of a candidate under Article 60-3 (1) 2 during the election campaign period;
2. Ordinary political party activities under Article 37 (2) of the Political Parties Act during a period,
other than the election period.
(2) No one may advertise works, entertainments, drama, motion pictures, photographs and other articles
showing the name of a political party or candidate by means which are not prescribed in this Act from 90
days prior to the election day to the election day, and a candidate may not appear in the advertisements by
broadcast, newspaper, magazine and others: Provided, That this shall not apply to ordinary advertisements
for the sale of newspapers under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of Newspapers
and periodicals under Article 2 of the Act on Promotion of Periodicals, Including Magazines during a
period other than the election period. <Amended on Apr. 30, 1998; Aug. 4, 2005; Jan. 25, 2010>
(3) No one shall issue, distribute or demand, or have others do so, an identification card, document and
other printed matter to or of the constituents in order to induce or promise them to carry out an election
campaign. <Newly Inserted on Dec. 30, 1995>
Article 94 (Prohibition of Advertisements by Broadcast or Newspaper)
No one shall run an advertisement, by means which are not prescribed in this Act, through press media
such as a broadcast, newspaper, communication, magazine or other periodicals for an election campaign
during the election campaign period. <Amended on Feb. 16, 2000>
Article 95 (Prohibition of Abnormal Distribution of Newspapers and Magazines)
(1) Except as provided in this Act, no one shall distribute, circulate, post, or affix a newspaper, news
report, or magazine or a newsletter or any other periodical of an institution, organization, or facility, which
carries an article about an election, in any manner other than the ordinary manner or make a photocopy of
such article to distribute, circulate, post, or affix it. <Amended on Jan. 17, 2012>
(2) “Article about an election” in paragraph (1) means an article favorable or unfavorable to the success or
defeat of a candidate (including a person who intends to become a candidate hereafter in Articles 96 and
97, ; the same shall apply) or an article in favor of or against a particular political party (including the
preparatory committee for the establishment of a political party), while “distribution in the ordinary
manner” means issuance and distribution in the usual manner within the usual extent. <Amended on Feb. 29,
2012>
Article 96 (Prohibition of False Criticism or Report)
(1) No one shall distort outcomes of a public opinion poll with regard to an election to publish or report
falsified outcomes. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2012>
(2) A person who operates or manages a broadcasting company, newspaper, news agency, magazine, or
any other periodical or a person who edits, collects, writes, and reports news or articles shall not commit
any of the following acts: <Newly Inserted on Feb. 29, 2012>
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