Article 38(Affixing seals of political party members recommended by political parties to ballot papers) #
(1) The political party members recommended by political parties shall affix their seals to ballot papers pursuant to the latter part of Article 57(2) of the Act at the place the relevant voting district election management commission determines, on condition that even if all political party members fail to appear at the time the voting district election management commission determines to commence the affixture of seals, the political party member present shall commence the affixture of his or her seal, and where a political party member recommended by a political party appears after the affixture of seals begins, such member shall affix his or her seal to ballot papers, starting from the first ballot paper to which the other political party member have already affixed his or her seal.
(2) When a political party member recommended by a political party fails to complete the affixture of his or her seal within the time the voting district election management commission determines, he or she shall continue to affix his or her seal before the time when voting begins, on condition that when he or she fails to complete the affixture of his or her seal by the time when voting begins, the chairperson of the voting district election management commission shall declare the termination of affixing the seal and specify the grounds for the failure in the completion of affixing the seal, the number and serial numbers of ballot papers to which the seal is not affixed in the voting record. The same shall also apply where there exists no political party member recommended by political parties, and where political party members recommended by political parties refuse to affix their seals without justifiable grounds or are unable or fails to affix their seals due to other causes.
(3) Where a seal fails to be affixed pursuant to paragraph (2), voting shall proceed, leaving the column in which the political party member should have affixed his or her seal as a blank.
(4) Every voting district election management commission shall have the images of the seals the political party members recommended by political parties affix to ballot papers registered with the seal image register kept at the relevant election management commission in the presence of a majority of members of the voting district election management commission just prior to the commencement of affixing the seals as prescribed by National Election Commission Regulations, and at least two members of the voting district election management commission who are not political party members recommended by political parties affixing their seals shall check if the affixture of seals is omitted and registered seals are affixed, and other conditions of affixing seals.
(5) No chairperson of voting district election management commissions shall bring seals registered pursuant to paragraph (4) out of the place of affixing the seals until the affixture of the seals is completed, as prescribed by the National Election Commission.
(6) Every seal image register prescribed in paragraph (4) shall be kept by the relevant voting district election management commission at the place of affixing seals until the affixture of seals is completed, and shall be sent to the Gu/Si/Gun election management commission in a sealed condition along with ballot boxes after being kept at the relevant voting district election management commission until voting is completed, and the Gu/Si/Gun election management commission shall keep it in a sealed condition.