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ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON THE SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF GUNS, SWORDS, AND EXPLOSIVES — 법갈피

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ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON THE SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF GUNS, SWORDS, AND EXPLOSIVES

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CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters mandated by the Act on the Safety Management of Guns, Swords and Explosives and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof. <Amended on Mar. 31, 1990; Jan. 6, 2016>

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Decree are defined as follows: <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987; Jul. 30, 1991; Mar. 6, 1993; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Oct. 10, 2013; Jul. 14, 2014; Jan. 5, 2021>

1. The term "factory laboratory" means a structure installed in a factory for the purpose of manufacturing powders;

2. The term "dangerous factory laboratory" means a factory laboratory with a risk of catching fire or exploding;

3. The term "temporary storage depot for explosives" means a depot which temporarily stores powders in the process of manufacturing them;

4. The term "backlog capacity" means a maximum capacity of explosives which can be stored in the same factory laboratory;

5. The term "security goods" means equipment and installations requiring the protection from danger and injury in handling explosives, which shall be classified as first-class security goods, second-class security goods, third-class security goods and fourth-class security goods;

6. The term "first-class security goods" means structures designated as national treasures, houses in urban districts, schools, nursing institutions, hospitals, temples, churches and stadiums;

7. The term "second-class security goods" means village houses and parks;

8. The term "third-class security goods" means houses which do not belong to first-class security goods and second-class security goods, railroads, tracks, sea lanes or anchorages of ships (referring to where ships are ties up), oil storage facilities, facilities for producing and storing high-pressure gas (including charging stations), power plants, substations, and factories;

9. The term "fourth-class security goods" means roads under each subparagraph of Article 10 of the Road Act, high-tension electric wires, places where explosives are handled, and areas where fire is used;

Article 3(Guns) #

(1) Guns under Article 2 (1) of the Act on the Safety Management of Guns, Swords and Explosives (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") shall mean the following guns, cannons, and gun parts: <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987; Mar. 31, 1990; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Jan. 20, 2004; Jan. 6, 2016; Sep. 17, 2019; Jan. 5, 2021>

1. Guns:

(a) Pistols (including machine pistol; hereinafter the same shall apply);

(b) Rifles;

(d) Hunting guns:

(i) Shotguns (limited to reduction Nos. 4 through 32 and 0.41 inch calibered one);

(ii) Spring guns (limited to 0.22 millimeter through 0.38 millimeter calibered one);

(iii) Air guns (limited to 4.5 millimeter through 5.5 millimeter calibered one, except in the case of shotgun limited to 5.5 millimeter through 6.4 millimeter calibered one);

(iv) Gas guns (the same as in the case of air gun shall apply);

(e) Firing guns:

(i) Shotguns (limited to reduction Nos. 12 through 20);

(ii) Spring guns (limited to 0.22 inch through 0.38 inch calibered one);

(iii) Air guns (limited to 4.5 millimeter through 5.5 millimeter calibered one);

(iv) Gas guns (the same as in the case of air gun shall apply);

(f) Fishing guns:

(i) Small fishing guns (limited to 0.22 inch through 0.38 inch calibered one);

(ii) Spear guns;

(g) Anesthetizing guns;

(h) Butcher guns;

(i) Industrial guns:

(i) Staple guns;

(ii) Sweep guns;

(iii) Crusher guns (referring to guns that crush minerals or stones, etc.);

(iv) Cable throwers;

(j) Rescue and life saving guns:

(i) Life rope throwers;

(ii) Life signal guns;

(k) Gas dischargers;

(l) Explosive fragmentation guns (limited to those with a caliber of at least 12.5 millimeters but not more than 40 millimeters);

(m) Other powder-charged guns utilizing the theory of detonation;

2. Cannon:

(a) Small-caliber cannon (limited to 20 millimeter through 40 millimeter calibered one);

(b) Medium-caliber cannon (limited to more than 40 millimeter and less than 90 millimeter calibered one, except for mortars);

(d) Mortar;

(e) Whaling guns (limited to small-caliber one);

3. Parts of guns:

(a) Gun barrels and actions (limited to parts not to be used otherwise, except for guns) and cannon carriages;

(b) Lead shots and cochineal shots;

(2) "Air gun," as used in paragraph (1), means one which has the capability to kill and injure human beings, animals or birds, etc.

Article 6-6(Detailed Arm Safety Management Plans) #

(1) Each year, the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency shall formulate and implement a detailed gun safety management plan under Article 3-2 (5) of the Act.

(2) A detailed gun safety management plan shall include the following: <Amended on Jan. 6, 2016>

1. Present condition of gun possessors;

2. A plan to establish a reporting office for the collection of illegal guns, methods of how to handle reported illegal guns, and a plan on how to operate the office during a period in which illegal guns are reported voluntarily;

3. A plan to examine gun manufacturers including the following items for inspection:

(a) Manufacturing guns without permission;

(b) Removing guns without permission;

4. A plan to examine gun dealers including the following items for examination:

(a) Whether guns are sold to persons without permission to possess guns;

(b) Whether transfer and acquisition of guns are improperly recorded;

5. A plan to examine gun renters including the following items for examination:

(a) Whether guns are rented to persons without permission to possess guns;

(b) Whether rental agreements are improperly recorded;

6. A plan to examine gun possessors including the following items for examination:

(a) Whether gun possessors have moved to other places or are dead;

(b) Whether guns are remodeled, lost, or stolen.

(3) Where emergency needs arise for the safety management of guns, the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency may alter the detailed gun safety management plan formulated pursuant to paragraph (1).

(4) Where the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency formulates or alters a detailed gun safety management plan, he or she shall publicly notify such fact.

(5) In addition to the matters prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (4), matters necessary for the formulation or alteration of a detailed gun safety management plan shall be determined by the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency.

[This Article Newly Inserted on Oct. 30, 2015]

Article 8(Criteria for Manufacturing Facilities) #

The criteria for facilities for the manufacture of guns, swords, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons and crossbows under Article 4 (5) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "manufacturing facilities") shall be as follows: <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987; Mar. 31, 1990; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Mar. 31, 2001; Jan. 20, 2004; Mar. 10, 2006; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Oct. 10, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jun. 30, 2016; Jul. 26, 2017; May 28, 2018>

1. A factory shall be divided into a dangerous zone and a non-dangerous zone; a boundary fence shall be built around the dangerous zone; and a boundary sign shall be set up in a place readily visible to the public;

2. Any manufacturing facility shall have a manufacture department meeting all of the following requirements:

(a) It shall be equipped with facilities according to the following facility criteria:

(i) In the case of a manufacture department (excluding a manufacture department for the manufacture of gun barrels or action parts only (hereinafter referred to as '"manufacture department of gun barrels, etc.") for the manufacture of guns, swords, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, or crossbows (including remodeling and repairing of guns): Facility criteria under attached Table 3;

(ii) In the case of a manufacture department of gun barrels, etc.: Facility criteria deemed by the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency to be necessary for the manufacture of relevant parts among the facility criteria under attached Table 3;

(b) A manufacture department shall have an area listed hereunder:

(i) A manufacture department for the manufacture of guns or gas sprayers (excluding a manufacture department for the manufacture of buckshots or pellets only): At least 200 square meters for exclusive use;

(ii) In the case of any of the following: At least 80 square meters for exclusive use:

a. A manufacture department for the manufacture of swords, electroshock weapons, or crossbows;

b. A manufacture department for the manufacture of buckshots or pellets only;

2-2. A manufacture department for repairing guns shall have an exclusive area of at least 23.1 square meters. The same shall also apply where a gun dealer concurrently operates a repair business;

3. Where a boundary fence under subparagraph 1 is built in a forest, an open space of two meters or more in width shall be left along the boundary fence so that it may stop burning in cases of a fire;

4. Within a dangerous zone only essential facilities for work shall be installed;

5. A security distance in attached Table 4 (a security distance listed in attached Table 5 in the case of dangerous factory laboratories which deal with fireworks, signal torpedoes, signal rockets or ingredients-use powders or explosives) between a dangerous factory laboratory, temporary storage depot for powders, sunlight drying house, explosion test site, combustion test site, launching test site or incinerator for discarded powders (hereinafter referred to as "dangerous factory laboratory, etc.") and security goods shall be maintained: Provided, That where security goods are part of facilities of factories, a distance as determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety shall be maintained;

6. Where people wish to store more than backlog capacity corresponding to the security distance listed in attached Tables 4 and 5, a security distance pursuant to the following calculating formula shall be maintained: Provided, That in the case of nitrate factory laboratories of nitro compound containing more than three nitrogroups or pentaerythrite, tetranitrate, then 100 meters for first-class and second-class security goods, 50 meters for third-class and fourth-class security goods regardless of backlog capacity and 10 meters for temporary storage depots for detonating fuses and electric blasting fuses regardless of storage quantity shall be maintained:

security distance＝[{Denominator's security distance regarding backlog capacity}×{Cube root of quantity to be stored}]/Cube root of backlog capacity listed in attached Table 4 or Table 5

7. A dangerous factory laboratory, etc. shall have a security distance as determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety from other facilities within a boundary fence of a factory;

