Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to environmental conservation by providing for matters concerning aggravated punishment for, and the control, prevention, etc. of, any act of polluting or damaging the environment, which causes damage to or degradation of the habitat or natural environment, etc.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on, Jul 21, 2011; Jul. 28, 2011; Aug. 4, 2011; May 22, 2013; Jun. 4, 2013; Dec. 22, 2015; Jan. 17, 2017; Feb. 6, 2024; Mar. 25, 2025>
1. The term "pollutant" means any substance described as follows:
(a) Air pollutant defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;
(b) Water pollutant defined in subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Water Environment Conservation Act;
(c) Soil pollutant as defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Soil Environment Conservation Act;
(d) Substances acutely hazardous to human health, substances chronically hazardous to human health, and substances hazardous to the environment defined in subparagraphs 2, 2-2, and 2-3 of Article 2 of the Chemical Substances Control Act;
(e) Sewage as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Sewerage Act or human excreta as defined in subparagraph 2 of the aforesaid Article, or livestock excreta as defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta;
(f) Waste as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act;
(g) Pesticide as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Pesticide Control Act and technical concentrate as defined in subparagraph 3 of the same Article;
(h) Persistent pollutants defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Persistent Pollutants Control Act;
2. The term "illegal discharge" means any act described as follows (including acts of item (a) or (b) done by a business operator operating an illegal discharge facility under subparagraph 5 (a) or (b)):
(a) An act falling under Article 31 (1) 1, 2 or 5 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;
(b) An act falling under Article 15 (1) 1 or any subparagraph of Article 38 (1) of the Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation Act or paragraph (2) of the Same Article;
(c) Dumping or burying commercial and industrial waste, in violation of Article 8 (1) or (2) of the Wastes Control Act;
(d) Contaminating natural surroundings by burying, collecting, transporting, storing or treating wastes in a manner that breaches the standards and methods referred to in Article 13 of the Wastes Control Act;
(e) Contaminating natural surroundings by maintaining and managing waste treatment facilities in a manner that breaches the management standards referred to in Article 31 (1) of the Wastes Control Act;
(f) Violating Article 19 (2), 39 (1), or 43 (2) of the Sewerage Act, or Article 17 (1) or 25 (9) 4 or 25 (9) 5 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta;
(g) Violating Article 15 (1) 2 or 4 of the Water Environment Conservation Act;
(h) Discharging or leaking any of the substances subject to permission, restricted substances, and prohibited substances defined in subparagraphs 3 through 5 of Article 2 of the Chemicals Control Act and toxic chemicals defined in subparagraph 7 of that Article by controlling any of the substances acutely hazardous to human health, substances chronically hazardous to human health, substances hazardous to the environment, inconsistent with Hazardous Chemical Substances Handling Standards under Article 13 of the Chemical Substances Control Act;
(i) Discharging pollutants in excess of the permissible emission levels set under Article 16 or 29 (3) of the Clean Air Conservation Act;
(j) Discharging pollutants in excess of the standards set under Article 32 of the Water Environment Conservation Act;
(k) Discharging pollutants in excess of the standards set under Article 7 of the Sewerage Act or Article 13 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta;
(l) An act falling under Article 21 (1) 1 (a) or (b), or Article 21 (1) 2 or 3 of the Act on the Integrated Control of Pollutant-Discharging Facilities;
(m) Violating Article 14 (3) of the Persistent Pollutants Control Act;
3. The term "discharge facility" means any facility described as follows:
(a) An air pollutant-emitting facility as defined in subparagraph 11 of Article 2 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;
(b) A wastewater discharge facility as defined in subparagraph 10 of Article 2 of the Water Environment Conservation Act or a wastewater non-discharge facility as defined in subparagraph 11 of the same Article;
(c) A waste treatment facility as defined in subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act;
(d) A discharge facility as defined in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta;
(e) A specific facility subject to the prohibition of soil contamination as defined in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Soil Environment Conservation Act;
(f) Discharge facilities defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Persistent Pollutants Control Act;
(g) Facilities emitting air pollutants as defined in subparagraph 2 (b), (g), and (i) through (k) of Article 2 of the Act on the Integrated Control of Pollutant-Discharging Facilities;
4. The term "business" means any business described as follows:
(a) Wastewater treatment business under Article 62 (1) of the Water Environment Conservation Act;
(b) Manufacturing, importation, or sale under the proviso to Article 18 (1) of the Toxic Chemicals Control Act, or business falling under any subparagraph of Article 27 of the same Act;
(c) Waste disposal business under Article 25 (5) of the Wastes Control Act;
