Article 1(Places which might be Harmful to Good Morals) #
Places which might be injurious good morals as referred to in Article 2 (1) 3 of the Protection of Minors Act (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) shall be as follows: <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 9743, Jan. 23, 1980; Presidential Decree No. 13458, Sep. 3, 1991>
1. Places where public performance works other than those which minors may view in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 are performed publicly;
2. Places which minors shall not enter in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 5 of Article 3 of the Act on the Regulation of Amusement Businesses Affecting Public Morals from among places where businesses affecting public morals are performed in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of the same Act; and
3. Places where acts which fall under any of items of Article 2 (1) 1 of the Act on Regulation of Speculative Acts, etc. are conducted.
Article 2(Scope of Public Performance Works) #
(1) Minors may view movies, plays, entertainment works, music works, dance works, and other public performance works which fall under any of the following subparagraphs: <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 13458, Sep. 3, 1991>
1. Public performance works which may enhance ideologies of the free democracy;
2. Public performance works which may inspire ethos of the devotion to the country and people;
3. Public performance works which contribute to the development of scientific mind and sound life-style;
4. Public performance works which may refine senses of morality;
5. Public performance works which may enhance ideologies of justice;
6. Public performance works which may mold sound sentiments;
7. Public performance works worth teaching materials for references to curricula; and
8. Public performance works which are not harmful to social morals and customs, and are simply recreative.
(2) If the public performance works which fall under any of the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) above are deemed that their substances conflict with any historical fact, or the whole or part of their substances has such an harmful effect on the proper protection and upbringing of minors as to excite sexual impulses seriously, give the brutality, or bring about crimes, minors shall not view them. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 15028, Jun. 20, 1996>
Article 3(Permission, etc. for Public Performance Works which Minors are Permitted to View) #
If the competent authorities, which have authority to permit or approve the display of public performance works, intend to permit or approve the display of public performance works which minors are permitted view in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, they shall hear opinions of the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency in advance. <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 13458, Sep. 3, 1991>
Article 4(Indication of Prohibition of Viewing) #
If public performance works, which minors shall not view, are performed publicly, that minors’ viewing is prohibited shall be noticed at conspicuous spots inside the places for public performances.
Article 4-2(Standards, etc. for Establishment of Zones within which Minors’ Entries are Restricted) #
(1) Standards for the establishment of zones within which minors’ entries are restricted (hereinafter referred to as “minors’ entry restriction zones”) as provided in Article 2 (2) of the Act, shall be as follows:
1. Zones where business places which minors shall not enter stand close together;
2. Zones where prostitutions might be done; and
3. Other zones where the chief of the police station deems it necessary to be established as minors’ entry restriction zones for the protection of minors.
(2) Hours when entering minors’ entry restriction zones are limited as provided in Article 2 (2) of the Act shall be from eight o’clock in the afternoon to five o’clock in the morning of the following day.
(3) If the chief of a police station intends to establish or abolish minors’ entry restriction zones, he shall reflect opinions of administrative agencies concerned and residents within such areas.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 13458, Sep. 3, 1991]
Article 5(Dispositions of Return and Destruction to Tobaccos, etc.) #
(1) If the chief of the competent police station takes away tobaccos, liquors, or other articles which minors own or hold in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (1) or (2) of the Act, he shall deliver a certificate as referred to in attached Form 1.
(2) If the chief of the competent police station takes a disposition of return, a disposition of destruction, or other dispositions in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (1) or (2) of the Act, names, quantities, owners or holders of the said articles, and the contents of dispositions to them shall be recorded in disposition ledgers as referred to in attached Form 2.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 15028, Jun. 20, 1996]