the State or local governments;
6. Taking a business trip for any purpose other than a normal business purpose during the election
campaign period;
7. Visiting any institution or facility related to his or her duties, on leave, during the election campaign
period.
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