「CRIMINAL ACT」
seven million won.
[This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 29, 1995]
Article 141 (Invalidity of Public Documents and Destruction of Public Goods) (1) A person
who damages or conceals documents or other goods, or special media records, such as
electromagnetic records, etc., used by a public office or spoils its utility by other methods,
shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than seven years or by a fine
not exceeding ten million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>
(2) A person who destroys structures, vessels, trains, or airplanes, used by public offices,
shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for at least one year up to ten years.
Article 142 (Invalidity of Goods Kept in Public Custody) A person who damages or conceals
his or her own goods for which a management order was issued by a public office and
which have been placed under the custody of another person by order of the public office,
or reduces their utility by other methods, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for
not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding seven million won. <Amended on Dec.
29, 1995>
Article 143 (Attempts) Attempts to commit the crimes specified in Articles 140 to the
preceding Article shall be punished.
Article 144 (Special Obstruction of Public Duty) (1) A person who commits the crimes
specified in Articles 136, 138, and 140 to the preceding Article through the threat of
collective force or by carrying a dangerous weapon shall be punished by increasing one
half of the punishments specified in the relevant Articles.
(2) A person who commits the crime of paragraph (1) to injure a public official shall be
punished by imprisonment with labor for a limited term of at least three years. If it results
in the death of a public official, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment with
labor for an indefinite term or for at least five years. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>
CHAPTER IX CRIMES OF ESCAPE AND HARBORING CRIMINALS
Article 145 (Escape and Violation of Summoning Order) (1) A person who, having been in
lawful arrest or custody, escapes, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not
more than one year.
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