CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the enhancement of the public welfare by managing telecommunications efficiently and stimulating the development of telecommunications by providing basic matters on telecommunications.
Article 2(Definitions) #
The definitions of the terms as used in this Act shall be as follows:
1. The term "telecommunications" means transmission or reception of code, words, sound or image through wired, wireless, optic, and other electro-magnetic processes;
2. The term "telecommunications facilities and equipment" means machinery, appliances, lines for telecommunications, and other facilities necessary for telecommunications;
3. The term "telecommunications line facilities and equipment" means the facilities and equipment which constitute communications channels between sending and receiving points for telecommunications among the telecommunications facilities and equipment, and the transmission and line facilities and equipment, with the exchange facilities installed as one body of the transmission and line facilities, and all facilities attached thereto;
4. The term "telecommunications business facilities and equipment" means the telecommunications facilities and equipment to be provided for telecommunications businesses;
5. The term "private telecommunications facilities and equipment" means the telecommunications facilities and equipment other than the telecommunications business facilities and equipment, installed by an individual to be used for his own telecommunications;
6. The term "telecommunications equipment" means apparatus, machinery, parts or line equipments, etc. used by the telecommunications facilities and equipment;
7. The term "telecommunications service" means services that mediate a third party's communication through the telecommunications facilities and equipment or to provide the telecommunications facilities and equipment for the third party's telecommunications;
8. The term "telecommunications business" means a business that provides telecommunications services.
Article 3(Supervision of telecommunications) #
The matters concerning telecommunications shall be governed by the Minister of Science and ICT, except the ones stipulated specifically by this Act or other Acts. <Amended on Dec. 30, 1996; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017>
Article 4(Government policies) #
The Minister of Science and ICT shall devise basic and comprehensive government policies concerning telecommunications to attain the purpose of this Act. <Amended on Dec. 30, 1996; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017>
Article 5(Establishment of basic telecommunications plans) #
(1) The Minister of Science and ICT shall establish and publicly notify basic telecommunications plans (hereinafter referred to as "basic plan") for smooth development of telecommunications and the promotion of the information society. <Amended on Dec. 30, 1996; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017>
(2) The following matters shall be included in a basic plan under paragraph (1):
1. Matters concerning utilization efficiency of telecommunications;
2. Matters concerning maintenance of telecommunications order;
3. Matters concerning telecommunications business;
4. Matters concerning telecommunications facilities and equipment;
5. Matters concerning promotion of telecommunications technology (including technology about telecommunications construction; hereinafter the same shall apply);
6. Other basic matters concerning telecommunications.
(3) The Minister of Science and ICT shall consult in advance with the heads of administrative agencies concerned, when establishing the basic plan for the matters of paragraph (2) 4 and 5 of this Article. <Amended on Dec. 30, 1996; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017>
Article 6 #
Deleted. <May 21, 2009>
Article 7(Classification of telecommunications business operator) #
Telecommunications business operators shall be classified as key communications business operators and value-added communications business operators under the Telecommunications Business Act. <Amended on Aug. 28, 1997; Dec. 24, 2018>
[Wholly Amended on Jan. 5, 1995]
CHAPTER II Deleted.
Article 8 #
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Article 9 #
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Article 10 #
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Article 11 #
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Article 12 #
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Article 13 #
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Article 14 #
Deleted. <Dec. 30, 1996>
Article 15 #
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Article 15-2 #
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CHAPTER III Deleted.
SECTION 1 Deleted
Article 16 #
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Article 17 #
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Article 18 #
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Article 19 #
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SECTION 2 Deleted
Article 20 #
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Article 21 #
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Article 23 #
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Article 24 #
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SECTION 3 Deleted
Article 25 #
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Article 26 #
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Article 27 #
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Article 28 #
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Article 29 #
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Article 30 #
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SECTION 4 Deleted
Article 30-2 #
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Article 30-3 #
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Article 30-4 #
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Article 31 #
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Article 32 #
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CHAPTER IV MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENTS
Article 33 #
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Article 33-2 #
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Article 33-3 #
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Article 34 #
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Article 34-2 #
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Article 35 #
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Article 36 #
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CHAPTER V Deleted
Article 37 #
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Article 38 #
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Article 39 #
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Article 40 #
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Article 40-2 #
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Article 40-3 #
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Article 41 #
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Article 42 #
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Article 43 #
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Article 44 #
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Article 44-2 #
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CHAPTER V-2 Deleted.
Article 44-3 #
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Article 44-4 #
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Article 44-5 #
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Article 44-6 #
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Article 44-7 #
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Article 44-8 #
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CHAPTER VI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 45 #
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Article 45-2 #
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Article 46(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #
(1) Part of the authority of the Minister of Science and ICT under this Act may be delegated to the directors of regional communication offices, under the conditions as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017>
(2) Deleted. <Mar. 22, 2010>
CHAPTER VII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 47(Penalty provisions) #
(1) Deleted. <Dec. 22, 2015>
(2) A person who has publicly made a false communication over the telecommunications facilities and equipment for the purpose of benefiting himself or the third party or inflicting damages on the third party shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding thirty million won. <Amended on Dec. 30, 1996>
(3) In case where the false communication under paragraph (2) is of a telegraphic remittance, it shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding fifty million won. <Amended on Dec. 30, 1996>
(4) When a person engaged in the telecommunications business commits acts referred to in paragraph (3), he or she shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for up to ten years or a fine not exceeding 100 million won; and when he or she commits acts referred to in paragraph (2), he or she shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for up to five years or a fine not exceeding 50 million won: <Amended on Dec. 22, 2015>
[Paragraph (1) of Article 47 was deleted by Act No. 13586, promulgated December 28, 2010 pursuant to the decision of unconstitutionality by the Constitutional Court made on December 22, 2015]
Article 48 #
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Article 48-2 #
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Article 49 #
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Article 50 #
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Article 51 #
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Article 52 #
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Article 53 #
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