telecommunications facilities and equipment to be provided for telecommunications businesses;     5. The term “private telecommunications facilities and equipment” means thetelecommunications facilities and equipment other than the telecommunications business facilitiesand equipment, installed by an individual to be used for his own telecommunications;     6. The term “telecommunications equipments” means apparatus, machinery, parts or lineequipments, etc. used by the telecommunications facilities and equipment;     7. The term “telecommunications service” means services that mediate a third party’scommunication through the telecommunications facilities and equipment or to provide thetelecommunications facilities and equipment for the third party’s telecommunications; and     8. The term “telecommunications business” means a business that provides telecommunicationsservices.Article 3 (Supervision of Telecommunications)The matters concerning telecommunications shall be governed by the Korea Communications Commission,except the ones stipulated specifically by this Act or other Acts. <Amended by Act No. 5219,Dec. 30, 1996; Amended by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 4 (Government Policies)The Korea Communications Commission shall devise basic and comprehensive government policiesconcerning telecommunications to attain the purpose of this Act. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec.30, 1996 ;Amended by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 5 (Establishment of Basic Telecommunications Plans)(1) The Korea Communications Commission shall establish and publicly notify basictelecommunications plans (hereinafter referred to as the “basic plan”) for smooth
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development of telecommunications and the promotion of the information society. <Amended by ActNo. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Amended by Act No. 8867, Feb.29, 2008>(2) The following matters shall be included in the basic plan of paragraph (1):     1. Matters concerning utilization efficiency of telecommunications;     2. Matters concerning maintenance of telecommunications order;     3. Matters concerning telecommunications business;     4. Matters concerning telecommunications facilities and equipment;     5. Matters concerning promotion of telecommunications technology (including technology abouttelecommunications construction; hereinafter the same shall apply); and     6. Other basic matters concerning telecommunications.(3) The Korea Communications Commission shall consult in advance with the heads of administrativeagencies concerned, when establishing the basic plan for the matters of paragraph (2) 4 and 5 ofthis Article. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996;Amended by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 6 Deleted <by Act No. 9701, May. 21, 2009>Article 7 (Classification of Telecommunications Business Operator)The telecommunications business operator shall be classified as the key communications businessoperator, the special communications business operator and the value-added communications businessoperator pursuant to the Telecommunications Business Act. <Amended by Act No. 5385, Aug. 28,1997>     [This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 4905, Jan. 5, 1995]
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CHAPTER II Deleted<by Act No. 9708, May. 22, 2009>Article 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 Deleted<by Act No. 9708, May. 22, 2009>Articles 14 and 15 Deleted. <by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>Article 15-2 Deleted. <by Act No. 5733, Jan. 29, 1999>CHAPTER III Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>SECTION 1 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 16 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 17 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 18 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 19 Deleted. <by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>SECTION 2 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 20 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>
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Article 21 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 22 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 23 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 24 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>SECTION 3 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 25 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 26 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 27 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 28 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 29 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 30 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>SECTION 4 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>
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Article 30-2 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 30-3 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 30-4 Deleted. <by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002>Article 31 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 32 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>CHAPTER IV MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENTSArticle 33 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Article 33-2 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Article 33-3 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Article 34 Deleted. <by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>Article 34-2 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Article 35 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>
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Article 36 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>CHAPTER V. Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 37 Deleted <by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 38 Deleted <by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 39 Deleted <by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 40 Deleted <by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 40-2 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 40-3 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 41 Deleted <by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 42 Deleted <by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>Article 43 Deleted. <by Act No. 10166, March. 22, 2010>Article 44 Deleted <by Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>
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Article 44-2 Deleted <by Act No. 9481, Mar. 13, 2009>CHAPTER V-2 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 44-3 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 44-4 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 44-5 Deleted <by Act No. 9481 of Mar. 13, 2009>Article 44-6 Deleted <by Act No. 9481 of Mar. 13, 2009>Article 44-7 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 44-8 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>CHAPTER VI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONSArticle 45 Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>Article 45-2 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>
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Article 46 (Delegation and Entrustment of Authority)(1) Part of the authority of the Minister of Knowledge Economy and the Korea CommunicationsCommission under this Act may be delegated or commissioned to the head of the related agencies orof the Korea Post under the conditions as prescribed by the Enforcement Decree. <Amended by ActNo. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 8867, Feb. 29, 2008>(2) Deleted. <by Act No. 10165, March. 22, 2010>CHAPTER VII PENAL PROVISIONSArticle 47 (Penal Provisions)(1) A person who has publicly made a false communication over the telecommunications facilities andequipment for the purpose of harming the public interest shall be punished by imprisonment for notmore than five years or by a fine not exceeding fifty million won. <Amended by Act No. 5219,Dec. 30, 1996>(2) A person who has publicly made a false communication over the telecommunications facilities andequipment for the purpose of benefiting himself or the third party or inflicting damages on thethird party shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or by a fine notexceeding thirty million won. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>(3) In case where the false communication under paragraph (2) is of a telegraphic remittance, itshall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding fiftymillion won. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>(4) When a person engaged in the telecommunications business commits the act under paragraph (1) or(3), he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years or by a fine not exceeding100 million won, and in case of committing the act under paragraph (2), he shall be punished byimprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding fifty million won. <Amendedby Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>
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Article 48 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Article 48-2 Deleted. <by Act No. 6360, Jan. 16, 2001>Article 49 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Article 50 Deleted. <by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>Article 51 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Article 52 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Article 53 Deleted. <by Act No. 10393, July. 23, 2010>Addendum <Act No.10393, July. 23, 2010> (Radio Waves Act)Article 1 (Enforcement Date)This Act shall be effective 6 months after the date of its announcement.Article 2, 3, 4 and 5 DeletedArticle 6 (Amendments to Other Laws)(1) The FRAMEWORK ACT ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS shall be partially amended as follow:Article 33, 33-2, 34-2, 35, 36, 45-2, 48, 49, 51, 52 and 53 Deleted.
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(2) Deleted.Article 7 and 8 Deleted.
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