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Exhibit 4.2

This is only an English translation of the agreement in Chinese.

This English translation shall not have any binding effect.

No responsibility can be accepted for reliance upon it.

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES CO., LTD.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S SERVICE AGREEMENT

This Agreement is entered into between and by the following two parties as of
__________:

Party A: China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd., a limited liability company established under the
laws of the People’s Republic of China with its registered address at Baiyun Airfield of Guangzhou,
Guangdong Province;

Party B: [Name] [Address].

The two parties agree as follows:

1. Definition:

1.01 During the term of this Agreement, unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” refers
to Party A’s Board of Directors; “Month” refers to the calendar month.

1.02 Unless otherwise provided, articles referred in this Agreement all refer to the articles
in this Agreement.

2. Appointment

Party A shall appoint Party B in terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and Party B
shall assume the position of an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Board of Directors of
Party A in terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

3. Term of Office

Unless otherwise provided, Party A shall appoint Party B as Independent Non-Executive Director
as of for a term of three (3) years. When the term of office expires, Party B may take consecutive
terms subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of Party A and this Agreement remains
effective until either party gives no less than one month prior written notice to the other
party.

4. Party B’s Duty and Responsibility

During the term of office, Party B shall

(a) perform as party a’s director the duties assigned from time to time by the board of
directors and exercise the power conferred upon him from time to time by the board of
directors;

(b) comply with and conform to any lawful instructions or directions that the Board of
Directors issue from time to time and serve the Company in good faith and prudent manner and shall
do his best to promote the business of the Company; and

(c) diligently and whole heartedly devote himself to Party A’s business and interest and
personally attend to Party A’s business and interest at any time during the normal hours of
business and other hours reasonably required by Party A with the exception when he is disabled due
to illness or accident.

5. Payment

5.01 Party A shall pay Party B all reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of this
Agreement, or for the attendance to the meeting of the Board of Directors of Party A, or for other
matters during the term of office. Party B agrees to the annual
payment of RMB100,000 (before income tax) by Party A to Party B as Party B’s remuneration as the Independent Non-Executive Director of
Party A.

6. Termination

6.01 In case Party B fails to perform his duty for six (6) months or more, Party A, with the
resolution of the Board of Directors of Party A, may terminate Party B’s term of office provided
that a one month prior written notice is given.

6.02 If Party B is in serious violation of the provisions of this Agreement during the term of
office, or seriously damages Party A’s interests, or becomes bankrupt or fails to pay off his
personal debts, or is indicted for any criminal acts, Party A, with the resolution of the Board of
Directors of Party A, may remove him from office at once. If Party B is removed from his office, he
is not entitled to any claim for the removal of his office.

6.03 When the appointment is terminated for whatever reasons, Party B shall resign from the
Board of Directors of Party A at once.

 

 

7. Miscellaneous

7.01 Party B shall assume no personal liabilities when he performs any act in the capacity of a
director provided that such act does not violate the criminal law or constitute a crime. If Party
B, in the capacity of a director, performs in good faith an act, resulting in any claim or losses,
Party A shall indemnify for Party B or make compensation to Party B.

7.02 Any notice, requirement or other communications made or issued in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, should be issued or made in writing.

7.03 If any clauses of this Agreement become illegal, invalid or unenforceable at any time or
in any respect, the legality, validity and forcibility of other clauses of this Agreement shall not
be affected or damaged in any way.

7.04 Party B shall comply with the various rules and regulations that Party A formulates in
accordance with the Laws of China. Party A has power to amend and supplement the aforesaid rules
and regulations and reward and punish Party B according to them.

7.05 The execution, validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be
governed by the Laws of the People’s Republic of China.

7.06 The Agreement is written in Chinese.

7.07 Party B realizes that in the performance of his duties as director, he may learn Party A’s
commercial secrets, including but not limited to documents, reference materials, data, information,
plans, etc. Party B acknowledges that these confidential materials belong to Party A exclusively
and Party B has obligation to keep them confidential.