8. An engine room and a smoke funnel (excluding engine rooms and smoke funnels which do not use solid fuel) shall be installed outside a danger zone;

9. A dangerous factory laboratory and a temporary storage depot for explosives shall be equipped with lightning conductors under Article 41;

10. A dangerous factory shall be a separately built fireproof building and a factory laboratory in danger of explosion shall be built of building materials that can be lightly blown off in explosion: Provided, That the same shall not apply to explosion-preventive structure or quasi-explosive-preventive structure as determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety;

11. A dangerous factory laboratory and a temporary storage depot for explosives in danger of explosion shall be installed with earth mounds under Article 42: Provided, That a factory laboratory built of explosion preventive structure or quasi-explosion-preventive structure need not be installed with earth mounds in the direction of non-explosion-preventive walls and a factory (hereinafter referred to as "factory for fireworks, etc.") manufacturing only fireworks, signal torpedoes and signal rockets made from powders or explosives as ingredients may instead substitute temporary earth mounds under Article 43 or explosion-preventive walls determine by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for lightning devices;

12. A factory laboratory in danger of catching fire shall be installed with fireproof walls or combustion-preventive facilities distant from other factory laboratories;

13. Facilities in danger of catching fire within a factory laboratory in danger of catching fire shall be equipped with automatic or water bottle type convertible fire-control devices;

14. A reservoir, a water tank and an emergency flashlight, etc. which are necessary to extinguish a fire shall be installed around a dangerous factory laboratory;

15. A dangerous factory laboratory shall be equipped with windows and exits for escape in an emergency; the doors of which shall be open from outside, in the sections where metals rub each other, copper or brass shall be used, and the sections of glass on which a direct ray of light strikes down shall be opaque;

16. The inside of a dangerous factory laboratory shall be built of a structure which can prevent earth and sand from falling off or blowing off, and hardware shall not appear on the floor;

17. It shall be ensured that explosive dust does not infiltrate the floor of a dangerous factory laboratory by sticking fast soft materials such as lead and rubber plates: Provided, That the floors of electric detonating cap and fireworks factories may be boarded up;

18. No motors and temperature or moisture regulators shall be installed in a dangerous factory laboratory: Provided, That the same shall not apply to cases where no danger of explosion or fire exists;

19. Machines and containers which are installed or kept in a dangerous factory laboratory shall be ensured so that hardware does not rub each other except for sections necessary for work, rubbing sections are applied by lubricants sufficiently to prevent them from rocking, falling off and eroding and explosive dust does not to be adhered or permeated;

20. Heating systems in a dangerous factory laboratory shall be operated by steam, heat or warm water, be spaced with inflammable matters and prevent explosive dust or particles from adhering to the hot sections;

21. Where electric heaters or other high heat sources apply to a paraffin tank and a sulphur tank, etc. in a dangerous factory laboratory, a safety device shall be installed outside the tank to prevent the temperature from exceeding 110 degrees Celsius (150 degrees Celsius in the case of a sulphur tank);

22. The lighting equipment of a dangerous factory laboratory or a temporary storage depot for explosives shall be electric lights designed to be entirely detached from the inside of a factory laboratory and no electric wires shall appear in the factory laboratory or the temporary storage depot for powders;

23. The metallic sections of machines or drying devices equipped in a dangerous factory laboratory shall be on the ground;

24. A dangerous factory laboratory, etc. shall, either on its inside or outside, have a clearly visible notice posted stating the kinds of explosives and ingredients used for powders, current backlog capacity in storage, kinds of powders to be backlogged in the same site, maximum quantity, maximum capacity, and cautions in dealing or other necessary matters;

25. The ceiling and inner walls of a factory laboratory in which explosives are liable to be blown off shall not be spaced and the surface shall be slick so as to be swept off by water;

26. A factory laboratory which is liable to discharge inflammable gas or poisonous gas shall be equipped with an air exhauster;

27. A factory which dries explosives shall be equipped with a drying factory laboratory: Provided, That the same shall not apply to a factory for detonating fuses or a factory for fireworks, a sunlight drying house shall be substituted therefor;

28. A warmer in a factory laboratory which dries explosives shall be installed at a distance from the powders being dried: Provided, That the same shall not apply to cases where the temperature in a hot-water warmer is similar to drying temperature;

29. A drying stand in a sunlight drying house shall be at an altitude of at least 60 centimeters;

30. Where the distance between a sunlight drying house which is in danger of catching fire and other facilities is less than 20 meters, temporary earth mounds under Article 43 or explosion-preventive walls as determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety shall be installed between the facilities and where the distance between a sunlight drying house which is in danger of catching fire and other facilities is at least 20 meters, fire walls shall be constructed or evergreen broad-leaved trees shall be planted thickly between the facilities;

31. An explosion test site, combustion test site, launching test site, and incinerator for discarded powers shall be constructed within a danger zone and marked off by mound explosion-preventive walls or fire walls and trees and weeds around them shall always be cut or trimmed;

32. Containers which transport explosives and their ingredients shall be made by using soft materials which do not react with substances contained therein and constructed to be properly shut by coverings;

33. A vehicle which transports powders in a danger zone shall be a handcart, storage battery car or diesel locomotive; the handcart shall be constructed not to cause frictions or shocks to the explosives being transported and the storage battery car and diesel locomotive shall be constructed, as determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety;

34. Factories manufacturing explosives containing water or oils, such as primary explosives or hydrate explosives, etc. shall be equipped with automatic manufacturing facilities;

35. Where manufacturing explosives containing water or oils, such as primary explosives or hydrate explosives, etc. at the place of use, it shall be manufactured by the automatic compounding tank lorries, and after such manufacturing, the relevant lorries shall be preserved in the manufacturing place.

Article 9(Criteria for Manufacturing Techniques) #

(1) The criteria of techniques for manufacturing guns under Article 4 (5) of the Act shall be as follows: <Newly Inserted on Mar. 31, 1990; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Jan. 20, 2004; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. They shall not be automatic percussion systems: Provided, That the same shall not apply to machine guns;

2. Magazines shall be able to be loaded with not more than six ball cartridges or metallic bullets: Provided, That the same shall not apply to machine guns and staple guns for construction;

3. They shall be suitable for other structure and efficiency standards, as determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

(2) The criteria for techniques for manufacturing explosives under Article 4 (5) of the Act shall be as follows: Provided, That techniques under subparagraph 23 may not apply in manufacturing detonating fuses or electric blasting fuses and techniques under subparagraph 27 may not apply in manufacturing fireworks: <Amended on Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Jan. 20, 2004; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Oct. 10, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. The composite ratio of ingredients shall be determined for powders and explosives in advance, and the structure, composition and maximum quantity of manufacturing per day shall also be determined in advance; and they shall be manufactured below the maximum quantity according to the composition ratio of the ingredients or the structure and composition;

2. No person, except employees necessary for work and persons deemed particularly necessary, shall enter a danger zone;

3. The maximum capacity of a dangerous factory laboratory and a temporary storage depot for explosives shall be set within the limit determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and no person except employees within the scope of the maximum capacity and persons deemed particularly necessary shall enter them;

4. No person shall be allowed to work in a danger zone while under the influence of alcohol;

5. Due discretion and prudence shall be used and complicated work shall not be performed in a danger zone;

6. A factory laboratory or temporary storage depot for explosives shall always be cleaned so that hardware, soil, or sand shall not be inter-mingled and a water sprinkler or other appropriate steps shall be taken so that dust or sand may not be stirred up around the factory laboratory;

7. No light, except portable flashlights, shall be carried in a dangerous factory laboratory;

8. In or around a dangerous factory laboratory, etc., explosive, combustible, or inflammable materials shall not be stockpiled;

9. Backlog capacity or maximum quantity of ingredients used for explosives in a dangerous factory laboratory, etc., to be stored in the same site and at the same time shall be set within the scope of quantity determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and powders or their ingredients shall not be stockpiled in excess;

10. Where operations closely related to temperature in manufacturing explosives are conducted, the limit of temperature shall be set and work shall be conducted within such limit;

11. Machines, tools and containers used in a dangerous factory laboratory shall always be inspected and maintained properly;

12. Where machines, tools and containers used in a dangerous factory laboratory are repaired, repairs shall be performed only after explosives adhered to or penetrated are shaken off outside the factory laboratory by the instructions of the person in charge of powders manufacturing security: in inevitable cases, repairs may be performed in the dangerous factory laboratory after necessary measures are taken, such as moving dangerous substances in the factory place to a safe place;

13. Where it is desirable to carry on remodeling or repair of a dangerous factory laboratory or temporary storage depot for explosives, precautionary measures against danger and injury shall be taken in advance;

14. A dangerous factory laboratory shall not be used for other purposes than the proper work due to be done in the factory laboratory;

15. Certain precautionary measures against danger and injury, such as putting powders to be discarded or adulterated explosives in certain disposal containers every day and discarding at certain sites, shall be taken;

16. In transporting explosives, their ingredients and half-finished goods, prudence and discretion shall be used so that they may not be shocked or fall off;

