9. Crimes under Articles 2 through 8, 11, and 12 among those under the Act on the Aggravated
Punishment of Specific Crimes;
10. Crimes under Articles 3 through 9 among those under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of
Specific Economic Crimes;
11. Crimes committed in violation of statutes governing the aggravated punishment of crimes under
subparagraphs 1 and 2;
12. Crimes under Articles 3 and 4 of the Act on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in
International Business Transactions.
(2) The communication-restricting measures may be permitted when the target is any specific mail or
telecommunications sent and received or transmitted and received by those falling under the conditions
under paragraph (1) or any specific mail or telecommunications sent and received or transmitted and
received by the applicable parties during a fixed period of time.
Article 6 (Procedures for Authorization for Communication-Restricting Measures for Criminal
Investigations)
(1) Any prosecutor (including any military prosecutor; hereinafter the same shall apply) may ask a court
(including a military court; hereinafter the same shall apply) to permit communication-restricting
measures for each criminal suspect or person subject to internal investigation when the requirements
provided for in Article 5 (1) are met. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2001; Jan. 6, 2016>
(2) A judicial police officer (including a military judicial police officer; hereinafter the same shall apply)
may apply to a prosecutor for authorization for communication-restricting measures for each criminal
suspect or person subject to internal investigation when the requirements under Article 5 (1) are met, and
then the prosecutor may request the same from the court. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2001>
(3) The competent court in charge of the case involving the communication-restricting measures for which
a request is filed under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the district court or its branch court (including any
military court) having jurisdiction over the address and seats of both of communication parties or one of
the communication parties subject to the communication-restricting measures, the place where any crime
is committed or the address and seats of persons who are accomplices of such communication parties.
<Amended on Dec. 29, 2001; Sep. 24, 2021>
(4) The request for communication-restricting measures under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be made in
writing (hereinafter referred to as "written application"), indicating the details of the request such as kinds,
objectives, targets, scope, effective period of communication-restricting measures, the place where such
communication-restricting measures are executed, how such communication-restricting measures are
executed and grounds for satisfying conditions for the permission for communication-restricting measures
under Article 5 (1), together with the materials establishing a prima facie case of reasons for the
application. In such cases, when an application is filed for permission for the communication-restricting
measures against any criminal suspect or any person subject to internal investigation for the same crime or