Article 8 (Emergency Communication-Restricting Measures) (1) Where an act of conspiracy exists that threatens the national security, the planning or execution of any serious crime or any organized crime, or any similar is imminent that may directly cause death or serious injury, and an emergency exists that makes it impracticable to follow procedures under Article 6 or 7 (1) and (3), any prosecutor, any judicial police officer, or the head of any intelligence and investigative agency may take the communication-restricting measures without permission therefor from the court against any person who meets the requirements provided for in Article 5 (1) or 7 (1) 1. (2) When any prosecutor, any judicial police officer, or the head of any intelligence and investigative agency starts the execution of communication-restricting measures pursuant to paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "emergency communication-restricting measures"), he or she shall, without delay, file a request for permission therefor with the court pursuant to Article 6 (including where that Article shall apply mutatis mutandis in Article 7 (3)). <Amended on Dec. 27, 2022> (3) If any judicial police officer takes the emergency communication-restricting measures, he or she shall be placed under command of any prosecutor in advance: Provided, That if such emergency communication-restricting measures need to be taken urgently, making it impracticable for such judicial police officer to be placed under command of such prosecutor, approval therefor shall be obtained from such prosecutor immediately after starting the execution of such emergency communication-restricting measures. (4) Any prosecutor, any judicial police officer, or the head of any intelligence and investigative agency shall, if he or she intends to take the emergency communication-restricting measures, take such measures according to the emergency censorship statement or the emergency wiretapping statement (hereinafter referred to as "emergency wiretapping statement, etc.") and keep the records of emergency communication-restricting measures at the institution to which he or she belongs. (5) Where any prosecutor, any judicial police officer, or the head of any intelligence and investigative agency fails to obtain permission from the court within 36 hours from the time he or she has started the execution of emergency communication-restricting measures, he or she shall immediately suspend the relevant measures and destroy the materials acquired through the relevant measures. <Amended on Dec. 27, 2022> (6) Where any prosecutor, any judicial police officer, or the head of any intelligence and investigative agency destroys the materials acquired through emergency communication-restricting measures pursuant to paragraph (5), he or she shall prepare a report on the destruction of the materials, stating the reasons for, and the scope and the date and time of, destruction, and other relevant matters; shall serve the report on the court with which he or she has filed the request for permission pursuant to paragraph (2) within seven days from the date of destruction; and shall attach one duplicate of the report to the record of investigation of the criminal suspect or the person subject to internal investigation. <Amended on Dec. 27, 2022> (7) Deleted. <Dec. 27, 2022>