(d) Human excreta collection and transportation business under Article 45 (1) of the Sewerage Act, business of managing private sewage treatment facilities under Article 53 (1) of the same Act, or business related to livestock excreta under Article 28 (2) of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta;
(e) Business operating a country club or ski resort under Article 10 (1) 1 of the Installation and Utilization of Sports Facilities Act;
(f) Food service business under Article 36 (1) 3 of the Food Sanitation Act;
(g) Lodging business under Article 2 (1) 2 of the Public Health Control Act;
(h) Tourist lodging business under Article 3 (1) 2 of the Tourism Promotion Act;
(i) Aggregate extraction business under Article 2 (1) 3 of the Aggregate Extraction Act;
5. The term "illegal discharge facility" means any facility described as follows:
(a) A discharge facility subject to permission or approval or reporting pursuant to an Act mentioned in any item of subparagraph 3, but which discharges pollutants without first obtaining such permission or approval, or filing such report;
(b) A facility which discharges pollutants after permission or approval has been revoked or suspended, or having received a closure order pursuant to an Act mentioned in any item of subparagraph 3;
(c) A building or other facility in which business is conducted without forst obtaining permission or registration, or reporting thereon pursuant to an Act mentioned in any item of subparagraph 4;
(d) A building or other facility in which business is conducted after permission has been revoked or suspended, or having received a closure order pursuant to an Act mentioned in any item of subparagraph 4;
(e) A discharge facility installed in an area where the installation of the discharge facility is prohibited, or a building or other facility in which business is conducted in an area where the business is prohibited;
(f) A facility under Article 31 (1) 2 of the Clean Air Conservation Act, Article 38 (1) 1 or 2, or any subparagraph of paragraph (2) of the same Article of the Water Environment Conservation Act, or Article 17 (1) 1 or 2 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta;
6. The term "business operator" means any person who installs and operates a discharge facility or an illegal discharge facility, or who conducts business;
7. The term "environmental protection area" means any area, region, or island described as follows:
(a) An area requiring special measures designated and officially announced pursuant to Article 38 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy;
(b) An ecological and scenery conservation area as defined in subparagraph 12 of Article 2 of the Natural Environment Conservation Act, a natural reservation area as defined in subparagraph 13 of the same Article, or a City/Do ecological and scenery conservation area designated and officially announced pursuant to Articles 23 and 24 of the same Act;
(c) Specific islands designated and officially announced pursuant to Article 4 of the Special Act on the Preservation of Ecosystems in Island Areas including Dokdo;
(d) A natural park as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Natural Parks Act;
(e) A water supply source protection area designated and officially announced pursuant to Article 7 of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act;
(f) A wetland protection area designated and officially announced pursuant to Article 8 of the Wetlands Conservation Act;
(g) A special wildlife protection area designated pursuant to Article 27 of the Wildlife Protection and Management Act, and a wildlife protection area designated pursuant to Article 33 of the aforesaid Act;
(h) A riparian area designated and officially announced pursuant to Article 4 of the Act on the Improvement of Water Quality and Support for Residents of the Han River Basin;
(i) A riparian area designated and officially announced pursuant to Article 4 of the Act on the Improvement of Water Quality and Support for Residents of the Nakdong River Basin;
(j) A riparian area designated and officially announced pursuant to Article 4 of the Act on the Improvement of Water Quality and Support for Residents of the Geum River Basin;
(k) A riparian area designated and officially announced pursuant to Article 4 of the Act on the Improvement of Water Quality and Support for Residents of the Yeongsan and Seomjin River Basins;
8. The term "environmental law violation" means any act described as follows:
(a) An act falling under any of Articles 3 through 9;
(b) Failing to install facilities or take necessary measures to prevent dust from scattering, in violation of Article 43 (1) of the Clean Air Conservation Act; provided, transportation of cement, coal, earth and sand, feed, grains, and powdery scrap metal shall be excluded herefrom;
(c) Dumping, burying, or incinerating municipal solid waste, in violation of Article 8 (1) or (2) of the Wastes Control Act.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 3(Aggravated punishment for illegal discharge of pollutants) #
(1) Any person who has inflicted any danger or injury to human life or health by illegally discharging pollutants or posed a risk to potable uses by polluting a water supply source shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for a fixed term of not less than three years but not exceeding 15 years. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2015>
(2) Any person who has killed or injured another person by committing an offense described in paragraph (1) shall be punished by life imprisonment with prison labor or imprisonment with prison labor for a fixed term of at least five years.
