「CRIMINAL ACT」
1. Qualifications to become public officials;
2. Suffrage and eligibility under public law;
3. Qualifications concerning business under public law, for which necessary conditions have
been prescribed by Acts;
4. Qualifications to become a director, auditor or manager of a juristic person or an
inspector or custodian concerning the business of a juristic person.
(2) A person who is sentenced to imprisonment with or without labor for a limited term
shall be under suspension of the qualifications enumerated in subparagraphs 1 through 3
of the preceding paragraph until the execution of punishment is completed or remitted:
Provided, That if any other Act expressly provides otherwise, the Act shall apply
preferentially. <Amended on Jan. 6, 2016>
[Paragraph (2) of this Article is Amended on Jan. 6, 2016 under Act No. 13719 in accordance with the
Constitutional Court's decision that held this paragraph unconstitutional and inconsistent with the
Constitution]
Article 44 (Suspension of Qualifications) (1) Suspension of all or part of the qualifications
specified in the preceding Article shall be for at least one year up to 15 years.
(2) When both imprisonment with or without labor for a limited term and suspension of
qualifications have been concurrently imposed, the term of suspension shall be calculated
from the day when the execution of imprisonment with or without labor is completed or
remitted.
Article 45 (Fine) A fine shall be fifty thousand won or more: Provided, that in case of a
mitigation, it may be less than fifty thousand won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>
Article 46 (Detention) Detention shall be from one day to thirty days.
Article 47 (Minor Fine) A minor fine shall be from 2,000 to 50,000 won. <Amended on Dec.
29, 1995>
Article 48 (Confiscation and Additional Collection) (1) The following things which are not the
property of a person other than the criminal, or which were acquired by a person other
than the criminal with the knowledge of its nature after commission of the crime, may be
confiscated in whole or in part:
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