LITERATURE PROMOTION ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the development of literature by supporting projects and activities for the promotion of literature and by promoting people’s activities related to the creation and enjoyment of literature.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on May. 18, 2021>

1. The term "literature" means works of art expressed in language to convey ideas or emotions, which include poems, sijo (traditional three-verse Korean poem), novels, dramas, essays, children‘s literature, critiques, etc.;

2. The term "literary person" means a person who conducts activities related to the creation of literature;

3. The term "literary organization" means an organization which literary persons organize and operate to conduct literary activities;

4. The term "literature museum materials" means materials conforming to the standards prescribed by Presidential Decree, which are related to literature and literary persons;

5. The term "literature museum" means a facility meeting requirements for registration, such as literature museum materials, human resources and facilities under Article 21 (1), which collects, manages, preserves, conducts research and studies on, exhibits, gives publicity to and provides education on literature museum materials.

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

(1) The State and local governments shall devise policies on the promotion of literature, and endeavor to encourage, protect and foster activities of people related to the creation and enjoyment of literature.

(2) Policies to promote literature under paragraph (1) shall include matters concerning the development and dissemination of living culture for the qualitative improvement of the lives of people.

(3) The State and local governments shall endeavor to take budgetary measures necessary to fulfill their responsibilities prescribed in paragraph (1).

LITERATURE 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(Formulation and implementation of master plan for promotion of literature) #

Article 6(Fact-finding research) #

Article 7(Literature Promotion Policy Committee) #

Article 8(Development of nonprofit corporations or literature organizations) #

Article 9(Support for academic activities) #

Article 10(Support for education on literature) #

Article 11(Support for overseas expansion and international exchange) #

Article 12(Training of and support to professional manpower) #

Article 13(Literature Translation Institute of Korea) #

Article 13-2(Establishment of Graduate School University of Translation) #

Article 14(Contribution or subsidization) #

Article 15(Supervision) #

Article 16(Classification of literature museums) #

Article 17(Projects of Literature Museum) #

Article 18(Establishment of National Museum of Korean Literature) #

Article 19(Establishment and operation of public museum of literature) #

Article 20(Establishment and development of private museum of literature) #

Article 21(Registration) #

Article 22(Approval of plan for establishment of private museum of literature) #

Article 23(Legal fiction of permission and authorization under other Acts) #

Article 24(Reporting on closure of literature museum) #

Article 25(Admission fees and user fees) #

Article 26(Request for making corrections and closure of literature museum) #

Article 27(Revocation of registration) #

Article 28(Reports) #

Article 29(Hearings) #

Article 30(Support to registered literature museums) #

Article 30-2(Cooperative network of literature museums) #

Article 30-3(Donation of property) #

Article 30-4(Transfer of materials) #

Article 31(Delegation or entrustment of authority) #