All appeals are dismissed.

1. Prosecutor's grounds of appeal are examined.

A public official under Articles 53 and 22(1) of the former Political Parties Act (amended by Act No. 10866, Jul. 21, 2011; hereinafter “ Political Parties Act”) or a teacher of a private school under Articles 53 and 22(1) of the same Act who becomes a member of a political party, a crime in which a public official under Articles 84 and 65(1) of the former State Public Officials Act (amended by Act No. 10148, Mar. 22, 2010; hereinafter “State Public Officials Act”) joins a political party or other political organization, and a crime in which a public official under Articles 82 and 57(1) of the former Local Public Officials Act (amended by Act No. 10147, Mar. 22, 2010; hereinafter “Local Public Officials Act”) joins a political party or a teacher of a private school becomes a member of a political party and becomes effective at the same time when the crime is established.

The lower court determined that the statute of limitations has expired on July 22, 201, since the prosecution against the remaining Defendants except Defendant B on the violation of the Political Parties Act due to the membership of a political party by a State or a local public official, the violation of the State Public Officials Act due to the joining of a political party by a State public official, and the violation of the Local Public Officials Act due to joining a political party by a local public official, among the charges of this case against the other Defendants, was instituted on July 22, 201,

The judgment below

Examining the reasoning in light of the aforementioned legal principles, the above judgment of the court below is just, and contrary to the prosecutor’s grounds of appeal, there were no errors of misapprehending the legal principles on the starting point of prescription.

2. The defendants' grounds of appeal are examined. A.

The ground of appeal No. 1 is justified if there is no concern about substantial disadvantage to the defendant's exercise of his right to defense.