INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY PROMOTION ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to enhance the competitiveness of the information and communications technology industry and consequently contribute to the growth of the national economy by establishing the foundation for the promotion of the information and communications technology industry.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jul. 25, 2011; Jun. 1, 2012; Jun. 22, 2015; Jun. 9, 2020>

1. The term "information and communications" means a series of activities and means for the promotion of informatization, including apparatuses, technologies, and services related to the collecting, processing, storing, searching, transmitting, receiving, and utilizing of information;

2. The term "information and communications technology industry" means any of the following industries that develops, manufactures, produces, or distributes products for information and communications (hereinafter referred to as "products for information and communications") or that provides services related to such business activities (hereinafter referred to as "services for information and communications"); provided, excluded herefrom are industries that provide services for information and communications under Article 2 (1) 2 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection:

(a) Industries related to computers and apparatuses for information and communications;

(b) The software industry under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Software Promotion Act;

(c) Industries related to electronic documents and transactions under subparagraphs 1 and 5 of Article 2 of the Framework Act on Electronic Documents and Transactions;

(d) Industries related to information and communications and specified by Presidential Decree among knowledge service industries under Article 8 (2) of the Industrial Development Act;

(e) The e-learning industry under subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Act on Development of E-Learning Industry and Promotion of Utilization of E-Learning;

(f) The information security industry defined in Article 2 (1) 2 of the Act on the Promotion of Information Security Industry;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY PROMOTION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State and local governments) #

Article 4(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 5(Plan for promotion of information and communications technology industry) #

Article 6(Preparation of statistics) #

Article 7(Implementation plan for promotion of information and communications technology) #

Article 8(Designation of subjects for research) #

Article 9(Support for commercialization of new technology) #

Article 10(Management and distribution of information related to information and communications technology) #

Article 11(Prior notice of technology) #

Article 12(Facilitation of standardization of information and communications) #

Article 13(Establishment and accreditation of standards for information and communications) #

Article 14(Assistance in accreditation of information and communications technology) #

Article 15(Facilitation of international standardization of information and communications technology) #

Article 16(Training professional human resources) #

Article 17(Promotion of international cooperation in information and communications technology industry) #

Article 18(Development of complexes for promotion of information and communications technology industry) #

Article 19(Improvement of distribution structure and acceleration of dissemination) #

Article 20(Support for development of content of information) #

Article 21(Facilitation of development of applied services via information and communications networks) #

Article 22(Support of related institutions) #

Article 23(Technical guidance) #

Article 24(Supply of various kinds of information) #

Article 25(Facilitation of information and communications enterprises entering into overseas markets) #

Article 26(Establishment of the National Information Technology Industry Promotion Agency) #

Article 27(Projects) #

Article 28(Financial resources) #

Article 29(Guidance for and supervision of business) #

Article 30(Prohibition of use of similar names) #

Article 31(Application mutatis mutandis of the Civil Act) #

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Article 40 #

Article 41(Establishment of fund for promotion of information and communications) #

Article 42(Sources of Fund) #

Article 43(Imposition and collection of charges for research and development) #

Article 44(Use of Fund) #

Article 45(Operation and management of Fund) #

Article 46(Annual reporting on promotion of information and communications technology industry) #

Article 47(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #

Article 48(Duty of confidentiality) #

Article 49(Legal fiction as public official in application of penalty provisions) #

Article 49-2(Duration of regulation) #

Article 50(Penalty provisions) #

Article 51(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 52(Administrative fines) #