CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to smoothly facilitate the corporate restructuring by prescribing matters necessary to establish and run corporate restructuring investment companies incorporated to normalize the management of companies which are considered viable despite their worsened financial positions and to efficiently clean up credits held by financial institutions to such companies.
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Mar. 28, 2001; May 17, 2010; Mar. 31, 2011; May 19, 2011; May 29, 2016; Nov. 26, 2019>
1. The term "creditor financial institution" means a person who holds credits to companies contracted for corporate restructuring and falls under any of the following items:
(a) Any bank that has been granted authorization under the Banking Act (including any person who is deemed a bank under Article 59 of the same Act);
(b) The Korea Development Bank established under the Korea Development Bank Act;
(c) The Export-Import Bank of Korea established under the Export-Import Bank of Korea Act;
(d) The Industrial Bank of Korea established under the Industrial Bank of Korea Act;
(e) Deleted; <May 19, 2011>
(f) Any financial investment business entity or merchant bank established under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act;
(g) Deleted; <May 19, 2011>
(h) Any insurer licensed under the Insurance Business Act;
(i) Deleted; <May 19, 2011>
(j) Any finance company specializing in credits incorporated under the Specialized Credit Finance Business Act;
(k) Any mutual savings bank incorporated under the Mutual Savings Banks Act;
(l) Deleted; <May 19, 2011>
(m) The Korea Assets Management Corporation set up under the Act on the Establishment of Korea Asset Management Corporation;