7.08 Any dispute arising out of the performance of or in connection with this Agreement shall
be settled through friendly negotiation. If no settlement can be reached through negotiation,
either party may file a suit with the competent people’s court.

7.09 Any matter not covered by this Agreement shall be settled under the relevant laws and
regulations of China or the rules and regulations of the local government.

7.10 This Agreement is made in two counterparts. Party A and Party B shall each hold one.

	 	 	 	 	 
	PARTY A:

	 	CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES
COMPANY LIMITED
	 	 
	 	 	 
	REPRESENTATIVE:
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	PARTY B:
	 	 	 	 
	Date:EX-4.1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS BASIC LAW OF 1983

 

Exhibit 4.1

	 	 	 	 	 
	Wholly amended By

	 	1991 · 8 ·10
	 	Act No. 4393
	Amended By        

	 	1992 ·12 · 8
	 	Act No. 4528
	Amended By        

	 	1993 · 3 · 6
	 	Act No. 4541
	Amended By        

	 	1995 · 1 · 5
	 	Act No. 4905
	Amended By        

	 	1996 ·12 ·30
	 	Act No. 5219
	Amended By        

	 	1997 · 8 ·28
	 	Act No. 5385
	Amended By        

	 	1997 · 8 ·28
	 	Act No. 5386
	Amended By        

	 	1997 ·12 ·13
	 	Act No. 5453
	Amended By        

	 	1997 ·12 ·13
	 	Act No. 5454
	Amended By        

	 	1999 · 1 ·29
	 	Act No. 5733
	Amended By        

	 	2000 · 1 ·28
	 	Act No. 6231
	Amended By        

	 	2001 · 1 ·16
	 	Act No. 6360
	Amended By        

	 	2002 · 1 ·14
	 	Act No. 6602
	Amended By        

	 	2002 · 2 · 4
	 	Act No. 6656
	Amended By        

	 	2002 ·12 ·26
	 	Act No. 6823
	Amended By        

	 	2004 · 3 ·11
	 	Act No. 7188
	Amended By        

	 	2004 · 3 ·22
	 	Act No. 7210
	Amended By

	 	2005 ·12 ·30
	 	Act No. 7810

 

 

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the enhancement of the public welfare by
managing telecommunications efficiently and stimulating the development of
telecommunications by providing basic matters on telecommunications.

Article 2 (Definitions)

The definitions of the terms as used in this Act shall be as follows:

1. The term “telecommunications” means transmission or reception of code, words, sound or
image through wired, wireless, optic, and other electro-magnetic processes;

2. The term “telecommunications facilities and equipment” means machinery, appliances, lines
for telecommunications, and other facilities necessary for telecommunications;

3. The term “telecommunications line facilities and equipment” means the facilities and
equipment which constitute communications channels between sending and receiving points for
telecommunications among the telecommunications facilities and equipment, and the
transmission and line facilities and equipment, with the exchange facilities installed as
one body of the transmission and line facilities, and all facilities attached thereto;

 

 

4. The term “telecommunications business facilities and equipment” means the
telecommunications facilities and equipment to be provided for telecommunications
businesses;

5. The term “private telecommunications facilities and equipment” means the
telecommunications facilities and equipment other than the telecommunications business
facilities and equipment, installed by an individual to be used for his own
telecommunications;

6. The term “telecommunications equipments” means apparatus, machinery, parts or line
equipments, etc. used by the telecommunications facilities and equipment;

7. The term “telecommunications service” means services that mediate a third party’s
communication through the telecommunications facilities and equipment or to provide the
telecommunications facilities and equipment for the third
party’s telecommunications; and

8. The term “telecommunications business” means a business that provides telecommunications
services.

Article 3 (Supervision of Telecommunications)

The matters concerning telecommunications shall be governed by the Minister of Information
and Communication, except the ones stipulated specifically by this Act or other Acts.
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 4 (Government Policies)

