Article 125(Fine for Negligence) #
(1) Deleted. <by Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997>
(2) Persons who fall under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by a fine for negligence not exceeding two million won: <Amended by Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997>
1. Deleted; and <by Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
2. Persons who violate orders referred to in Article 50 (2) or 68 (2).
(3) Persons who fall under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by a fine for negligence not exceeding one million won: <Amended by Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997; Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
1. Persons who falsely indicate the standard or quality and such of forest products, in violation of the provisions of Article 53 (3);
2. Persons who set fire to or enter with fire a forest or a land near a forest under the provisions of Article 100-2 (1) without permission in violation of the provisions of the same Article and paragraph; and
3. Persons who throw away wastes or trash within a forest in violation of the provisions of Article 100-2 (2).
(4) Persons who fall under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by a fine for negligence not exceeding three hundred thousand won: <Amended by Act No. 4816, Dec. 22, 1994; Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997; Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
1. Deleted; <by Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
2. Those who throw away cigarette butts within a forest in violation of the provisions of Article 100-2 (2);
3. Those who utilize fire to cook in violation of a ban imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 100-2 (3);
4. Those who enter a forest with fire and inflammables in violation of the provisions of Article 100-2 (4); and
5. Those who do not fulfill responsibilities referred to in Article 100-2 (5).
(5) Those who fall under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by a fine for negligence not exceeding two hundred thousand won: <Amended by Act No.4305, Dec. 31, 1990; Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997>
1. Deleted; <by Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
2. Those who violate the provisions of Article 97 (3);
3. Those who enter a forest in a restricted entry forest zone without reporting as referred to in Article 98; and
4. Deleted. <by Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
(6) Deleted. <by Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997>
(7) Those who do not fulfill an afforestation order referred to in Article 41 shall be punished by a fine for negligence corresponding to the entire sum of expenses for afforestation in question. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 4816, Dec. 22, 1994; Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
(8) Deleted. <by Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
(9) A fine for negligence referred to in paragraphs (1) through (7) shall be imposed and collected by the Administrator of the Forestry Administration, Mayor/Do governor, the head of Si/ Gun, the head of regional forest management office or the head of the office for national forest management as prescribed by the Presidential Decree (hereafter in this Article referred to as “persons entitled to impose taxes”). <Amended by Act No. 4305, Dec. 31, 1990; Act No. 4816, Dec. 22, 1994; Act No. 5079, Dec. 29, 1995; Act No. 5760, Feb. 5, 1999>
(10) Those who protest against the disposition of a fine for negligence referred to in paragraph (9) may raise an objection to persons entitled to impose taxes within thirty days from the date of the notification of disposition was received. <Amended by Act No. 4305, Dec. 31, 1990; Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997>
(11) When those who have been subject to the disposition of a fine for negligence referred to in paragraph (9) raise an objection under the provisions of paragraph (10), persons entitled to impose taxes shall, without delay, notify the competent court of the fact, and the competent court that received the notification shall try the case of a fine for negligence under the Non-Contentious Case Litigation Procedure Act. <Amended by Act No. 4305, Dec. 31, 1990; Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997>
(12) When no objection is made within the time period referred to in paragraph (10), and a fine for negligence is not paid, it shall be collected following examples of disposition on the national tax in arrears. <Amended by Act No. 4305, Dec. 31, 1990; Act No. 5323, Apr. 10, 1997>
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 4206, Jan. 13, 1990]