(7) When a telecommunications business entity provides any prosecutor, any judicial police officer, or the
head of any intelligence and investigative agency with the communication confirmation data, he or she
shall make a report on the status of providing the communication confirmation data twice a year to the
Minister of Science and ICT; and shall keep records in which necessary matters, including the provision of
the corresponding communication confirmation data, are entered and other materials related to requests for
provision of the communication confirmation data, etc. for seven years from the date each of such
communication confirmation data is provided. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017; Dec.
31, 2019>
(8) The Minister of Science and ICT may check the authenticity of reports filed by telecommunications
business entities pursuant to paragraph (7) and the status of management of related materials, including
records which need to be kept by them. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 26, 2017; Dec. 31,
2019>
(9) Except as provided in this Act, Article 6 (excluding paragraphs (7) and (8)) shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the matters related to providing the communication confirmation data for the criminal
investigations. <Newly Inserted on May 26, 2005; Dec. 31, 2019>
Article 13-2 (Provision of Communication Confirmation Data to Court)
When it is deemed necessary for trial, any court may ask any telecommunications business entity to
provide the communication confirmation data under Article 294 of the Civil Procedure Act or Article 272
of the Criminal Procedure Act. <Amended on Jan. 26, 2002>
Article 13-3 (Notification of Provision of Communication Confirmation Data for Criminal
Investigations)
(1) With respect to any case in which communication confirmation data is received pursuant to Article 13,
a prosecutor or judicial police officer shall send a written notice of the fact that communication
confirmation data is provided, the agency requesting the provision, the relevant period, etc., within the
following time periods to the person, who is the subject of such communication confirmation data:
<Amended on Dec. 31, 2019; Jan. 5, 2021; Mar. 16, 2021>
1. Where any public prosecution is instituted or a disposition not to institute a public prosecution or any
disposition not to transfer a case to prosecutors (excluding a decision of stay of indictment, of stay of
indictment due to absent witness, or a decision to suspend investigation) or not to book a person is
imposed: Within 30 days from imposition of such disposition: Provided, That the notice shall be sent
within 30 days from receipt of such notification in any of the following cases:
(a) With respect to a case where an Investigation Office prosecutor sends related documents and
evidentiary materials to a prosecutor of the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office pursuant to Article 26
(1) of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of the Corruption Investigation Office for HighRanking Officials, where the Investigation Office prosecutor is notified by the prosecutor in charge of