The Minister of Information and Communication shall devise basic and comprehensive
government policies concerning telecommunications to attain the purpose of this Act.
<Amended by

 

 

Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 5 (Establishment of Basic Telecommunications Plans)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication shall establish and publicly notify basic
telecommunications plans (hereinafter referred to as the “basic plan”) for smooth
development of telecommunications and the promotion of the information society. <Amended
by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(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 about
telecommunications construction; hereinafter the same shall apply); and

6. Other basic matters concerning telecommunications.

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication shall consult in advance with the heads
of administrative agencies concerned, when establishing the basic plan for the matters of
paragraph (2) 4 and 5 of this Article. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 6 (Annual Report)

 

 

The Government shall present an annual report on the policy and trend about
telecommunications developments to the National Assembly prior to the opening of the
regular session.

Article 7 (Classification of Telecommunications Business Operator)

The telecommunications business operator shall be classified as the key communications
business operator, the special communications business operator and the value-added
communications business operator 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]

CHAPTER II PROMOTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Article 8 (Establishment and Execution of Enforcement Plan for Technology Development)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication shall establish and execute enforcement
plans for the development of telecommunications technology as stipulated in Article
5 (2) 5. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) The following matters shall be included in the enforcement plans of the above paragraph
(1):

1. Matters concerning the research and development of telecommunications technology;

 

 

2. Matters concerning the training and the supply and demand of telecommunications
technicians;

3. Matters concerning the adoption of new telecommunications technologies and modes;

4. Matters concerning the standardization of telecommunications technologies;

5. Matters concerning promotion of telecommunications technology research institutes and
organizations;

6. Matters concerning the international cooperation of telecommunications technology; and

7. Other matters concerning the development of telecommunications technology.

Article 9 (Management of Technical Information on Telecommunications)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication shall devise measures necessary for the
systematic and comprehensive management and the popularization of technical information on
telecommunications for the promotion of telecommunications technology. <Amended by Act
No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication may give advance notices of new
technology concerning telecommunications for harmonious telecommunications development.
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 10 (Promotion of Research Institutes, etc.)

 

 

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication shall guide and promote
telecommunications research institutes and organizations for the development of
telecommunications. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) The Government may give financial aid to the institutes and organizations under the
above paragraph (1).

(3) Deleted. <by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

(4) The scope of the institutes and organizations under above paragraph (1), the ways for
guidance and promotion thereof and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the
Presidential Decree.

Article 11 (Designation of Research Projects, etc.)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may select research projects concerning
telecommunications technology and designate researchers, when necessary for research and
development of telecommunications technology. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30,
1996>

(2) Matters necessary for selection of research projects, designation of researchers and
support for the research expenses, etc., under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the
Presidential Decree.

Article 12 (Imposition of Research and Development Contributions)

(1) For the promotion of telecommunications technology, the Minister of Information and
Communication may require each of the following

 

 

persons to invest the amount as prescribed
by the Presidential Decree within the 1/100 of annual turnover to the business for the
Information and Communications Promotion Fund in accordance with the provisions of Article
33 of the Framework Act on Informatization, unless each of the following persons are
subject to the imposition of receiving frequency allotment charges pursuant to the
provision of Article 11 of the Radio Waves Act;

	 	1.	 	Key communications business operators pursuant to the provision of Article 5
of the Telecommunications Business Act;
	 
	 	2.	 	Specific communications business operator pursuant to the provisions of
Article 19 of the Telecommunications Business Act; and
	 
	 	3.	 	Any other persons prescribed by the Presidential Decree as persons liable to
pay research and development contributions.

(2) Any and all necessary matters with respect to the calculation standard and proceeding
for the contributions pursuant to the paragraph (1), such as persons liable to pay, payment
ratio, the upper limit of the payment, etc., shall be prescribed by the Presidential
Decree.