17. A diesel locomotive shall not enter the place where there is a possibility that explosive dust will be stirred up;

18. Patches or other wastes likely to be adhered to explosives or oils shall be placed in certain containers and transported outside the factory laboratory after work each day, and precautionary measures against danger and injury shall be taken at certain sites;

19. Explosion tests, combustion tests, launching tests or incineration of explosives shall be carried out at designated sites, respectively;

20. Tests of explosives shall be conducted in a dangerous factory laboratory built for such tests or in a dangerous factory laboratory which can be diverted for conducting tests after stopping ordinary work;

21. Powders shall be put in inner wrappings that do not react with explosives (including rewrappings; hereinafter the same shall apply) and then placed in outer coverings, as determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety: Provided, That primary explosives or hydrate explosives which need not be wrapped up or blasting agents which are extremely difficult to cover may not be wrapped or covered;

22. The inner wrappings and outer covers under subparagraph 21 and outer envelopes of fireworks shall state the kind, quantity, efficiency, makers' names, date of production, term of availability, methods of usage (term of availability and methods of usage are limited to toy fireworks) of explosives or fireworks: Provided, That the same shall not apply to inner wrappings in which they cannot be entered;

23. The lids of wooden boxes, the outer coverings, containing explosives, other than signal torpedoes, signal rockets and fireworks shall be screwed down by turning brass screw nails or wooden screw nails slowly and a metal hammer shall not be used: Provided, That where they are fastened by metal belts, under compelling circumstances, wooden knobs shall be applied to wooden boxes so that such iron belts under transportation may not touch other hardware;

24. Conditions of care necessary for the treatment shall be clearly described on the outer coverings;

25. The outer coverings shall be knobbed for convenient transportation and safety measures shall be taken;

26. No gaps shall be made between inner wrappings and outer coverings so as to not stir the contents;

27. Each day, after the manufacturing process is finished, explosives shall not be left in a factory laboratory: Provided, That where powders must be left behind, a watchman shall be stationed.

(3) The criteria for techniques for manufacturing gas sprayers under Article 4 (5) of the Act shall be as follows: <Newly Inserted on Mar. 31, 1990; Jul. 30, 1991; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Jan. 20, 2004; Mar. 10, 2006; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Dec. 9, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. That harmful chemical substances and tear gas whose manufacture and use are restricted pursuant to other statutes and regulations, such as the Chemicals Control Act, shall not be used in gas sprayers: Provided, That this shall not apply where they are approved, for the purpose of public peace, etc., by the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency after consultation with the heads of relevant central administrative agencies;

2. That the dispensing system of a powder spray shall be fulcrum trigger system and the dispensing system of a liquid spray shall be push-button system;

3. That they shall comply with the structure and performance standards determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

(4) The criteria for techniques for manufacturing electroshock weapons under Article 4 (5) of the Act shall be as follows: <Newly Inserted on Mar. 31, 1990; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Jan. 20, 2004; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. Eelectroshock weapons shall not be used by electric currents and voltage to the extent capable of killing or injuring persons;

2. They shall be used by touching shocked objects;

3. They shall comply with the structure and efficiency standards determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

(5) The criteria for techniques for manufacturing crossbows under Article 4 (5) of the Act shall be as follows: <Newly Inserted on Jun. 20, 1996; Apr. 12, 1997; Jun. 30, 1999; Jan. 20, 2004; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. They shall not be pulley-type or pistol-type crossbows;

2. The pulling pressure of strings shall be not more than 68 kilograms;

3. Arrowheads shall be round, not knife-edged, and unable to be detached from the arrow;

4. No aiming neck mounting shall be present;

5. They shall comply with other structure and efficiency standards determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Article 10(Criteria for Facilities of Sales Business) #

(1) The criteria for facilities of sales business for guns, swords, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons and crossbows under the provisions of Article 6 (4) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987; Mar. 31, 1990; Jun. 20, 1996; Jan. 20, 2004>

1. They shall be provided with a salesroom with exclusive floor space of 16.5 square meters for the sale of guns, swords, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons and crossbows. In this case, goods unrelated to guns, swords, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons and arbalists shall not be displayed or held herein;

2. They shall be provided with custody devices falling under any of the following items:

(a) Hangar built of reinforced concrete;

(b) Hangar fixed to a section of the building such as concrete walls;

3. They shall be equipped with one or more solid showcases designed to prevent someone from withdrawing and touching it easily;

4. They shall be equipped with a ball cartridge storage facility or one or more iron ball cartridge hangars;

5. They shall be equipped with one or more tools for charging air guns or gas guns with high-tension air or gas;

6. The doors or windows of entrances and show windows shall be built of tempered glass, show windows shall be installed with wire nets, and chains in the case of guns, shall be connected to the triggers of guns;

7. Entrances shall be installed with iron shutters and solid double locks;

8. They shall be installed with alarm devices that are connected to the applicable branch office of police station and police stand.

(2) The criteria for facilities of sales business for explosives under the provisions of Article 6 (4) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Jun. 20, 1996; Jan. 20, 2004>

1. An explosives storage facility for its exclusive use shall be installed;

2. A guard post shall be installed at the entrance;

3. An explosives storage facility shall be built with a road leading into its entrance to enable safe transportation by vehicles;

4. The locations of sales an agency or explosives storage facility shall be safe from danger in distribution channels.

[Title Amended on Jun. 20, 1996]

Article 12(Persons Allowed to Possess Guns without Permission) #

(1) Any of the following persons may possess guns, swords, explosives, gas sprayers, electric shock machines and crossbows without permission under subparagraph 10 of Article 10 of the Act: <Amended on Mar. 31, 1990; Jul. 30, 1991; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Jan. 20, 2004; Mar. 10, 2006; Dec. 31, 2020>

1. A person who possesses guns, swords or explosives which are valuable as cultural properties with a certificate issued by a cultural properties managing agency;

2. A person who has been designated as a user of guns, swords, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons or crossbows for teaching or research at schools of all grades under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Higher Education Act or public agencies. In such cases, guns are limited to air guns;

3. A person who lends guns, swords or crossbows temporarily from a shooting range, private hunting ground or fencing school and takes lessons in shooting, hunting or swordsmanship in the same place;

4. A person who possesses a saber or ceremonial sword to command or wield on a ceremonial occasion in the military, schools or public agencies or possesses for the purpose of command as an active military or police commander. In such cases, such swords are limited to those that are not edged;

5. A person who possesses life rope throwers for lifesaving in relation to the business upon command from the head of an agency which the person belongs to, under the Framework Act on Civil Defense, the Fire Services Act and the Ship Safety Act;

6. A manufacturer who keeps and manages the original register of guns, swords, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows for a manufacturer of guns, swords, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows to use such register for research and development in a factory with approval from the commissioner of a City/Do police agency;

7. A person in possession of lead shots and cochineal shots as well as collimator that are parts of a gun (limited to an air gun) to use for the gun for which the person has obtained permission to possess.

(2) A person who falls under paragraph (1) 2 shall abide by managerial observances on air gun determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. <Amended on Jun. 30, 1999; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

Article 14(Scope of Permission for Possession of Guns, Swords, Gas Sprayers, Electroshock Weapons, and Crossbows by Kinds and Uses) #

(1) The scope of permission for possession of guns, swords, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows by kind and use under Article 12 (5) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Mar. 31, 1990; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Jan. 20, 2004; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jan. 6, 2016; Jul. 26, 2017; Sep. 17, 2019>

1. Where a pistol is possessed for a shooting contest, sports or self-defense;

2. Where a shotgun, a single-shot gun, air gun, or a crossbow is possessed for hunting, extermination of harmful birds and animals or shooting contest;

3. Where any of the following is possessed: a life rope thrower, life signal gun, butcher gun, anesthetizing gun, whaling gun or cannon, gun, spear gun, marking gun for whaling, industrial staple gun for construction, cable thrower and guns necessary for sweeping or other industrial applications for the use of life-saving, slaughter, anesthetization, fishing, construction, and other guns necessary for industrial purposes determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety;

4. Where a government or public agency possesses a gun, sword, gas sprayer, electroshock weapons, and crossbows for the purpose of testing and research;

5. Where a person who, recommended as eligible by the head of an agency, as determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, as an athlete or candidate participating in an athletic meeting or worldwide shooting contest, possesses a pistol in order to use it at the athletic meeting or shooting contest;

6. In cases of possessing a sword for the purpose of using or holding under custody for swordmanship contest, hunting, slaughter, agriculture and fishery, ornament or family heirloom;

7. In cases of possessing guns and swords for functions, such as festivals and ceremonies, swords for family heirloom or ornament and other swords that are deemed necessary for general folk customs or custom's sake;

8. Where a gas sprayer or an electroshock weapon is possessed for guard duties, self-defense or animal roundup;

9. Where a person legally allowed to carry arms possesses an incapacitant spray for self-defense or arresting criminals;

10. Where a legal person has his or her employees, etc. possess an industrial gun, gas discharger, explosive fragmentation guns, gas sprayer, or electric shock machine according to any of the following categories for use:

(a) For public works, construction and other industrial application: industrial gun;

(b) For security: gas discharger (limited to a possessor legally entitled to carry arms), gas sprayer, or electroshock weapons;

(d) For counter-terrorism (referring to a case of responding to terrorism against a terrorist target facility under Article 10 (1) of the Act on Counter-Terrorism for the Protection of Citizens and Public Security): Explosive fragmentation guns;

11. Where any person who is licensed to possess a gun (limited to powder shotguns) is in possession of a barrel in order to use it to replace for the gun.