(3) Any of the following persons who has illegally discharged pollutants or a person falling under subparagraph 3 who has violated Article 15 (1) 4 of the Water Environment Conservation Act shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not less than one year, but not exceeding seven years: <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017>
1. A person who has made land of not less than 300 square meters intended for agriculture, livestock, forestry or horticulture unusable for its intended purpose;
2. A person who has contaminated an ocean, river, lake, marsh, or ground water source in excess of the relevant size and limit prescribed in Appendix 1;
3. A person who has caused death to fish or shellfish en masse in excess of the quantities prescribed in Appendix 2.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 4(Aggravated punishment for contaminating environmental protection area) #
(1) Punishment of any person who has committed an offense under Article 3 (1) through (3) in an environmental protection area may be aggravated by up to half of the corresponding punishment.
(2) Any person who has changed the shape and quality of at least 300 square meters of land in an environmental protection area, in violation of Article 15 (1) 2 of the Natural Environment Conservation Act (including where it is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 22 (2) of the same Act), Article 8 (1) 3 of the Special Act on the Preservation of Ecosystems in Island Areas including Dokdo, Article 23 (1) 3 of the Natural Parks Act (Applicable only in cases of park nature reserves and park natural environmental zones among the park areas), Article 13 (1) 1 of the Conservation of Wetlands Act, or Article 7 (4) 3 of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act, shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for a fixed term of not less than two years but not exceeding 15 years. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2015>
(3) Any person who has destroyed an environmental protection area to the extent that the purpose of creating or designating the environmental protection area could not be attained by illegally discharging pollutants or committing an offense under paragraph (2), shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for a fixed term of not less than five years.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 5(Criminal negligence) #
(1) Any person who has committed an offense referred to in Article 3 (1) due to occupational or gross negligence shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than seven years or a fine not exceeding 100 million won. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2015>
(2) Any person who has committed an offense under Article 3 (2) or 4 (3) due to occupational or gross negligence shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 10 years or a fine not exceeding 150 million won. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2015>
(3) Any person who has committed an offense under Article 3 (3) due to occupational or gross negligence shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than three years or a fine not exceeding 30 million won. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2015>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 6(Aggravated punishment for capture of endangered wildlife) #
Any person who has committed an offense under Article 67, 68 (1) 1 through 3, or 69 (1) 1 of the Wildlife Protection and Management Act for sales shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor set out in the relevant provisions of the aforesaid Act and by a fine equivalent to not less than two times, but not exceeding ten times, the value he or she has acquired or could have acquired as a result of such sales. <Amended on Jul. 28, 2011; Mar. 24, 2014>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
[Title Amended on Jul. 28, 2011]
Article 7(Aggravated punishment for illegal treatment of wastes) #
If any person who is a constituent member of an organization or a group has committed an offense under Article 63 of the Wastes Control Act for pecuniary gain or profit, he or she shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not less than two years but not exceeding ten years, and by a fine equivalent to not less than two times, but not exceeding ten times, the value he or she has acquired as a result of dumping or burying wastes.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 8(Aggravation of repeated offenses) #
Any person who commits an offense under Article 3 (1), 4 (3) or 7 within three years after he or she was sentenced to imprisonment without prison labor or a heavier punishment for an offense under Articles 3 through 5 or Article 7 and the execution thereof was completed or exempted, shall be punished by life imprisonment or imprisonment for a fixed term of not less than 5 years. In such cases, any person who commits an offense under Article 7 shall also be punished by a fine equivalent to not less than two times but not exceeding ten times the value he or she has acquired as a result of dumping or burying wastes.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 9(Punishment of persons who fail to comply with orders) #
(1) Any person who has failed to comply with an order (excluding an order for demolition) under Article 13 (1) shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 5 years.