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication may exempt persons determined by the
Presidential Decree as persons for whom an imposition of obligation under paragraph (1) is
deemed inadequate in view of the persons’ business scale and ability to make such payment,
from the imposition of obligation under paragraph (1).

(4) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, where a person liable to pay the
contributions under paragraph (1) fails to do so within the payment
deadline, impose and collect an additional due prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

(5) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, where a person fails to pay the
contributions under paragraph (1) and an

 

 

additional due under paragraph (4) within the
fixed period, collect them according to the example of a disposition taken to collect the
national taxes in arrears.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 7810, Dec. 30, 2005]

Article 13 (Technical Guidance)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication shall provide technical guidance for
technical standardization, technical training, supply of technical information or
cooperation with international organizations, etc., to a manufacturer of telecommunications
equipments and materials (hereinafter referred to as the “manufacturer of
telecommunications equipments and materials”) or a constructor of information and
telecommunications works under the Information and Communications Work Business Act, when
necessary for an accurate application of telecommunications modes and standards, etc., of
telecommunications equipments and materials from their manufacturing stage and for securing
quality of telecommunications works. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No.
5386, Aug. 28, 1997>

(2) The subjects, contents and other necessary matters of technical guidance under
paragraph (1) above shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

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 TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

SECTION 1 Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment for Business

Article 16 (Maintenance and Repair of Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment)

The telecommunications business operator shall maintain and repair his telecommunications
facilities and equipment so as to have them compatible with technical criteria as
determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication, for a stable
supply of his telecommunications services. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 17 (Installation Report of Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment, and Approval
thereon, etc.)

(1) Any key communications business operator shall, where he intends to install or alter
major telecommunications facilities and equipment, file in advance a report thereon with
the Minister of Information and Communication under the conditions as prescribed by the
Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication: Provided, That with respect to
any telecommunications facilities and equipment which are first installed under a new
telecommunications technology mode, an approval shall be obtained from the Minister of
Information and Communication under the conditions as determined by the Ordinance of the
Ministry of Information and Communication.

 

 

<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act
No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

(2) The scope of major telecommunications facilities and equipment under paragraph (1)
shall be prescribed and publicly announced by the Minister of Information and
Communication. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 18 (Joint Installation of Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment)

(1) The key communications business operator may jointly construct and use the
telecommunications facilities and equipment with other key communications business
operators. In this case, the key communications business operator shall make in advance a
consultation with another key communications business operator. <Newly Inserted by Act
No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication may, in case where a key communications
business operator makes a consultation under paragraph (1), investigate and provide the
required information, under the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication.
<Amended by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication may, in order to effectively perform the
investigation of data under paragraph (2), have a specialized institution in the field of
telecommunications perform the relevant investigation under the conditions as prescribed by
the Presidential Decree. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

(4) The Minister of Information and Communication may, where it falls under any of the
following subparagraphs, advise the key

 

 

communications business operator under paragraph
(1) to jointly construct the telecommunications facilities and equipment, under the
conditions as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication:
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

1. Where the consultation under paragraph (1) has not been achieved, and where there exists
a request from the relevant key communications business operator;
and

2. Where deemed necessary for promoting the public interests.

(5) Where it is necessary to use the land or structures, etc. owned by the State, local
government, government-invested institution, or other key telecommunications business
operator for a joint installation of telecommunications facilities and equipment, and where
an agreement is not reached on it, the key communications business operator may ask the
Minister of Information and Communication for his cooperation in the use of the relevant
land or structures, etc.

