ACT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OFFICE FOR HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe matters necessary for the establishment and operation of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Dec. 15, 2020>

1. The term "high-ranking official" means a person who holds the office of any of the following positions or is retired from such any position: Provided, That general-grade officers shall be included in the scope of high-ranking officials even after they are retired from active service:

(a) The President;

(b) The Speaker of National Assembly and a member of the National Assembly;

(d) The President and a Justice of the Constitutional Court;

(e) The Prime Minister and a public official in political service belonging to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat;

(f) A public official in political service of the National Election Commission;

(g) A public official in political service of a central administrative agency under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on Public Sector Audits;

(h) A public official of Grade III or higher belonging to the Office of the President, the Office of National Security, the Presidential Security Service, or the National Intelligence Service;

(i) A public official in political service of the National Assembly Secretariat, the National Assembly Library, the National Assembly Budget Office, or the National Assembly Research Service;

(j) A public official in political service of the Office of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Judicial Policy Research Institute, the Training Institute for Court Officials, or the Department of Court Administration of the Constitutional Court;

(k) The Prosecutor General;

(l) The Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or a superintendent of education;

ACT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OFFICE FOR HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Establishment and Independence of Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials) #

Article 4(Chief Officer and Deputy Chief Officer) #

Article 5(Qualification for and Appointment of Chief Officer) #

Article 6(Recommendation Committee for Candidates for Chief Officer of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials) #

Article 7(Deputy Chief Officer) #

Article 8(Investigation Office Prosecutors) #

Article 9(Personnel Committee) #

Article 10(Investigation Office Investigators) #

Article 11(Other Staff Members) #

Article 12(Remuneration) #

Article 13(Grounds for Disqualification) #

Article 14(Guarantee of Status) #

Article 15(Retirement Due to Mental or Physical Disability) #

Article 16(Restrictions on Appointment to Public Offices) #

Article 17(Duties and Authority of Chief Officer) #

Article 18(Duties and Authority of Deputy Chief Officer) #

Article 19(Delegation, Transfer, and Succession of Duties of Investigation Office Prosecutors) #

Article 20(Duties and Authority of Investigation Agency Prosecutor) #

Article 21(Duties of Investigation Office Investigators) #

Article 22(Political Neutrality and Independence in Performing Duties) #

Article 23(Investigation by Investigation Office Prosecutors) #

Article 24(Relationship with Other Investigation Agencies) #

Article 25(Investigation of Corruption of Investigation Office Prosecutors, and Prosecutors) #

Article 26(Sending of Related Documents and Evidentiary Materials of Investigation Office Prosecutors) #

Article 27(Referral of Related Cases of Identified Corruption) #

Article 28(Execution of Sentences) #

Article 29(Special Cases concerning Application for Adjudication) #

Article 30 #

Article 31(Jurisdiction) #

Article 32(Grounds for Disciplinary Action) #

Article 33(Disciplinary Committee for Investigation Office Prosecutors) #

Article 34(Duties of Chairperson of Disciplinary Committee, and Term of Office of Members) #

Article 35(Administrative Staff of Disciplinary Committee) #

Article 36(Requests for and Commencement of Disciplinary Action) #

Article 37(Disciplinary Penalties) #

Article 38(Request for Another Disciplinary Action) #

Article 39(Inquiry of Grounds for Taking Disciplinary Action against Investigation Office Prosecutor Desiring Retirement) #

Article 40(Delivery of Copy of Written Request for Disciplinary Action to Disciplinary Suspect, and Suspension of Performance of Duties Thereof) #

Article 41(Decision on Disciplinary Action) #

Article 42(Execution of Disciplinary Action) #

Article 43(Application of Other Statutes) #

Article 44(Dispatched Public Officials) #

Article 45(Organization and Operation) #

Article 46(Protection of Information Providers) #

Article 47(Application Mutatis Mutandis of Other Statutes) #