SPECIAL ACT ON DISCOVERING THE TRUTH ON THE JEJU APRIL 3 INCIDENT AND THE RESTORATION OF HONOR OF VICTIMS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the promotion of human rights, democratic development, and national harmony by discovering the truth of the Jeju April 3 Incident, and by restoring the honor of the victims and their bereaved families and compensating the victims. <Amended on Jan. 11, 2022>

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 11, 2022>

1. The term "Jeju April 3 Incident" means an incident in which the lives of inhabitants were sacrificed in the riot that arose on April 3, 1948 starting from March 1, 1947 and in the process of armed conflicts and suppression thereof that took place in Jeju-Do and the suppression thereof until September 21, 1954;

2. The term "victim" means a person who deceased or went missing, suffers from the aftereffects, became disabled, or was convicted of a crime due to the Jeju April 3 Incident, and has been determined as a victim of the Jeju April 3 Incident in accordance with Article 5(2)2;

3. The term "bereaved family" means a spouse (including a de facto spouse; hereinafter the same shall apply) and lineal ascendants and descendants of a victim; provided, where a victim has no spouse and lineal ascendants and descendants, the bereaved family means his or her brothers and sisters, and where he or she has no brothers and sisters, the bereaved family means a person determined as a bereaved family member in accordance with Article 5(2)2 among the de facto bereaved family who hold a memorial service for the victim or care of his or her grave as collateral relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity;

4. The term "monetary compensation" means a lump sum payment made pursuant to Article 16 to compensate for damage incurred by the Jeju April 3 Incident;

5. The term "monetary compensation, etc." means monetary compensation, medical allowances and living allowances.

SPECIAL ACT ON DISCOVERING THE TRUTH ON THE JEJU APRIL 3 INCIDENT AND THE RESTORATION OF HONOR OF VICTIMS

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Rights of victims and their bereaved families) #

Article 4(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 5(Committee on Discovering the Truth of the Jeju April 3 Incident and the Restoration of Honor of the Victims) #

Article 6(Working Committee on Discovering the Truth of the Jeju April 3 Incident and the Restoration of Honor of the Victims) #

Article 7(Prohibition of divulgence of confidential information) #

Article 8(Prohibition of unfavorable treatment) #

Article 9(Reporting on damage and establishment of reporting centers) #

Article 10(Duty of government and relevant agencies and organizations for cooperation) #

Article 11(Report on truth-finding investigation results) #

Article 12(Preparation or correction of family relations registers) #

Article 13(Protection of rights and interests of victims and bereaved families) #

Article 14(Special retrials) #

Article 15(Recommendation of requests for ex officio retrials) #

Article 16(Monetary compensation) #

Article 16-2(Application for monetary compensation) #

Article 16-3(Deliberation and resolution) #

Article 16-4(Service of written determination) #

Article 17(Re-deliberation) #

Article 17-2(Applicant's consent and payment of monetary compensation) #

Article 17-3(Delay interest) #

Article 17-4(Protection of rights to monetary compensation) #

Article 17-5(Tax exemption) #

Article 18(Transposition system of administrative determination before litigation) #

Article 18-2(Special cases concerning requests for criminal compensation) #

Article 18-3(Relationship with compensation under other statutes) #

Article 18-4(Recovery of monetary compensation) #

Article 18-5(Period of prescription) #

Article 19(Medical allowances and living allowances) #

Article 20(Special cases concerning request for declaration of disappearance) #

Article 21(Special cases concerning claim for affiliation) #

Article 21-2(Special cases concerning marriage registration) #

Article 21-3(Special cases concerning report of adoption) #

Article 22(Duty to support community recovery) #

Article 23(Jeju April 3 trauma healing programs) #

Article 24(Commemorative programs) #

Article 25(Contribution to foundation related to Jeju April 3 Incident) #

Article 26(Processing of personally identifiable information) #

Article 27(Truth-finding investigation and duty to cooperate) #

Article 28(Special cases concerning receipt of entrusted donations) #

Article 29(Restriction on establishing organizations to support victims) #

Article 30(Legal fiction as public officials for purposes of applying penalty provisions) #

Article 31(Penalty provisions) #