(2) Matters related to the extent of permission for possession and to the management of pistols in possession under paragraph (1) 1 shall be determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. <Amended on Jun. 30, 1999; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

[Title Amended on Jun. 20, 1996]

Article 15(Persons Who May Use Explosives without Permission for Use) #

A person who may use explosives without permission for use under the proviso of Article 18 (1) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987; Jun. 20, 1996; Apr. 12, 1997; Jan. 20, 2004; Mar. 10, 2006; Jan. 5, 2021>

1. A person who, as a person having reported a mine-exploring plan or obtained an authorization of mining plan under the Mining Industry Act or registered with permission to establish submarine mining rights or submarine mining concessions under the Submarine Mineral Resources Development Act, wishes to use explosives in order to extract minerals;

2. A person who, as a permittee to possess guns under Article 12 of the Act, wishes to use ball or blank cartridges for the purpose of such possession;

3. A school, research institute, hospital or other authorized institution, which wishes to use not more than 5 kilograms of powders, not more than 2.5 kilograms of explosives, not more than 100 industrial detonating caps, electric detonating caps, gun caps, signal detonating caps, ball cartridges, blank cartridges, fuses on rockets, or not more than 200-meter powder trains at one time for physical and chemical experiment or medical purpose;

4. A person legally entitled to possess explosives for the performance of duty;

5. A person who wishes to use not more than 400 ball or blank cartridges for shooting practice;

6. A person who wishes to use fireworks equivalent to the quantity falling under any of the following items at the same place per day for signal or enjoyment:

(a) Fewer than 500 rocketing round fireworks under 6 centimeters in diameter;

(b) Not more than 15 rocketing round fireworks with the diameter of at least 6 centimeters to under 10 centimeters;

(d) A rocketing firework using not more than 200 detonating pipes;

(e) Not more than 300 firecrackers, each of which weighs not more than 0.1 gram (excluding any firecracker that is ignited by rubbing the side flint or head flint of match) and others (except smoke firecrackers) packed in cases and sounding fulmination by igniting or not more than 0.1 gram of explosives (limited to those sounding fulmination);

(f) Explosives (limited to those whose quantity is not more than 30 connected to those packed in cases of sounding fulmination by igniting) containing not more than 1 gram of powder per one or not more than 300 fireworks containing not more than 0.1 gram of explosives (limited to those sounding fulmination);

(g) No limit for paper detonating caps for games;

7. A person who wishes to use fireworks (excluding rocketing fireworks) equivalent to the quantity falling under any of the following items at the same place per day for cinematic or theatrical effect:

(a) Not more than 50 fireworks containing under 15 gram raw powders or explosives;

(b) Not more than 30 fireworks containing at least 15 and less than 30 grams of raw powders or explosives;

(d) Smoke candles, motion-picture illuminating candles or fire-works containing not more than 0.1 gram of explosives (limited to those sounding fulmination);

8. A person who wishes to use smoke candles for fire extinction or fire practice, weather observation, airtight test purpose;

9. A person who wishes to use not more than 100 ball cartridges or not more than 200 fireworks containing not more than 10 grams per day for the purpose of exterminating birds and animals;

10. A person who wishes to use injection guns for the purpose of exterminating birds and animals;

11. A person who wishes to use powders equivalent to the quantity falling under any of the following items at the same place per day for construction, public works or industrial application:

(a) Not more than 5000 blank cartridges for staple guns for construction;

(b) Not more than 150 microvibration crushers;

(d) Not more than 500 detonating bottles;

(e) Not more than 50 detonating boring machines;

(f) Not more than 20 stamp mills;

(g) Deleted. <Nov. 10, 1987>

12. A person who uses starting powders for ships;

13. A person who wishes to use not more than 300 smoke balls for civil defense drill at the same place per day;

14. A proprietor of a car sales agency, parts agency, service center, etc. who wishes to display not more than 300 flame signals for car emergency signals used as indicators of car accidents or breakdowns for the purpose of sale and a person who wishes to possess not more than three of such to use for its original intended;

15. A person who wishes to use signal illuminating projectiles used in ships or aircraft for its original purposes;

16. A person in the ship or aircraft maintenance business who possesses signal illuminating projectiles used in ships or aircraft for sale in the amount of up to 200.

[Title Amended on Jan. 5, 2021]

Article 16(Handling of Explosives) #

(1) Where a person who wishes to use explosives under Article 18 of the Act handles explosives (excluding primary explosives) at a place where he or she uses such explosives, he or she shall take the following precautions: <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

1. Containers handling explosives shall be built of lumber or other insulators and solid construction;

2. Powders, explosives and blasting agents shall be handled by putting in different containers, respectively;

3. Before using explosives, inspections shall be made if they are hardened, damp or there is anything wrong with them;

4. Frozen and hardened dynamites shall be tempered in a melter which uses a hot spring in not more than 50 degrees celsius as an outer tub or indoors where the thermometer remains at not more than 30 degrees celsius and shall not be placed adjacent to stoves, steam engines or other high heat sources;

5. Hardened dynamites shall be softened by kneading [massaging] them by hand;

6. Explosives that are left over or unsuitable to be used shall be returned to a powders storage facility;

7. Where it is desirable to cut a detonating fuse, it shall be cut at full length for safety's sake by using a prescribed tool and in sticking a detonating fuse in an industrial detonating cap, forceps shall be used;

8. An electric blasting fuse shall be put a conductivity or resistance test, and overall precautionary measures against danger and injury such as using those not exceeding 0.01 ampere through advance measurement of test currents shall be taken;

9. Where there is a danger of lightning, operations related to electric detonating caps and electric blasting fuses shall not be conducted;

10. When finishing the work using explosives, powders shall not be left at the place where they are used except under compelling circumstances;

11. In handling explosives, theft prevention shall always be considered.

(2) In handling primary explosives, they shall be handled in the following manner:

1. In transferring them into a container, they shall be put into containers made of polyethylene and vinyl so that primary powders and vinyl will not be decomposed and fuel oils may be prevented from leaking, being damp or being adulterated with impurities;

2. In leaving explosives in the place using them, they shall not touch other explosives;

3. In and around the place using explosives, corrosive acids, alkalis, combustible oil paper equivalents or other similar substances shall not be placed;

4. Returned primary powders shall be separated from other ones and, in subsequent use, they shall be used after first checking if there is anything wrong with them.

Article 17(Explosives Dealerships) #

(1) A person who has obtained permission for the use of explosives under subparagraph 1 of Article 18 of the Act and a person who, falling under Article 15, uses explosives shall construct a building (hereinafter referred to as "explosives dealership") used exclusively for the control of explosives and blasting explosives preparation (except for works to stick an industrial or electric detonating cap in a cartridge or to handle a stuck cartridge) around the place using them, except in the case of places in which not more than 25 kilograms of powders or explosives, not more than 50 industrial or electric detonating caps as daily use or not more than 250 meter powder trains are used within three days as approved by the chief of a police station that there is no need for constructing explosives dealerships. <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987>

(2) Explosives dealerships under paragraph (1) shall be installed at each place using explosives, and in accordance with the following criteria:

1. As against passageways, galleries used as passageways, powerlines, other powders dealerships, explosives storage facilities, firearm dealing centers and buildings to which people gain access, they shall be installed at a safe and low dampness place;

2. They shall be one-story installations built of reinforced concrete, concrete block, or equally or more solid materials that may prevent theft or fire;

3. Roofs shall be built of slates, tiles or other incombustible materials;

4. The interior of buildings shall be built of dampproof and waterproof paints or boards, and it shall be ensured that hardware will not appear on the inside surface of the interior;

5. The exterior of a door shall be coated with iron sheets at least 2 millimeters thick, and double-locked;

6. In installing heating systems, they shall be operated only by using warm water, steam or heat.

(3) The backlog quantity at a powders dealership shall be not more than a daily estimated quantity and 300 kilograms for powders or explosives (except for primary explosives); 3,000 for industrial or electric detonating caps; and 6 kilometers for powder trains shall not be exceeded. <Amended on Jun. 20, 1996>

(4) Explosives dealerships shall keep books and clearly record the receipts and disbursements and the unused quantity. <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

(5) Subparagraphs 1 and 19 of Article 8, Article 9 (2) 3 and 6 shall apply mutatis mutandis to explosives dealerships under paragraph (1). <Amended on Jun. 20, 1996>

Article 18(Technical Criteria for Blasting of Explosives) #

(1) The technical criteria for blasting and burning of explosives (excluding primary explosives) under Article 18 (4) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

1. Where a person wishes to transport explosives into a pit or to a blasting place, he or she shall use a backpack or other similar transporter and gunpowders or explosives, industrial detonating caps and electric detonating caps shall not be transported simultaneously by the same person, unless they are put in separate containers and transported, respectively;

2. The quantity of explosives to be carried in a blasting place shall not exceed the estimated quantity designed for the blasting;

