1. An offense prescribed in Article 297, 298, 299, 301, or 301-2 of the Criminal Act;
2. A crime falling under Article 6 (2), 7 (2) and (5), 8, or 9 of this Act;
3. A crime falling under Article 9 or 10 of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sex
Offenses.
(4) If any crime listed below is committed, the prescription of public prosecution set forth in Articles 249
through 253 of the Criminal Procedure Act and Articles 291 through 295 of the Military Court Act shall
not apply, notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2): <Amended on Apr. 5, 2013>
1. A crime falling under Article 301-2 of the Criminal Act (limited to murder after rape, etc.);
2. A crime falling under Article 9 (1) of this Act;
3. A crime falling under Article 10 (1) of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sex
Offenses;
4. A crime falling under Article 92-8 of the Military Criminal Act (limited to murder after rape, etc.).
Article 22 (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of
Specific Violent Crimes)
Articles 7, 8, 9, 12, and 13 of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Specific Violent
Crimes shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures for punishment of sexual crimes.
Article 23 (Measures to Protect Victims and Informants)
Where a court or an investigative agency examines or investigates a victim of a sexual crime or a person
who has reported (including a complaint or accusation) a sexual crime, as a witness, Articles 5 and 7
through 13 of the Act on Protection of Specific Crime Informants, Etc. shall apply mutatis mutandis. In
such cases, the said Articles shall apply regardless of the likelihood of retaliation except in cases of falling
under Articles 9 and 13 of the Act on Protection of Specific Crime Informants.
Article 24 (Prohibition against Divulgence of Victims' Identity and Privacy)
(1) No public official in charge of or participating in an investigation into or judgment on a sexual crime,
nor any person who has served as such public official, shall disclose or divulge to any third party the
victim's name, address, age, occupation, alma mater, appearance, and other personal information by which
it is possible to ascertain the victim's identity, photograph, and privacy.
(2) No one shall publish in any newspaper or other printed paper, or disclose to the public by means of any
broadcasting defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Broadcasting Act or any information and
communications network, the victim's name, address, age, occupation, alma mater, appearance, or other
personal information by which it is possible to ascertain the victim's identity, or photograph under
paragraph (1), without the victim's consent.
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