(6) The Minister of Information and Communication may, upon receipt of a request for his
cooperation under paragraph (5), ask the head of the State agency, local government or
government-invested institution or other key communications business operator to comply
with a consultation on the use of the relevant land or structures, etc. with the key
communications business operator who has asked for a cooperation under paragraph (5). In
this case, the State agency, local government, or the head of government-invested
institution or other key communications business operator shall comply with a consultation
with the key telecommunications business operator unless there exist any justifiable
causes. <Amended by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

 

 

Article 19

Deleted. <by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

SECTION 2 Private Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment

     Article 20 (Installation of Private Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment)

(1) A person who intends to install private telecommunications facilities and equipment
shall report thereon to the Minister of Information and Communication under the conditions
as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. The same shall also apply in case where he
intends to alter the important matters as determined by the Presidential Decree from among
the reported matters. <Amended by Act No. 4905, Jan. 5, 1995; Act No. 5219, Dec. 30,
1996>

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the private telecommunications
facilities and equipment with wireless modes, the military telecommunications facilities
and equipment, etc., which are specially stipulated by other statutes, shall be governed by
such statutes.

(3) A person who has made a report or a modified report on the installation of private
telecommunications facilities and equipment under paragraph (1) shall obtain, upon
completion of an installation work or a modifying work, a confirmation by the Minister of
Information and Communication, prior to their use, under the conditions as stipulated by
the Presidential Decree. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 4905, Jan. 5, 1995; Act No. 5219,
Dec. 30, 1996>

 

 

(4) Any private telecommunications facilities and equipment prescribed by the Ordinance of
the Ministry of Information and Communication may, notwithstanding the provisions of
paragraph (1), be installed without filing any report. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 6231,
Jan. 28, 2000>

Article 21 (Restriction on Use Beyond Its Purpose)

(1) Any person who has installed the private telecommunications facilities and equipment
shall not mediate a third party’s communications with the facilities, nor operate the
facilities against the installation purpose: Provided, That this shall not apply to cases
of special provisions in other statutes or of uses falling under any of the following
subparagraphs, within the limits not against the installation purposes: <Amended by Act
No. 4905, Jan. 5, 1995; Act No. 5219,
Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

1. In case of use for maintaining public peace or providing emergency rescue mission by the
person engaged in police or accident rescue works;

2. In case of use, prescribed by the Minister of Information and Communication, between the
person who installed private telecommunications facilities and equipment and the one
specially related with him for the purpose of work; and

3. Deleted. <by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

(2) Any person who has installed his private telecommunications facilities and equipment
may provide telecommunications facilities and equipment including line tracks, line
equipments, etc., to the key communication business operator, pursuant to the Presidential
Decree.

 

 

(3) The provisions of Articles 33-5, 34-6 (excluding paragraph (5)), and
35 of the Telecommunications Business Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the above
paragraph (2) concerning the supply of facilities and equipment. <Amended by Act No.
4905, Jan. 5, 1995; Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(4) Deleted. <by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

Article 22 (Securing of telecommunications in Case of Emergency)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may order the person who installed
private telecommunications facilities and equipment to provide telecommunications services
or other important communication services, or to interconnect the private facilities and
equipment in question with other telecommunications facilities and equipment, when war,
natural disaster or other national emergency situation corresponding to such happens or is
likely to happen. This shall apply mutatis mutandis to the provisions concerning
telecommunications services under the Telecommunications Business Act.
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication may make the key telecommunications
business operator deal with such services, when deemed necessary of paragraph (1).
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(3) The expenses necessary for performing the services or for interconnection of the
facilities of paragraph (1) shall be borne by the Government: Provided, That when the
private telecommunications facilities and equipment are provided for telecommunications
services, then the key communications business operator provided with the facilities, shall
bear such expenses.

 

 

Article 23 (Orders for Correction, etc.)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may, when any person who has installed
the private telecommunications facilities and equipment violates this Act or the orders
under this Act, order him to make a correction thereof with fixing a specified period.
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication may, when any person who has installed
the private telecommunications facilities and equipment falls under any of the following
subparagraphs, order him to suspend the relevant uses with fixing a period of not more than
one year: <Newly Inserted by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

1. Where he fails to execute an order under paragraph (1);

2. Where he uses the private telecommunications facilities and equipment without obtaining a
confirmation in contravention of Article 20 (3); and

3. Where he intermediates other’s communications or operates the private telecommunications
facilities and equipment in a manner contrary to the
installation purposes, in contravention of Article 21 (1).