(2) Any person who has failed to comply with an order for demolition under Article 13 (1) or any person who has removed or destroyed a signboard installed pursuant to Article 13 (4) shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than two years or a fine not exceeding 20 million won. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2015>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 10(Joint penalty provisions) #
Where the representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other servant of a corporation or an individual commits an offense falling under any of Articles 5 through 7 in connection with affairs of such corporation or individual, not only shall such offender be punished, but the corporation or the individual also shall be punished by a fine under the relevant provisions; provided, the foregoing shall not apply where the corporation or individual has not been negligent in giving due attention to and supervision over the relevant affairs to prevent such offense.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 11(Presumption) #
Where a business operator illegally discharges pollutants to an extent that inflicts danger or injury (including cases falling under any of the subparagraphs of Article 3 (3); hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) to human life or health, drinking-water sources, natural ecosystems, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "human life, health, etc."), and pollutants of the same kind cause danger or injury to human life, health, etc. in an area where the illegal discharge of pollutants may cause danger or injury, and a considerable probability exists between the illegal discharge of pollutants and the danger or injury caused, such danger or injury shall be presumed to have been caused by the pollutants discharged illegally by the business operator.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 12(Penalty surcharges) #
(1) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may impose a penalty surcharge on a person who falls under any of the following subparagraphs plus an amount not exceeding an amount (hereafter in this Article referred to as "amount of violation imposition") computed by multiplying his/her sales by 5/100 and expenses incurred in removing pollutants and reinstating pollutants (hereinafter referred to as "expenses for purification"); provided, in cases prescribed by Presidential Decree where no sales have been made or it is impracticable to calculate the amount of sales, the amount of the penalty against the violation shall not exceed one billion won: <Amended on Nov. 26, 2019; Feb. 6, 2024; Mar. 25, 2025; Oct. 1, 2025>
1. Illegal discharge of any of the following substances (limited to the act falling under subparagraph 2 (a) through (h) or (l) of Article 2; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply):
(a) Air pollutants defined in subparagraph 9 of Article 2 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;
(b) Specific water-hazardous substances, as defined in subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Water Environment Conservation Act;
(c) Wastes defined in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act;
(d) Sewage, excreta and livestock excreta under subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 of the Sewerage Act and the biochemical oxygen demand of at least 1,500 milligrams per liter, respectively, among livestock excreta and excreta under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta;
2. A person who discharges any material referred to in subparagraph 1 (a) through (c) in the course of operating measuring devices installed in a discharging facility in violation of any of the following items, non-operation of such measuring device, falsifying the measuring results, or preparing, recording, or submitting documents or data by fraud or other improper means:
(a) Articles 31 (2), 32 (3), 39 (1), and 44 (13) of the Clean Air Conservation Act;
(b) Articles 4-5 (4), 38 (3), 38-3 (1), and 46-2 (1) of the Water Environment Conservation Act;
(c) Article 13-3 (3), 18 (3), 18-2 (1) or (2), and 38 (1) or (2) of the Wastes Control Act;
(g) Article 20 (1), Article 31 (1), and subparagraph 1 of Article 32 of the Act on the Integrated Control of Pollutant-Discharging Facilities;
3. A person who illegally discharges substances acutely hazardous to human health, substances chronically hazardous to human health, substances hazardous to the environment by preparing, recording, or submitting documents or data by fraud or other improper means, in violation of any provision of Article 23 (1) or 46 (2) of the Chemicals Control Act;
Article 13(Administrative disposition) #
(1) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may order any owner or occupant of an illegal discharge facility to suspend the use of, or disband or close, the relevant facility. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
(2) Where an illegal discharge facility falls under any facility used for business specified in subparagraph 4 (f) through (h) of Article 2, paragraph (1) shall apply only where such illegal discharge facility is located in any of the following areas: <Amended on Jul. 30, 2013; Jun. 3, 2014; Jan. 17, 2017; Feb. 18, 2020>
1. An environmental protection area;
2. An area within a 500-meter radius from a river (referring to a river as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the River Act, and a small river as defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Small River Maintenance Act), a lake and marsh (referring to a lake and marsh as defined in subparagraph 14 of Article 2 of the Water Environment Conservation Act), sea (referring to an area outside the coastline under Article 8 (1) 3 of the Act on the Utilization of Marine Research and Marine Information) and the boundary thereof.