3. A person in charge of powders control and security shall appoint work assistants at a blasting field and instruct work relating to the quantity of receipts and disbursements and unused quantity, powders boring methods or charging methods of powders in a cartridge;

4. Before charging, boreholes or location of a cartridge chamber and conditions of bedrock, etc. shall be checked, and they shall be charged by means of relevant safe charging methods;

5. Where persons, livestock or buildings liable to be damaged due to things blown off and scattered through the blasting, measures against these shall be taken;

6. Blasted boreholes shall not be reloaded;

7. In charging powders or explosives, smoking or handling of firearms in the vicinity shall not be permitted;

8. Where explosives are left over after the preparatory work for blasting, they shall be returned to the powders storage facility without delay;

9. Where blasting in boreholes underwater is desired, waterproof measures on explosives shall be taken;

10. Where it is desirable to blast hot water holes or other high-temperature holes with at least 100 degrees celsius, measures against phase-shifting decomposition of explosives shall be taken;

11. When the place to be blasted is short-circuited, electric blasting shall not be conducted;

12. Sand, mud or other incombustible or inflammable joints of brickwork shall be used in boreholes, such safe equipment as tampers against friction, percussion and static electricity, etc. as charging tool, shall be used, and air chargers shall definitely touch the ground;

13. Where it is desirable to blast, a watchman shall be stationed in a danger zone which is pre-determined, no admittance shall be allowed except for those interested persons and there shall be ignition only after checking, by giving a warning to blast, if there is any danger;

14. The number of continual ignitions by the same person shall be not more than ten rounds where the length of a fuse-wire is at least 1.5 meters and not more than five rounds for under 1.5 meters and continual ignitions shall not be allowed for shorter than 0.5 meters;

15. After ignition, it shall be checked if the number of blasted holes corresponds with that explosions;

16. Blasting shall be conducted under the supervision of a person in charge of powders control and security. In such cases, the same shall also apply to a powders user not required to appoint a person in charge of powders control and security under Article 27 (1) of the Act.

(2) The technical criteria for blasting by primary explosives shall be as follows: <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

1. They shall not be damp or adulterated with impurities during the handling of primary powders or charging work;

2. Explosives suitable for the priming quantity shall be used together;

3. Cracked, gaped and hollow boreholes shall not be charged to excess;

4. Chargers shall be inspected and cleaned and before after their use;

5. Chargers shall be grounded so that static electricity generated during the charging work can be dissipated;

6. Iron tubes, tracks or permanent electric ground systems shall not be used for ground connection;

7. Detonating caps shall be put in the place not affected by static electricity during the charging work;

8. A person who deals with electric detonating caps or connects electric circuits shall remove objects generating static electricity from his body in advance;

9. Where chargers are used under conditions such as unusual drought liable to generate static electricity, explosives containing detonating caps shall be charged at the mouths of boreholes;

10. Explosives containing detonating caps shall not be charged by a charge hose;

11. Where detonating fuses are blasted, vinyl ones shall be used so that fuel oil may not permeate;

12. Unused primary explosives after the charging work shall be returned to a powders storage facility without delay;

13. Primary explosives shall not be blasted in a place with at least 0.5 percent of combustible gas;

14. Ignite as soon as possible after the charging;

15. In a blasting place, gas generated after blasting shall be looked after;

16. Where primary explosives or joints of brickworks are removed from unexploded boreholes, compressed air shall not be used.

Article 19(Technical Criteria for Electric Blasting) #

In conducting electric blasting, in addition to the criteria of Article 18, the following subparagraphs shall be followed:

1. In transporting electric detonating caps, they shall be placed in a container such that the wires are not exposed, and one shall not carry them with dry batteries or other electric appliances with wires exposed or shall not approach electric light wires, power lines or other things liable to cause a short circuit;

2. Electric blasting machines and dry batteries shall be placed in dampproof place and checked if they may generate electricity before using them;

3. Blasting bus bars shall be used from insulated wires such as rubber at least 30 meters long, and the wires should be checked as to whether they are cut before using them;

4. One end of the blasting bus bars shall be detached from the igniter until it is ignited, and the core wire of the other end to be connected with each wire of the electric detonating caps shall be interspaced with each other so as not to make a short circuit;

5. In laying blasting bus bars, they shall be laid at a distance from electric wires, charged parts or other things most likely to cause static electricity;

6. In charging powders or explosives by means of air chargers, electric detonating caps shall be placed at the mouths of boreholes;

7. In blasting a number of electric detonating caps all together, they shall be charged with electricity necessary for electric detonating caps after taking into account all resistances such as voltage, source of electric power blasting bus bars, electric blasting fuses and electric detonating caps;

8. In using power lines or electric light wires as electric power, no person except workmen shall handle them, and electric wires shall be charged with adequate electricity of at least 1 ampere;

9. The knobs of electric blasting machines, except when blasting them, shall be fastened with locks for fixed systems and carried by workmen themselves in person for separatory systems;

10. Electric wires shall be put to conductivity and resistance tests at a safe place at least 30 meters away from the place where powders are charged before they are ignited.

Article 23(Technical Criteria for Using Fireworks) #

(1) Fireworks shall be used based on the following criteria: <Amended on Jan. 22, 2008>

1. A place where fireworks are to be used shall be kept at a safe distance from roads, buildings, persons or livestock so that they may not be damaged, depending on the kinds and weight of fireworks;

2. When the velocity of the wind is ten meters per second or higher, fireworks shall not be used;

3. In and around the place where fireworks are to be used, equipment necessary for their extinction shall be equipped therewith;

4. No person shall be allowed to engage in work using fireworks under the influence of alcohol;

5. Fireworks (including powders for launching fireworks) shall be encased a container and topped by a lid, and heat of fire shall not approach the container;

6. Deleted; <Jan. 22, 2008>

7. Launching cylinders used for launching shall be fastened tightly facing upwards, taking into account the direction of the wind and shall be cleaned frequently during the use;

8. Other rocketing fireworks shall not be used within 20 meters of the place when the rocketing fireworks are ready to be used;

9. Rocketing fireworks shall be scattered at a height of not less than 20 meters;

10. Fireworks shall be inspected for hardening, dampness or existence of other abnormalities and fireworks deemed to be abnormal shall not be used;

11. In encasing fireworks into launching cylinders, they shall be encased slowly by using ropes, etc.;

12. Fireworks shall be ignited after checking the clearance of danger and injury by not letting in anyone to the previously set danger zone except for authorized persons;

13. During launching, exploding or burning fireworks, powders for launching fireworks shall not be measured in and around the place;

14. Where powders for launching fireworks do not explode or burn with all the ignition, fireworks shall be pulled out from launching cylinders by laying them down slowly after pouring a large quantity of water into the launching cylinder and waiting ten minutes;

15. Where unexploded fireworks are left over, appropriate safety measures, such as retrieving and dipping them in water, shall be taken without delay.

(2) Fireworks shall be launched under the supervision of the person in charge of explosives control and security.

Article 24(Technical Criteria for Discarding Explosives) #

(1) The technical criteria for discarding explosives under Article 20 (5) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Jan. 20, 2004; Sep. 17, 2019>

1. Deleted; <Jan. 20, 2004>

2. The powders shall be disposed of by the methods categorized in each of the following items:

(a) Powder or explosives shall be exploded or burned little by little: Provided, That powders or explosives (except for nitro compounds containing ester nitrate or at least three of nitrogroups) mainly composed of water-soluble ingredients such as nitrate and perchlorate, may be discharged into water in the form of a safe solution;

(b) Frozen dynamites shall be treated by burning after completely melting them or treated by exploding in sequence by dividing them into small quantities of not more than 500 grams;

(c) Blasting agents (except for detonating fuses and powder trains) shall be buried in the ground packed in small quantities and shall be treated by exploding with industrial detonating caps or electric caps;

(d) Detonating fuses shall be burned or decomposed by dipping in water;

(e) Powder trains shall be treated by exploding industrial detonating caps or electric detonating caps.

(2) Where explosives are exploded or burnt pursuant to paragraph (1) 2, the following criteria shall apply: <Amended on Oct. 10, 2013>

1. Earth mounds of at least two meters in height, which prevent danger and injury from occurring, shall be erected around the disposal place even where the entire quantity of the explosives explodes at the same time;

2. Red flags shall be hoisted somewhere in and around the disposal place, and watchmen shall be placed therein and shall control passage for no access except to those necessary for the work;

3. Disposal shall begin after the unused quantity of explosives to be exploded or burned is placed at a safe place and the next treatment shall not be launched until the previous one has been finished;

4. Where explosives are to be burned, choose a less windy day, ignite the explosives toward the upwind direction, and allow no person to approach the burning explosives;

5. Where they are to be exploded by using electric detonating caps, a conductivity test shall be done in advance at a place secluded from the exploding place;

6. Articles 16 (1) 1 through 5, 7 and 8, and 18 (1) 11 and subparagraphs 1 through 9 of Article 19 shall apply mutatis mutandis to treatment by explosion or burning of subparagraphs 1 through 5.