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication may, where deemed that any private
telecommunications facilities and equipment impede other’s telecommunications or likely
undermine other’s telecommunications facilities and equipment, order the person who has
installed the relevant facilities and equipment to suspend a use of them or to renovate or
repair them, or take other measures. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

 

 

Article 24 (Imposition of Penalty Surcharge)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may, in issuing an order to suspend a use
of any private telecommunications facilities and equipment under Article 23 (2),
and where a suspension of the relevant use is likely to cause any serious inconveniences to
users of telecommunications services which are rendered by using such private
telecommunications facilities and equipment, or to undermine other public interests, impose
a penalty surcharge of not exceeding 1 billion won in lieu of such order to suspend the
relevant use.

(2) Classifications of the violating acts subject to the imposition of a penalty surcharge
under paragraph (1), the amount of penalty surcharge as determined by the relevant levels
and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of
Information and Communication.

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, where any person liable for the
payment of a penalty surcharge under paragraph (1) fails to pay such penalty surcharge by a
payment term, collect it according to the example of a disposition on the national taxes in
arrears.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000]

SECTION 3 Technical Standards, etc. for Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment

Article 25 (Technical Standards)

 

 

(1) A person who installs and operates the telecommunications facilities and equipment
shall keep such facilities and equipment compatible with the technical standards as
prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication. <Amended
by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) In case of the installation of telecommunications facilities and equipment as
determined and publicly announced by the Minister of Information and Communication or of
the expansion of installed facilities and equipment, the key communication business
operator and the special communications business operator shall test whether the relevant
telecommunications facilities and equipment conform with the technical standards under
paragraph (1) above, prior to commencing a provision of telecommunications services, and
record and manage the results thereof. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No.
6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

(3) The installation and conservation of telecommunications facilities and equipment shall
be executed according to the design documents.

(4) Matters necessary for making the design documents under paragraph (3) shall be
prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication. <Amended
by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(5) In order to verify whether the telecommunications facilities and equipment are
installed and operated in conformity with the technical standards, the Minister of
Information and Communication may have public officials belonging to him investigate or
test the facilities of the person who installs and operates the telecommunications
facilities and equipment in any of the following
cases. <This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 30, 1996>

1. In case of devising of policy measures for the telecommunications facilities;

 

 

2. In case of preventing any national emergency situations;

3. In case of preventing any accident or disaster or in case such accident or disaster
happens; and

4. In case where exclusive impediment to communications is likely to happen due to defects
in the telecommunications facilities.

(6) In case the investigation or tests under the provision of paragraph (5) above are
conducted, a person who installs and operates the telecommunications facilities and
equipment shall be notified of plans for such investigation or tests including the date and
time, reasons for and content of such investigation and tests seven days prior to the
actual investigation or test date. Provided, this shall not apply to an urgent matter or in
case where it is deemed that the purposes of such investigation or tests are to be
interfered due to destruction of evidence etc, if a prior notice is given. <This Article
Newly Inserted by Act No. 7810, Dec. 30, 2005>

(7) The public official who conducts the investigation or test under paragraph (5) shall
carry a certificate indicating his authority, and present it to the person concerned, and
further shall present documents indicating name, access time, purpose of access, etc., when
access to the telecommunications facilities for investigation or test to the person
concerned. <This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 7810,
Dec. 30, 2005>

Article 26 (Management Rules)

(1) The key communications business operator shall set forth the management rules for
communications facilities and equipment and manage them, in order to provide a stable
telecommunications service. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) Matters to be explicitly stipulated in the management rules under paragraph (1) shall
be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and
Communication. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec.