(3) Where the owner or occupant of an illegal discharge facility under paragraph (1) fails to comply with an order to disband such illegal discharge facility, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may vicariously execute the order, as prescribed by the Administrative Vicarious Execution Act, and collect costs for disbandment from the owner or occupant. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
(4) Where the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment issues an order to disband an illegal discharge facility pursuant to paragraph (1), he or she shall install a signboard prescribed by Presidential Decree at the relevant illegal discharge facility or business place. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 14(Succession of effect of administrative disposition) #
(1) If a business operator transfers an illegal discharge facility or dies, or if a business operator that is a corporation merges with another corporation, the effect of any administrative disposition under Article 13 against the previous business operator (hereinafter referred to as the "transferor or other such entity") shall be succeeded by the transferee, the inheritor, or the corporation surviving or newly established after the merger (hereinafter referred to as the "transferee or other such entity") for a period of 1 year from the date the disposition period ends; and if the administrative disposition proceedings are in progress, the proceedings may continue against the transferee or other such entity: provided, the foregoing shall not apply where the transferee, or the corporation surviving or newly established after the merger proves that they did not know of the disposition or the fact of violation at the time of the transfer or merger.
(2) When a transferee or other such entity transfers, inherits, or merges, they shall check with the transferor or other such entity whether proceedings for any administrative disposition under Article 13 are in progress and whether they have ever been subject to administrative disposition; and if the transferee or other such entity requests confirmation, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may issue documents on the type of and grounds for administrative disposition, any ongoing administrative disposition proceedings, etc., as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 25, 2025]
Article 15(Prize) #
Any person who has reported an environmental law violation to an investigative agency, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, the head of a local environment agency, a Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (referring to the head of an autonomous Gu) before such act is discovered, may be paid a reward, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on May 22, 2013; Oct. 1, 2025>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 15-2(Environmental investigators) #
(1) The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and its affiliated agencies shall have environmental investigators to control and prevent offenses prescribed by this Act and the following Acts: <Amended on Nov. 26, 2019; Jun. 15, 2021; Dec. 31, 2022; Mar. 19, 2024; Mar. 25, 2025; Oct. 1, 2025>
1. Articles 89, 90, 90-2, 91, 91-2, and 92 through 95 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;
2. Articles 75 through 82 of the Water Environment Conservation Act;
3. Articles 56 through 60 of the Noise and Vibration Control Act;
4. Articles 57 through 64 of the Chemical Substances Control Act;
5. Articles 63 through 68 of the Wastes Control Act;
6. Articles 48 through 53 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta;
7. Articles 90 and 92 of the Environmental Dispute Mediation and Environmental Damage Remedy Act;
8. Articles 63 through 66 of the Natural Environment Conservation Act;
9. Articles 73 through 76 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Act;
10. Article 28, 29, 29-2 and 30 through 32 of the Act on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal;
11. Articles 75 through 80 of the Sewerage Act;
12. Articles 34 through 37 of the Environmental Technology and Industry Support Act;
13. Articles 57 through 61 of the Drinking Water Management Act;
14. Articles 28 through 32 of the Soil Environment Conservation Act;
15. Articles 31 and 32 of the Promotion of Installation of Waste Disposal Facilities and Assistance to Adjacent Areas Act;
16. Articles 39, 39-2, 40, and 41 of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources;
17. Articles 14 through 16 of the Indoor Air Quality Control Act;
18. Articles 81 through 87 of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act;
19. Articles 37, 37-2, 37-3, 38 through 40, and 40-2 of the Groundwater Act;
20. Article 4 of the Act on Special Measures for the Control of Public Health Crimes;
Article 15-3(Environmental investigative organization) #
The State may establish and operate an environmental investigative organization consisting of public officials from the relevant administrative agencies and local governments to restrict and prevent environmental law violations.
[This Article Added on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 16(Access to places of business) #
(1) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may authorize competent public officials to access any illegal discharge facility, place of business, etc. to collect pollutants or inspect relevant documents, facilities, equipment, etc. to impose penalty surcharges under Article 12 or to take administrative dispositions under Article 13. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
(2) Where the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment collects pollutants pursuant to paragraph (1), he or she may request a testing agency prescribed by Presidential Decree to check the pollution level thereof. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
(3) Public officials who access illegal discharge facilities, places of business, etc. to conduct inspections pursuant to paragraph (1) shall carry a certificate verifying their authority and produce it to the relevant persons.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 17(Cooperation by related institutions) #
The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may require the heads of relevant agencies to submit data necessary for administrative disposition under this Act and for the restriction and prevention of environmental law violations. In this case, the heads of the relevant agencies shall submit the requested data unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. <Amended Mar. 25, 2025; Oct. 1, 2025>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 18(Computerized data management) #
The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may electronically manage data necessary to restrict and prevent environmental law violations. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]
Article 19(Delegation of authority) #
The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may delegate part of his/her authority vested under this Act to the Mayors/Do Governors or the heads of local environment agencies, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 28, 2011]