「CRIMINAL ACT」 an indefinite term. (3) Attempts to commit a crime specified in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be punished. [This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 8, 2020] Article 120 (Preparations, Conspiracies, and Instigation) (1) A person who prepares or conspires with intent to commit the crimes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding Article, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for a limited term of two years or more, but if he or she denounces himself or herself before the commission of the intended crimes, the punishment shall be mitigated or remitted. (2) The preceding paragraph shall apply to a person who instigates another to commit the crimes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding Article. Article 121 (Manufacture of Explosives in Wartime) A person who manufactures, imports, exports, delivers, or possesses explosives without justifiable reason in time of war or warlike incident, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than ten years. CHAPTER VII CRIMES CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS Article 122 (Abandonment of Duties) A public official who refuses to perform his or her duties or abandons his or her duties without justifiable reason shall be punished by imprisonment with or without labor for not more than one year or suspension of qualifications for not more than three years. Article 123 (Abuse of Authority) A public official who, by abusing his or her official authority, causes a person to perform the conduct which is not to be performed by the person, or obstructs the person from exercising a right which the person is entitled to exercise, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years and suspension of qualifications for not more than ten years, or fine not exceeding ten million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995> Article 124 (Unlawful Arrest and Unlawful Confinement) (1) If a person who performs or assists in activities concerning judgment, prosecution, police, or other functions involving the restraint of the human body, arrests or imprisons another by abusing his or her official authority, he or she shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than seven 법제처 26 국가법령정보센 터