CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to promote independent economic activities of small and medium proprietors and to enhance their economic status by establishing the Industrial Bank of Korea which contributes to the establishment of an efficient credit system for the small and medium proprietors.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 12, 2010]
Article 2(Definitions) #
(1) For the purpose of this Act, the term "small and medium proprietors" means those provided for in Article 2 of the Framework Act on Small and Medium Enterprises (including any person who is deemed a small or medium proprietor).
(2) The Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperatives provided for in Article 3 of the Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperatives Act and entities organized to promote the interests of small and medium proprietors shall be deemed small and medium proprietors.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 12, 2010]
Article 3(Legal personality) #
(1) The Industrial Bank of Korea shall be a body corporate.
(2) The Industrial Bank of Korea shall be managed in accordance with this Act, orders issued under this Act, and its articles of incorporation.
(3) Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of the Banking Act and the Act on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies shall apply to the Industrial Bank of Korea. <Amended on Jul. 31, 2015>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 12, 2010]
Article 4(Establishment of head office, branches, sub-branches, and agents) #
(1) The Industrial Bank of Korea shall have its head office in Seoul Special Metropolitan City.