Article 26(Provision of Education) #

(1) Pursuant to the proviso to Article 22 (1) of the Act, the following persons shall be exempt from education or undergo education after obtaining permission: <Amended on Mar. 31, 1990; Jun. 20, 1996; Mar. 31, 2001; Jun. 29, 2006; Jan. 22, 2008; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jan. 6, 2016; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. Persons who are to be exempt from education:

(a) Manufacturers, dealers, or renters of guns and crossbows;

(b) Persons who have work experience of at least six months in handling guns, crossbows, or explosives in a store of guns, crossbows, or explosives;

(c) Persons who have registered as an athlete with a shooting federation affiliated with the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee;

(d) Persons who have experience of at least six months in handling firearms in educational institutions or departments in exclusive charge of firearms at the National Police Agency, military ordnance schools, military marksmanship instruction units, the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee or sports associations affiliated with the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee;

(e) Persons who have obtained permission to possess target rifles;

(f) Persons who have passed a test for exemption from education prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety;

2. Persons who are subject to ex post facto education:

(a) Persons who are to participate in a shooting or hunting contest as a staff member after an application for permission to possess guns or crossbows is filed;

(b) Persons who contract a disease or face any other extenuating circumstances after an application for permission to possess guns or crossbows is filed.

(2) Unless any extraordinary circumstance exists, a person who is subject to ex post facto education under paragraph (1) 2 shall undergo education within seven days from the date the causes under subparagraph 2 cease to exist.

(3) The commissioner of a City/Do police agency may provide safety education relating to guns, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows pursuant to the guidelines prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for any of the following persons to prevent disasters or to ensure public safety: Provided, That the chief of a police station may provide safety education relating to guns, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows to persons who install an air rifle or crossbow shooting range, persons who obtain permission to possess an air rifle, gas sprayer, electroshock weapon, or crossbow under subparagraph 2 and persons who install a class 3 storage facility or a temporary storage facility under subparagraph 4: <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987; Mar. 31, 1990; Jul. 30, 1991; Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Mar. 10, 2006; Feb. 29, 2008; Jan. 31, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jan. 6, 2016; Jul. 26, 2017; Dec. 31, 2020>

1. Manufacturers and dealers of guns, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows;

1-2. Renters of guns, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows;

2. Installers of shooting ranges under the Act on Safety Management of Shooting and Shooting Ranges, and persons who obtain permission to possess a gun (limited to hunting rifles and air rifles), gas sprayer, electroshock weapon, or crossbow;

3. Persons in charge of security in manufacturing explosives and persons in charge of security in managing explosives;

4. Installers of explosives storage facilities.

(4) Deleted. <Jan. 22, 2008>

Article 31(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of First-Class Ground Storage Facilities) #

The criteria for locations, structures, and equipment of a first-class storage facility to be installed shall be as follows: <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987; Jan. 5, 2021>

1. A storage facility shall be installed on dry ground, with solid foundation above the ground for good drainage;

2. Buildings shall be one-story building built of reinforced concrete or brick concrete block or stone;

3. Walls of the storage facility shall be not less than 15 centimeters thick for sections of reinforced concrete or stone or not less than 20 centimeters thick for sections of brick concrete block or stone;

4. Gates shall be double-doored with the storm door reinforced with iron plates not less than 3 millimeters thick, and shall be installed with not less than two locks;

5. Windows shall be installed at a height of not less than 1.7 meters from the foundation of the storage facility for the good passage of sunlight depending on their sizes, at intervals of not more than 10 centimeter iron bars and not less than 1 centimeter in diameter shall be installed, and a sliding door system using opaque glass for the inside and for the inside a shutter not to be easily opened from the outside shall be installed;

6. Floors shall be at a height of not less than 30 centimeters from the foundation, and where the bottom is paved with concrete instead of floors, shock-absorbing materials which can prevent shock that can be caused by friction shall cover it, and under the floor or by the concrete bottom, not less than 3 wired ventilators (interlaced with iron bars not less than 1 centimeters in diameter at intervals of about 5 centimeters for the storage facility not less than 20 centimeters in width) depending on the size of storage facilities shall be installed;

7. The interior of the storage facility shall be lined with boards and hardware shall not appear on the floor surface or concrete floor;

8. In the appropriate place on the ceiling of the storage facility not less than one ventilator shall be installed for the outside air to be well ventilated;

9. Where heating apparatuses are installed, they shall be heated by using hot water or heat;

10. Lighting fixtures shall not be installed in the storage facility;

11. The roofs shall be built of fireproof materials such as metal, slates or tiles and shall have structures that can prevent theft and fire;

12. Lightning devices shall be installed in the storage facility;

13. Earth mounds shall be heaped up around the storage facility;

14. An open space of not less than two meters shall be left from the outside of earth mounds of the storage facility so that it may prevent burning in cases of fire and a boundary fence shall be erected;

15. A water tank and boundary board shall be installed within the boundary fence;

16. Electric lights shall be on turned, except for exceptional circumstances, at night outside the storage facility and theftproof emergency alarms, etc. shall be installed.

Article 34(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Second-Class Storage Facilities) #

(1) The criteria for locations, structures, and equipment of a second-class storage facility to be installed on the ground shall be as follows: <Amended on Jun. 20, 1996; Jan. 22, 2008; Jan. 5, 2021>

1. A storage facility shall be installed on dry ground and to be drained well;

2. Buildings shall be one-story buildings built of brick or more solid materials;

3. Gates shall be installed with double-door, the storm door reinforced with iron plates not less than 2 millimeters thick, and not less than two locks;

4. Two or more windows shall be installed at a height of not less than 1.7 meters from the foundation of the storage facility for the passage of sunlight, depending on the size of a storage facility, iron bars not less than 1 centimeter in diameter shall be installed at intervals of not less than 10 centimeters, and a shutter not to be easily opened from the outside shall be installed;

5. The interior of the storage facility shall be installed with such materials as boards which can prevent static electricity and shock, and hardware shall not appear on the floor surface or concrete bottom;

6. Where heating apparatuses are installed, it shall be heated by using hot water;

7. Where a light fixture is installed in the storage facility, they shall be installed with explosion-preventive lights and wired with iron plates or other cable wiring without letting wires appear, and automatic cutoffs or switches shall be installed outside the storage facility;

8. The inside roof of the storage facility shall be built of light materials such as timber that can be lightly blown off in explosion, and the outside roof of the storage facility shall be built of noncombustible materials, such as metal, slates, and tiles, with the wired ceiling;

9. A lightning device shall be installed in the storage facility;

10. Earth mounds shall be heaped up around the storage facility;

11. An open space of not less than two meters shall be left from the outside of earth mounds of the storage facility so that it may prevent burning in cases of fire;

12. There shall be a boundary fence outside the open space and a water tank and a boundary board shall be installed therein;

13. There shall be electric lights turned on, except in exceptional circumstances, at night outside the storage facility and theftproof emergency alarms, etc shall be installed.

(2) The criteria for locations, structures, and equipment of a second-class storage facility to be installed underground shall be as follows:

1. The storage facility shall be built of theftproof structure;

2. Inside walls shall be built of reinforced concrete: Provided, That if they are deemed safe depending on rock texture, they may be built of cement mortar or boards;

3. Where the storage facility is installed by digging grooves on the hillside incline or the inner wall of the tunnels, its inner walls shall be built of concrete or wooden double boards;

4. Subparagraphs 7 and 16 of Articles 31, subparagraph 7 of Article 33 and attached Table 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a second-class storage facility to be installed underground.

Article 46(Methods of Storing and Handling Explosives in Explosives Storage Facilities) #

(1) Where explosives (excluding detonating fuses and electric detonator fuses) are stored (excluding storage in an underwater storage facility) in an explosives storage facility under Article 24 (1) of the Act, methods of storing and handling explosives shall be as follows: Provided, That subparagraphs 8, and 11 through 13 shall not apply to the case of fusee signals, signal rockets, or fireworks: <Amended on Nov. 10, 1987; Jan. 6, 2016>

1. People not deemed necessary shall be forbidden to enter the boundary fence of the storage facility;

2. Things liable to explode, ignite or burn shall not be placed in the boundary fence of the storage facility;

3. Things except explosives being stored shall not be placed in the storage facility;

4. Safe shoes, such as slippers available only in the storage facility, shall be worn in the storage facility;

5. When entering the storage facility, no hardware or tools made of hardware or portable dry cells or lights other than electric lamps shall be carried therewith;

6. No work such as wrapping goods or uncovering lids from wooden boxes shall be conducted in the storage facility;

7. The interior of the storage facility shall be ventilated with care, the seasonal effects and temperature changes between summer and winter shall be minimized, and a thermometer shall be installed when smokeless powders or dynamites are stored;

8. Boxes containing explosives shall be stacked in parallel with the crossties made of rectangular lumber at least 9 centimeters high or with anti-static plastic pallets on which the boxes are laid; and the boxes shall be at least 30 centimeters apart from the inner wall of the explosives storage facility (excluding a class 3 explosives storage facility under Article 28 (1) 3), and the height of the stacked boxes shall not exceed 1.8 meters;

9. Where explosives are released, powders stored longer shall be released first;

10. Where explosives which have elapsed at least a year from the date of production remain, especially good care shall be taken in case there is anything wrong with them;

11. If nitroglycerine oozes through the dynamite cartridges and pollutes the board of a box or a floor, it shall be decomposed with liquids mixed with 150 grams of sodium hydroxide, 150 milliliters of water, and 1 liter of alcohol and rubbed with dry dusters;

12. Where nitroglycerine oozes through or moisture absorption flows out of the board of a box, safe measures such as using the explosives or discarding them shall be taken right away on inspection of the explosives;

13. Industrial or electric detonating caps using priming powders mainly compounded of azide lead and industrial or electric detonating caps in which tube body copper is used shall not be piled together.

