Article 13 (Procedures for Providing Communication Confirmation Data for Criminal Investigations) (1) Any prosecutor or judicial police officer may, when he or she deems it necessary to conduct any investigation or to execute any punishment, ask any telecommunications business entity under the Telecommunications Business Act (hereinafter referred to as "telecommunications business entity") for perusing or providing the communication confirmation data (hereinafter referred to as "providing the communication confirmation data"). (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where any prosecutor or judicial police officer deems that any of the following communication confirmation data is necessary for his or her investigation, he or she may ask any telecommunications business entity for the perusal or the provision of the relevant materials only if it is impracticable to prevent the execution of a crime by other means, to identify and secure a criminal, or to collect and preserve the evidence: Provided, That where the communication confirmation data is required for any crime falling under any of the subparagraphs of Article 5 (1) or any crime committed through means of telecommunications, the request for perusal or provision under paragraph (1) may be made: <Newly Inserted on Dec. 31, 2019> 1. Data under items (f) and (g) of subparagraph 11 of Article 2 that is real-time tracking data; 2. Communication confirmation data concerning a specific base station. (3) Any prosecutor or judicial police officer shall, when he or she asks for provision of the communication confirmation data pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), obtain permission therefor from the competent district court (including any military court; hereinafter the same shall apply) or branch court in writing stating the reason for such request, the relation with the relevant subscriber, and the scope of necessary data: Provided, That if the urgent grounds exist that make it impossible to obtain permission from the competent district court or branch court, he or she shall obtain permission without delay after asking for provision of the communication confirmation data and then send it to a telecommunications business entity. <Amended on May 26, 2005; Dec. 31, 2019; Sep. 24, 2021> (4) Any prosecutor or any judicial police officer shall, when he or she is provided with communication confirmation data due to the urgent grounds under the proviso of paragraph (3) but fails to obtain permission therefor from the district court or branch court, destroy the communication confirmation data provided to him or her without delay. <Amended on May 26, 2005; Dec. 31, 2019> (5) Any prosecutor or judicial police officer shall, when he or she is supplied with the communication confirmation data under paragraph (3), keep records in which necessary matters, including the fact that the request for provision of the relevant communication confirmation data is made, are entered and other relevant materials, including the written request for provision of the communication conformation data, at the institution to which he or she belongs. <Amended on May 26, 2005; Dec. 31, 2019> (6) The district court or branch court shall retain records with respect to the status of receiving requests for permission to provide the communication confirmation data, the status of granting such permission, and other materials related thereto under paragraph (3). <Amended on May 26, 2005; Dec. 31, 2019>