Public officials Election And Recall Act Article 32

Candidates shall remit a deposit in the amount previously specified by the election commission at the time of registration.The deposit for candidates for legislator at-large and legislator residing overseas shall be a fixed amount issued by public notice and shall be paid by the political parties according to the number of candidates being registered.The deposit shall be paid in cash or through a promissory note issued by a financial institution, certified check or Giro business check; cash payments made using coins shall not be accepted.The deposit shall be returned within thirty days after public notice of the list of electees is issued. However, the deposit shall not be returned under the following circumstances:1. Pursuant to Article 25, the registration of the candidate is invalid.2. The candidate for legislator at-large or legislator residing overseas was not elected.3. The candidate in the preceding subparagraph who was not elected also received votes from less than 10% of the result of the total number of voters in the electoral district divided by the quota of candidates to be elected.The total number of voters in an electoral district specified in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph is the result of first subtracting the voters who have temporarily changed their registration to an electoral district in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 50 of the Household Registration law.Fines levied in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 130 shall be deducted directly from the deposit specified in the Paragraph 4, after which any remaining balance shall be returned.