(2) Storing and handling methods when explosives are stored in an underwater storage facility shall be as follows:

1. Powdered explosives shall be allowed to contain 15 percent moisture, then packed watertight and encased in wooden boxes, while lump powders shall be stored uninterruptedly submerged;

2. Powders shall be stored underwater at the depth of at least 50 centimeters;

3. The amount of water shall not be decreased.

(3) Paragraphs (1) 1 through 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis to underwater storage facilities.

Article 50(Transporting Methods) #

(1) The technical criteria for transporting methods of explosives under Article 26 (4) of the Act shall be as follows: Provided, That subparagraphs 1, 2, 4 and 5 shall not apply where explosives are transported pursuant to attached Table 13: <Amended on Jun. 20, 1996; Mar. 31, 2001; Jan. 20, 2004>

1. Powders shall be transported by motor vehicle (except for two-wheeler vehicles and taxies; hereinafter the same shall apply), and where they are transported not less than 200 kilometers in distance, the freight forwarder shall have not less than one reserve driver to make a shift possible;

2. A guard shall be aboard the transporter: Provided, That in the event that any manufacturer, any sale business operator or any explosives user uses only one truck to transport daily explosives to one place, he or she may get the person in charge of transportation to concurrently work as a security guard;

3. Vehicles shall be parked on a place of safety;

4. Where vehicles are parked at night or is indiscernible circumstances, red lamps shall be lighted at points 15 meters in the front and rear of the vehicle;

5. Vehicles loaded with explosives shall be kept at a distance of not less than 100 meters from each other in advancing forward (except for passing ahead) and at a distance of not less than 50 meters in parking;

6. In and around explosives, smoking or handling of firearms shall not be allowed;

7. In handling explosives, hooks, etc. shall not be used;

8. In loading or unloading explosives to and from a vehicle, brake mechanisms including the stopping of motor shall be completely applied;

9. In loading explosives, the place shall be cleaned immediately before and after loading;

10. In handling explosives, iron shoes shall not be worn;

11. Explosives shall not be loaded at night except in exceptional circumstances;

12. Mercury fulminate or priming powders mainly composed of mercury fulminate shall be transported saturated with 25 percent water or alcohol;

13. Lead trinitroresorcinate, tetracene, diazodinitrophenol or priming powders mainly composed of these shall be transported saturated with 20 percent water or alcohol;

14. Nitrocellulose shall be transported saturated with about 23 percent water or alcohol;

15. Pentaerythrite and tetranitrate shall be transported saturated with 15 percent water or alcohol;

16. Powders deemed necessary to be muddy to prevent other dangers in transit shall be transported saturated with water to secure safety depending on the nature of the powders.

(2) The passageways of transporting explosives shall be subject to the following criteria, except where transportation via passageways meeting the criteria makes a long detour or there are other compelling circumstances in which the passageways meeting these criteria cannot be used:

1. Where they are transported by vehicle, they shall not travel road narrower in breadth than that added by 3.5 meters to the vehicle's breadth;

2. The places where firearms are handled and ignitable or inflammable substances are piled shall not be approached;

3. Business quarters or other places where people frequent or many people gather shall not be passed by;

4. Deleted. <Jan. 20, 2004>

Article 56(Categories and Qualifications of License for Person in Charge of Explosives Manufacturing, Control and Security) #

(1) The categories of license for persons in charge of explosives manufacturing and security under the provisions of Article 28 (3) of the Act shall be classified as first-class, second-class and third-class, and the qualifications eligible for the license shall be as follows: <Amended on Jun. 30, 1999; Mar. 10, 2006>

1. A person who has acquired a first-class powders manufacturing engineer qualification under the National Technical Qualifications Act for the license for a person in charge of first-class explosives manufacturing and security;

2. A person who has acquired a explosives manufacturing industry engineer qualification under the National Technical Qualifications Act for the license for a person in charge of second-class explosives manufacturing and security;

3. A person who has acquired the second-class explosives manufacturing technician qualification under the National Technical Qualifications Act for the license for a person in charge of third-class explosives manufacturing and security.

(2) The categories of license for persons in charge of explosives control and security shall be classified as first-class, second-class and third-class, and the qualifications eligible for the license shall be as follows: <Amended on Jun. 20, 1996; Jun. 30, 1999; Mar. 10, 2006>

1. A person who has acquired an explosives control technical engineer or first-class powders control engineer qualification under the National Technical Qualifications Act for a license for a person in charge of a first-class powders control and security;

2. A person who has acquired an explosives control industry engineer qualification under the National Technical Qualifications Act for a license for a person in charge of a second-class explosives control and security;

3. A person who has acquired a third-class explosives handling engineer qualification under the National Technical Qualifications Act for a license for a person in charge of a third-class powders control and security.

Article 59(Stability Test) #

(1) The explosives which a powders manufacturer or possessor, under Article 32 (1) of the Act, subjects to the stability test shall be as follows: <Amended on Jan. 20, 2004>

1. Powders or explosives containing ester nitrate or its ingredients where more than one year has elapsed since the date of production, or where the date of production is uncertain;

2. Explosives not containing ester nitrate where more than three years have elapsed since the date of production, or where the date of production is uncertain;

3. Fire-processed articles for which three years elapse from the date on which they are manufactured and other blasting agents whose date of manufacture is unclear.

(2) The methods of stability test for explosives under paragraph (1) shall be as follows: <Amended on Jan. 20, 2004; Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>

1. Free acid test or heat resistance test for those materials for which more than one year has elapsed since the date of production for powders and explosives under paragraph (1) 1;

2. Heat resistance test for those material for which more than two years have elapsed since the date of production, and those materials whose date of production is uncertain at the time of possessing, at that time, and every three months from that time for powders and explosives of paragraph (1) 1;

3. Free acid test for those materials for which more than three years have elapsed since the date of production and those whose date of production is uncertain at the time of possessing at that time and every year from that time for explosives of paragraph (1) 2. In such cases, blue litmus papers which turn red completely within four hours shall be put to a heating test;

4. Metal test, ignition and electric current test, water resistance test, friction test, internal electric test, loading and firing test, ignition device operating test, combustion test, ignition and combustion test and use test, etc. that are all conducted in accordance with test standards and methods by kind including detonators, ball or blank cartridges, signal-use blasting agents, firecrackers and toy firecrackers, etc., as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for blasting agents referred to in paragraph (1) 3.

(3) A person who has imported explosives shall promptly conduct a stability test on the powders pursuant to the following classification: <Amended on Jan. 20, 2004’ Oct. 10, 2013>

1. Free acid test or heat resistance test for powders or explosives containing ester nitrate or its ingredients;

2. Free acid test or heating test for powders not containing ester nitrate;

3. The test referred to in paragraph (2) 4 for blasting agents.

(4) The stability test under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be conducted on the sample explosives extracted pursuant to the following methods: <Amended on Jan. 20, 2004; Mar. 10, 2006>

1. Powders or explosives, for which the factory, date of production, and kinds are the same, and for which two years since the date of production have not yet elapsed, shall be extracted from at least one box per 25 boxes;

2. Powders or explosives, for which the factory, date of production and kinds are the same and for which two years since the date of production have elapsed, shall be extracted from at least one box per ten boxes;

3. Powders and explosives, other than those referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2 shall be picked out of each of their boxes;

4. Blasting agents shall be picked according to the special inspection levels S-2 (S-3 in the case of industrial-use detonators or electric detonators) specified in attached Table 1 of KS A ISO 2859-1 of the Korean Industrial Standards set pursuant to the Industrial Standardization Act.

(5) A heat resistance test shall be conducted for powders or explosives containing ester nitrate (excluding those containing ammonium nitrate) when blue litmus papers for free acid test encased into a container with chemical pills or chemical packs turn completely red upon replacement of the litmus papers, with the lapse of every three months on the process.

