CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters mandated by the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Auxiliary Police Companies and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof. <Amended on Nov. 20, 2015>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 24, 2012]
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Decree are defined as follows: <Amended on Nov. 5, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Nov. 20, 2015; Jul. 26, 2017; Mar. 30, 2018; Dec. 31, 2020>
1. The term "appointment" means new recruitment, advancement, promotion, transfer, dispatch, temporary retirement, removal, retirement, suspension from office, dismissal from one's position, reinstatement, dismissal from office, and expulsion;
2. The term "police agency" means the Korean National Police Agency, the Korea Coast Guard, a City/Do police agency, a regional coast guard, the Korean National Police University, the Police Human Resources Development Institute, the Central Police Academy, the Korean Police Investigation Academy, the Korea Coast Guard Academy, the National Police Hospital, a police station, a mobile police unit, an auxiliary police company, a coast guard station, the Korea Coast Guard Maintenance Center, a patrol ship, or an agency the head of which is a senior inspector or higher-ranking police official designated by the Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency or the Commissioner of the Korea Coast Guard;
3. The term "competent agency, etc." means any of the following:
a. Agencies under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency: The Korean National Police University, the Police Human Resources Development Institute, the Central Police Academy, the Korean Police Investigation Academy, the National Police Hospital, and a City/Do police agency;
b. Agencies under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of the Korea Coast Guard: The Korea Coast Guard Academy, a regional coast guard, a coast guard station, and the Korea Coast Guard Maintenance Center.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 24, 2012]