CIVIL PETITIONS TREATMENT ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to provide for basic matters concerning treatment of civil petitions, thereby promoting fair and lawful treatment of civil petitions and rationalization of the civil petition administrative system to protect the rights and interests of the people.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

1. The term "civil petition" means a request by a civil petitioner to an administrative agency to take a disposition or other specific action, and the types thereof shall be as follows:

(a) General civil petition:

(i) Legal civil petition: A civil petition applying for authorization, permission, approval, patent, license, etc., according to the certain requirements prescribed by statutes or regulations, directives, established rules, notifications, autonomous regulations, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "relevant statutes or regulations, etc."), applying for or reporting registration or entry in legers, registers, etc., or applying for confirmation or verification of certain facts or legal relations;

(ii) Inquisitive civil petition: A civil petition requesting explanation or interpretation of an administrative agency regarding administrative work, such as statutes or regulations, systems, procedures, etc.;

(iii) Recommendatory civil petition: A civil petition requesting the improvement of administrative system and operation;

(iv) Other civil petition: A civil petition requesting certain actions of an administrative agency, such as requesting consultation or explanation for simple administrative procedures or formal requirements, etc. or informing inconveniences occurring in daily life, other than a legal civil petition, inquisitive civil petition, recommendatory civil petition, and civil petition for grievance;

(b) Civil petition for grievance: A civil petition for grievance prescribed by subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and the Establishment and Management of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission;

2. The term "civil petitioner" means an individual, corporation, or organization filing a civil petition with an administrative agency: Provided, That a person prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as an administrative agency (excluding cases of filing a civil petition as a subject of private economy), a person who is in a contractual relationship with an administrative agency under civil law (only referring to the contractual relationship directly related to the civil petition), and a person whose name, address, etc. is unclear;

CIVIL PETITIONS TREATMENT ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Scope of Application) #

Article 4(Obligations of Persons in Charge of Treating Civil Petitions and Protection of Such Persons) #

Article 5(Rights and Obligations of Civil Petitioners) #

Article 6(Principles of Treating Civil Petitions) #

Article 7(Information Protection) #

Article 7-2(Civil Petition Day) #

Article 8(Filing of Civil Petitions) #

Article 8-2(Electronic Submission of Evidentiary Documents or Required Documents) #

Article 9(Receipt of Civil Petitions) #

Article 10(Prohibition of Requests for Unnecessary Documents) #

Article 10-2(Civil Petitioners' Request to Share Information Pertaining to Themselves) #

Article 11(Providing Convenience to Vulnerable Groups in terms of Access to Civil Petitions) #

Article 12(Opening of Civil Service Offices) #

Article 12-2(Operation of Electronic Civil Petition Window and Integrated Electronic Civil Petition Window) #

Article 13(Provision of Convenience in Filing Civil Petitions) #

Article 14(Receipt of Civil Petitions and Issuance of Civil Petition Documents through Other Administrative Agencies) #

Article 15(Receipt of Civil Petitions and Issuance of Civil Petition Documents under Jurisdiction of Other Administrative Agencies via Information and Communications Networks) #

Article 16(Delivery of Civil Petition Documents) #

Article 17(Setting and Public Announcement of Treatment Period of Legal Civil Petitions) #

Article 18(Treatment Period of Inquisitive Civil Petition) #

Article 19(Calculation of Period for Treating Civil Petitions) #

Article 20(Cooperation among Relevant Agencies and Departments) #

Article 21(Exception of Treating Civil Petitions) #

Article 22(Supplementation or Withdrawal of Civil Petition Documents) #

Article 23(Treating Repetitive Civil Petitions and Redundant Civil Petitions) #

Article 24(Treatment of Civil Petitions Involving Many Persons) #

Article 25(Designation of Civil Petition Examiners) #

Article 26(Post Management of Civil Petitions Treated) #

Article 27(Notification of Outcome of Treating Civil Petitions) #

Article 28(Issuance of Civil Petition Documents Using Automatic Machines for Issuing Civil Petition Documents) #

Article 28-2(Issuance of Electronic Certificates) #

Article 29(Methods of Paying Charges for Treating Civil Petitions) #

Article 30(Requests for Preliminary Review) #

Article 31(Treatment of Complex Civil Petitions) #

Article 32(Implementation of One-time Visit Civil Petition Treatment System) #

Article 33(Designation and Operation of Civil Petition Superintendents) #

Article 34(Establishment and Operation of Civil Petition Coordination Committee) #

Article 35(Formal Objections against Rejections) #

Article 36(Public Notice of Standards for Treatment of Civil Petitions) #

Article 37(Adjustment of Standards for Treatment of Civil Petitions) #

Article 38(Civil-Petition Administration and Improvement of System thereof) #

Article 39(Improvement of Civil-Petition System) #

Article 40(Civil Petition System Improvement and Coordination Committee) #

Article 41(Actual State Inspection and Simplification of Civil Petition) #

Article 42(Verification, Check, and Assessment) #

Article 43(Cooperation of Administrative Agency) #

Article 44(Gathering Public Opinion on Civil Petition Administration) #

Article 45 #

Article 46(Entrustment of Authority) #