Article 52(Revocation of registration of survey business) #
(1) Where a surveying business person falls under any of the following cases, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a large city shall revoke the registration of the surveying business or order him or her to suspend his or her business for a fixed period of not more than one year; provided, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a large city shall revoke the registration of surveying business in cases falling under subparagraphs 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, or 15: <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Jun. 3, 2014; Apr. 17, 2018; Feb. 18, 2020; Jun. 9, 2020; Jun. 10, 2022>
1. Where he or she has inaccurately conducted survey by intention or negligence;
2. Where he or she has registered the surveying business by fraud or other improper means;
3. Where he or she has not commenced the business within one year from the registration date of the surveying business or suspended the business for one year or more continuously without good cause;
4. Where he or she has failed to meet the registration standards under Article 44(2); provided, cases where he or she has temporarily failed to meet the registration standards and other cases prescribed by Presidential Decree shall be excluded therefrom;
5. Deleted; <Nov. 15, 2022>
6. Where a cadastral surveying business person has conducted a cadastral survey in violation of the scope of business under Article 45;
7. Where he or she falls under any subparagraph of Article 47; provided, this shall not apply where he or she falls under subparagraph 5 of the same Article, but the grounds therefor cease to exist within three months from the date such grounds arise;
8. Where he or she has lent his or her surveying business registration certificate or surveying business registration pocketbook to another person, or has had another person conduct the surveying business by using his or her name or trade name in violation of Article 49(1);
9. Where a cadastral surveying business person has violated Article 50;
10. Where he or she has not taken necessary measures, such as purchasing an insurance policy in violation of Article 51;
11. Where he or she continually operates his or her business during a period of business suspension;
12. Where he or she fails to comply with an order to suspend business of an executive officer under Article 52(3);
13. Where a cadastral surveying business person receives excessive or reduced cadastral survey fees under Article 106(2) compared with the fees publicly notified under paragraph (3) of the same Article;
14. In cases of being asked by another administrative agency to revoke its registration or suspend its business under other statutes;
15. Where it is confirmed that a surveying business person has borrowed the national technical qualification certificate of a survey technician in violation of Article 15(2) of the National Technical Qualifications Act.
(2) Paragraph (1)7 shall not be applicable until the date when six months have elapsed since a successor to the status of the surveying business person falls under the grounds for disqualification for registration of surveying business under Article 47.
(3) Where a surveying business person falls under subparagraph 5 of Article 47, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a large city may order the person to suspend duties of an executive officer falling under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4. <Added on Apr. 17, 2018; Feb. 18, 2020>
(4) Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, a Mayor/Do Governor, or the Mayor of a large city is required to issue an order to suspend business operation in accordance with paragraph (1) and such suspension of business operation is likely to cause serious inconvenience to users of the relevant business or to harm public interest, he or she may impose a penalty surcharge not exceeding 40 million won in lieu of the suspension of business operation. <Amended on Nov. 15, 2022>
(5) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a large city shall, where he or she has revoked the registration of survey business, suspended business, or imposed a penalty surcharge in accordance with paragraph (1) or (4), make a public announcement thereof. <Amended on Nov. 15, 2022>
(6) If a person upon whom a penalty surcharge was imposed in accordance with paragraph (4) fails to pay it by the payment deadline, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Mayor/Do Governor, or a mayor of a large city shall collect the penalty surcharge in the same manner as delinquent national taxes, or in accordance with the Act on the Collection of Local Administrative Penalty Charges. <Added on Nov. 15, 2022>
(7) Detailed standards for revocation of registration of surveying business and suspension of business operation thereof under paragraph (1), standards for imposition of penalty surcharges under paragraph (4), and matters necessary for collecting penalty surcharges shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on Nov. 15, 2022>