Article 33(Acts not construed as contributions) #
(1) None of the following acts shall be deemed contributions: <Amended on Jan. 30, 2024>
1. Functional acts:
a. An act of providing customary money or goods in the name of an institution, organization, or facility (excluding entrusted organizations under item b.) in accordance with its own business plan and budget (including rewards; hereinafter the same shall apply in item b.);
b. Offering money or goods by an entrusting organization, which is executed under the business plan or according to the budget for income and expenditure specified in the relevant statutes or the articles of association, etc. in the name of such entrusting organization;
c. Performing obligations, such as payment for the purchase of goods, construction work, provision of services, etc. or payment of expenses, etc.;
d. Supporting, donating, or offering goods, etc. under the relevant statutes, other than acts falling under items a through c;
2. Ceremonial acts:
a. Offering money or goods for congratulatory or condolence purposes at a ceremony for coming-of-age, marriage, funeral and ancestral worship of relatives referred to in Article 777 of the Civil Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "relatives") or other congratulatory or condolence purposes;
b. An act of providing congratulatory or condolence money or goods within the customary scope or officiating at a ceremony at weddings or funerals of persons other than relatives;
c. Providing food or returning gifts within the ordinary limits to congratulators or guests for condolences, etc., who attend a ceremony of coming-of-age, marriage, funeral or ancestral worship or any other ceremony for congratulatory or condolence purposes;
d. Providing courtesy gifts to full-time employees of affiliated institutions, organizations or facilities (excluding entrusting organizations) or to the relatives of such persons at the end of the year, New Year’s Day, or Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day);
e. Payment of membership fees of various social or benevolent groups and social organizations, such as a benevolent club, native folks society, relatives society and alumni association within the previous limits in accordance with the relevant articles of association, etc. of the organization or under the operational practices;
f. Donation of money (including the provision of goods) as an ordinary practice to a chapel, Catholic church, temple, etc. a person usually attends;
3. Acts similar to remedial or charitable acts referred to in Article 112(2)3 of the Public Official Election Act;
4. Any other acts similar to those referred to in subparagraphs 1 through 3, which are provided for by the National Election Commission Regulations.
(2) Among the acts under each item of paragraph (1) 1, acts performed in the course of duties of an entrusted organization shall be carried out in the name of the relevant entrusted organization except where rewards are granted pursuant to the relevant statutes or regulations or the articles of incorporation, etc. and any act of providing by disclosing the official title or name of the representative of the relevant entrusted organization or in a manner from which it may be presumed that the representative makes such provision shall be deemed a donation; in such cases, any of the following cases shall be deemed to fall under "a manner from which it may be presumed that the representative makes such provision": <Added on Jan. 30, 2024>
1. Where the previous subject, methods, scope, or timing are changed in a manner that expands them without the enactment or amendment of statutes or regulations or the articles of incorporation, etc.;
2. Where acts that promote or otherwise publicize the achievements of the representative of the relevant entrusted organization are added.
(3) The scope of an amount of money or goods for congratulatory or condolence purposes, food, returning gifts, and courtesy gifts permitted to be offered to one person within the ordinary limits pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be provided for by the National Election Commission Regulations. <Amended on Jan. 30, 2024>