Court Organization Act, shall be excluded;
2. Party members under Article 22 of the Political Parties Act;
3. Persons who are engaged in business related to broadcasting and communications or were engaged in
such business within three years from the date on which they are appointed as deliberators;
4. Persons falling under any subparagraph of Article 33 of the State Public Officials Act;
5. Persons for whom three years have not passed since their resignation from public offices they held
through elections under Article 2 of the Public Official Election Act;
6. Persons for whom three years have not passed since they lost their positions as members of the
Presidential Transition Committee under Article 6 of the Presidential Transition Act.
(2) The specific scope of persons engaged in the business related to broadcasting and communications
under paragraph (1) 3, shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Feb. 3, 2015>
Article 20 (Guarantee of Status of Deliberators)
(1) No deliberator shall be influenced by unfair instructions or interference from outside in performing
his/her duties. <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>
(2) With respect to the guarantee of status of deliberators, Article 8 (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis. In
such cases, "Article 10" shall be deemed "Article 19" in Article 8 (1) 2. <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>
(3) With respect to prohibition against holding concurrent offices of standing commissioners, such as the
Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, Article 9 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 21 (Duties of the Korea Communications Standards Commission)
Duties of the Korea Communications Standards Commission shall be as follows: <Amended on Jun. 9,
2020>
1. Deliberation on matters falling under Article 32 of the Broadcasting Act;
2. Deliberation and resolution on sanctions, etc. under Article 100 of the Broadcasting Act;
3. Deliberation on matters falling under Article 44-7 of the Act on Promotion of Information and
Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc.;
4. Deliberation on information prescribed by Presidential Decree as necessary for nurturing sound
communications ethics, from among information disclosed to the public and distributed via
telecommunication circuits, or requests for correction;
5. Matters concerning the soundness of information distributed via telecommunication circuits;
6. Matters concerning business plans, budget, and the settlement of accounts of the Korea
Communications Standards Commission;
7. Matters concerning the enactment, modification, and repeal of regulations of the Korea
Communications Standards Commission;
8. Matters determined to be subject to the deliberation of the Korea Communications Standards
Commission by other statutes.