Article 61(Heat Resistance Test) #

(1) The heat resistance test under Article 59 shall be subject to any of the following methods: <Amended on Jan. 6, 2016>

1. Samples to be put into a test tube shall be as follows:

(a) 3 to 3.5 gram nitroglycerine or nitroglycol for siliceous dynamites;

(b) 3.5 grams for glutinous dynamites (to subdivide them as large as grains of rice on the plate glass, put them into a mortar, add 7 gram tablet talcum powder and mix them slowly and lightly by a wooden pestle);

(c) 3.5 grams in its entirety for those dry and dried for about five hours in 45 degrees celsius for those saturated with water for dynamites other than under items (a) and (b);

(d) Quantity equivalent to one-third of the test tube in height in its entirety for powders containing ester nitrate with the size of grains of rice;

(e) Quantity in its entirety for those dry ones and quantity equivalent to one-third of the test tube in height after dried fully by a vacuum drier under normal temperature for those saturated with water in case of nitrocotton or other explosives;

2. To put a sample in a test tube; wet the upper part of potassium iodide starch paper with a mixture of equal proportion of distilled water and glycerine using a glass rod; hang the wet part up on a loop attached to the glass rod; put the wet part in the test tube so that the lower end of the potassium iodide starch paper touches an area slightly above the sample; and then seal the opening of the test tube with a stopper, such as wood, rubber, etc.;

3. To maintain the temperature of a kettle at 65 degrees celsius; insert the test tube as deep as the thermometer; and measure the time as the heat resistance time until the boundary of wet and dry parts of the potassium iodide starch paper changes its color to the one with the same strength as the standard colored paper.

(2) The heat resistance time exceeding eight minutes as a result of the measurement under paragraph (1) 3 shall be regarded as stable.

Article 83(Delegation of Authority) #

(1) The Commissioner General of the National Police Agency shall delegate the following authority to the commissioner of a City/Do police agency pursuant to Article 68 of the Act: <Amended on Mar. 31, 1990; Jul. 30, 1991; Jun. 20, 1996; Mar. 31, 2001; Dec. 31, 2020>

1. Authority relating to the permission of the manufacturing industry (including remodeling and repairing industry) of shotguns, firing guns, fishing guns, anesthetizing guns, butcher guns, industrial guns, rescue and life saving guns, gas dischargers, their parts and manufacturing industry (including transforming and processing industry) of blasting agents under Article 4 (1) of the Act;

2. Authority relating to the export and import of guns (except pistols, rifles and machine guns), their parts and blasting agents under Article 9 (1) of the Act;

3. Authority relating to the acceptance of reports on appointment and dismissal of the person in charge of security for explosives making or a person in charge of security for powder control under Article 27 (2) of the Act;

4. Authority relating to the inspection of guns (except pistols and rifles), gas sprayers, electroshock weapons and crossbows under Article 42 (1) of the Act.

(2) The authority of the commissioner of a City/Do police agency relating to the report and receipt of any change in address among entries of the permit, etc. under Article 65 of the Act shall be delegated to the chief of a police station pursuant to Article 68 of the Act. In such cases, the chief of the police station, upon receipt of any such change in address, shall report it to the commissioner of the City/Do police agency. <Newly Inserted on Mar. 31, 1990; Jul. 30, 1991; Dec. 31, 2020>

(3) The authority of the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency to impose and collect an administrative fine under Article 74 of the Act shall be delegated to the commissioner of a City/Do police agency pursuant to Article 68 of the Act. In such cases, the commissioner of the City/Do police agency shall report the progress of the imposition and collection to the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency. <Newly Inserted on Jun. 20, 1996; Dec. 31, 2020>

Article 83-2(Handling of Sensitive Information and Personally Identifiable Information) #

In extenuating circumstances to perform the following duties, the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, commissioners of City/Do police agencies, or chiefs of police stations (including persons delegated with authority pursuant to Article 83) may handle information on health under Article 23 of the Personal Information Protection Act, information on criminal records under subparagraph 2 of Article 18 of the Enforcement Decree of that Act, or data containing resident identification numbers, driver's license numbers, or foreigner registration numbers under Article 19 of the same Enforcement Decree; Provided, That in cases of duties specified in subparagraphs 5, 6, and 8, information containing health data under Article 23 of the Personal Information Protection Act and information constituting a criminal history record under subparagraph 2 of Article 18 of the Enforcement Decree of that Act shall be excluded: <Amended on Dec. 31, 2020; Dec. 20, 2022>

1. Duties concerning permission for or report on the operation of a business or the installation of explosives storage facilities, succession to status, administrative disposition, etc. under the Act and this Decree;

2. Duties concerning possession and use of and education on guns, swords, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows under the Act and this Decree;

3. Duties concerning management and examination of guns, swords, explosives, gas sprayers, electroshock weapons, and crossbows under the Act and this Decree;

4. Duties concerning supervision under the Act and this Decree;

5. Duties concerning education under Article 22 of the Act;

6. Duties concerning inspection on completion under Article 43 of the Act;

7. Duties concerning measures for public safety, etc. under Article 47 of the Act;

8. Duties concerning supervision of the Association under Article 61 of the Act;

9. Deleted. <Dec. 20, 2022>

[This Article Newly Inserted on Jan. 6, 2012]

ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON THE SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF GUNS, SWORDS, AND EXPLOSIVES

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Guns) #

Article 4(Swords) #

Article 5(Explosives) #

Article 6(Conversion Standard for Explosives) #

Article 6-2(Gas Sprayers) #

Article 6-3(Electroshock Weapons) #

Article 6-4(Crossbows) #

Article 6-5(Matters Included in Gun Safety Management Plans) #

Article 6-6(Detailed Arm Safety Management Plans) #

Article 7(Kinds and Quantity of Explosives Which Can Be Made without Permission) #

Article 8(Criteria for Manufacturing Facilities) #

Article 9(Criteria for Manufacturing Techniques) #

Article 9-2(Quantity of Ball Cartridges and Blank Cartridges Which Guns Sales Agents May Sell without Permission) #

Article 10(Criteria for Facilities of Sales Business) #

Article 10(1) #

Article 10-2(Facility Criteria for Theatrical Prop Gun Rental Business) #

Article 11(Provisional Custody of Explosives) #

Article 12(Persons Allowed to Possess Guns without Permission) #

Article 13(Standards for Imitation Guns) #

Article 13-2(Guns for Disruption of Explosive Objects) #

Article 14(Scope of Permission for Possession of Guns, Swords, Gas Sprayers, Electroshock Weapons, and Crossbows by Kinds and Uses) #

Article 14-2(Grounds for Disqualification for Possession of Guns, Swords, Explosives, Gas Sprayers, Electroshock Weapons, and Crossbows) #

Article 14-3(Temporary Import or Export of Guns for Guard Duties) #

Article 14-4(Storage of Guns) #

Article 14-5(Gun Possessors' Observance Duties with Regard to Collection of Locational Information) #

Article 15(Persons Who May Use Explosives without Permission for Use) #

Article 16(Handling of Explosives) #

Article 17(Explosives Dealerships) #

Article 18(Technical Criteria for Blasting of Explosives) #

Article 19(Technical Criteria for Electric Blasting) #

Article 20(Technical Criteria for Large-Scale Blasting) #

Article 21(Measures against Unexploded Charges) #

Article 22(Measures after Blasting) #

Article 23(Technical Criteria for Using Fireworks) #

Article 24(Technical Criteria for Discarding Explosives) #

Article 25(Quantity of Explosives that Can Be Acquired without Permission) #

Article 26(Provision of Education) #

Article 26-2(Implementation of Safety Education) #

Article 27(Quantity of Explosives to be Stored in Places Except for Explosives Repositories) #

Article 28(Types of Explosives Storage Facilities) #

Article 29(Location, Structures and Equipment of Explosives Storage Facilities) #

Article 30(Safety Distance between Explosives Storage Facilities and Security Goods) #

Article 31(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of First-Class Ground Storage Facilities) #

Article 32(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Ground Molding First-Class Storage Facilities) #

Article 33(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Underground First-Class Storage Facilities) #

Article 34(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Second-Class Storage Facilities) #

Article 35(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Third-Class Storage Facilities) #

Article 36(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Underwater Storage Facilities) #

Article 37(Locations, structures, and Equipment of Ball Cartridge Storage Facilities) #

Article 38(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Fireworks Storage Facilities) #

Article 39(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Toy Fireworks Storage Facilities and Detonation Fuses Storage Facilities) #

Article 40(Locations, Structures, and Equipment of Temporary Storage Facilities) #

Article 41(Lightning Devices) #

Article 42(Earth Mounds) #

Article 43(Temporary Earth Mounds) #

Article 44(Explosion-Preventive Walls) #

Article 45(Quantity of Storage) #

Article 46(Methods of Storing and Handling Explosives in Explosives Storage Facilities) #

Article 47(Storing and Handling Methods in Places other than Explosives Repositories) #

Article 48(Quantity to be Transported without Reporting) #

Article 49(Loading Methods) #

Article 50(Transporting Methods) #

Article 51(Transportation Sign) #

Article 52(Matters to Note for Persons in Charge of Transportation) #

Article 53(Explosives User Subject to Choose Persons in Charge of Explosives Control and Security) #

Article 54(Appointing Criteria for Person in Charge of Explosives Manufacturing and Security) #

Article 55(Appointing Criteria for Persons in Charge of Explosives Control and Security) #

Article 56(Categories and Qualifications of License for Person in Charge of Explosives Manufacturing, Control and Security) #

Article 57(Supervision by Persons in Charge of Explosives Manufacturing and Security) #

Article 58(Supervision by Person in Charge of Explosives Control and Security) #

Article 59(Stability Test) #

Article 60(Free Acid Test) #

Article 61(Heat Resistance Test) #

Article 62(Heating Test) #

Article 63(Testers) #

Article 64(Report on Stability Test) #

Article 64-2(Storage of Guns following Theft or Loss) #