「CRIMINAL ACT」
[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 5, 2013]
Article 115 (Riot) Persons who assemble in large numbers and use violence or intimidation or
take destructive act shall be punished by imprisonment with or without labor for at least
one year up to ten years or by a fine not exceeding 15 million won. <Amended on Dec.
29, 1995>
Article 116 (Failure of Dispersion of Masses) Persons who assemble in large number for the
purpose of using violence or intimidation or taking destructive act and do not disperse
after being ordered to do so for three or more times by officials authorized to control such
matters, shall be punished by imprisonment with or without labor for not more than two
years or by a fine not exceeding three million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>
Article 117 (Non Fulfillment of Contract of Public Demand in Wartime) (1) A person who fails
to perform, without justifiable reasons, a concluded contract for the supply of food or
other necessities of life with the State or a public organization in wartime, calamity or
other warlike incident shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or
by a fine not exceeding five million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>
(2) The preceding paragraph shall apply to a person who interferes with the performance
of the contract of the preceding paragraph.
(3) In the case of the preceding two paragraphs, the prescribed fine may also be
concurrently imposed.
Article 118 (False Impersonation of Public Official) A person who exercises official authority
by false impersonation of a public official shall be punished by imprisonment for not more
than three years or by a fine of not more than seven million won. <Amended on Dec. 29,
1995>
CHAPTER VI CRIMES CONCERNING EXPLOSIVES
Article 119 (Use of Explosives) (1) A person who injures a person or damages property or
disturbs the public safety by using explosives shall be punished by death or imprisonment
with labor for an indefinite term or for at least seven years.
(2) A person who commits a crime specified in paragraph (1) in war, during an act of God,
or in any other warlike incident shall be punished by death or imprisonment with labor for
법제처
25
국가법령정보센
터