 

 

30, 1996>

Article 27 (Correction Order for Violations of Technical Standards)

When the installed telecommunications facilities and equipment have come not to conform
with the technical standards under Article 25, the Minister of Information and
Communication may issue an order to make a correction thereto or take other necessary
measures. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 28 (Adoption of New Telecommunications Modes, etc.)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may adopt the new telecommunications
modes, etc., for a smooth development of telecommunications.

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, in case where he has adopted the
new telecommunications modes, etc. under paragraph (1), make a pubic announcement thereof.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

Article 29 (Promotion of Standardization)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may promote the standardization of
telecommunications, and recommend it to the telecommunications business operator or the
manufacturers of telecommunications equipments, for a sound development of
telecommunications and for ensuring the convenience of users: Provided, That in a case of
matters for which the Korean Industrial Standards under the Industrial Standardization
Act are set, such standards shall govern. <Amended by Act No. 4528, Dec. 8, 1992;

 

 

Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, in case where he has adopted the
telecommunications standards, make a public announcement thereof. <Amended by Act No.
5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(3) Matters necessary for the promotion of standardization of telecommunications under
paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and
Communication. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

Article 30 (Telecommunications Technology Association)

(1) The Telecommunications Technology Association (hereinafter referred to as the
“Association”) may be established for efficient promotion of the business concerning
telecommunications standardization. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) The Association shall be established in the form of a juristic person.

(3) The Government may contribute to the Association within the budget limit, when
necessary for the establishment and operation of the Association.

(4) The Minister of Information and Communication may order changes of articles of
incorporation, project plans, or reelection of officers, when the operation of the
Association is deemed in violation of the Acts and subordinate statutes or articles of
incorporation. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(5) Except for those stipulated under this Act, the provisions pertaining to an
incorporated foundation in the Civil Act shall apply

 

 

mutatis mutandis to matters on
the Association.

SECTION 4 Integrated Operation of Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment, etc.

Article 30-2 (Securing Pipeline Facilities, etc.)

(1) A person who installs or builds up the facilities, etc. falling under any of the
following subparagraphs (hereinafter referred to as the “facilities installer”) shall
listen to the views of key communications business operators on the installation of
joint-use tunnels in which the telecommunications facilities and equipment may be
accommodated and the pipelines, etc. as well, and reflect its contents: Provided, That the
same shall not apply to the case where the reflection of the views of key communications
business operators are very difficult: <Amended by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002; Act No.
7210, Mar. 22, 2004; Act No. 7810, Dec. 31, 2004>

1. Roads under Article 2 of the Road Act;

2. Railroads under Article 2 (1) of the Railroad Services Act;

3. Urban railroads under subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Urban Railroad Act;

4. Industrial complex under subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Industrial Sites and
Development Act;

5. Free trade zone under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on Designation and Operation
of Free Trade Zones;

 

 

6. Airport area under subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Aviation Act;

7. Harbor area under subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Harbor Act; and

8. Other facilities or housing sites as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

(2) Any views expressed by the key communications business operators on the installation of
joint-use tunnels or pipelines under paragraph (1) shall be in conformity with the
standards for the installation of pipelines as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry
of Information and Communication.

(3) The provisions of Articles 33-5, 34-6 (excluding paragraph (5) of the
same Article) and 35 of the Telecommunications Business Act shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the offer of joint-use tunnels or pipelines, etc., installed under paragraph
(1).

(4) A facilities installer shall, where he is unable to reflect the views of key
communications business operators under paragraph (1), notify the relevant key
communications business operators of the relevant reasons within 30 days from the date of
receiving their views.

(5) Where any facilities installer fails to reflect the views of key communications
business operators under paragraph (1), the relevant telecommunications business operator
may ask the Minister of Information and Communication for his adjustments.

(6) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, where he makes such adjustments
upon receipt of a request for adjustments under paragraph (5), consult in advance with the
heads of the related central administrative agencies.

 

 

(7) Matters necessary for the adjustments under paragraphs (5) and (6) shall be prescribed
by the Presidential Decree.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000]

Article 30-3 (Installation of Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment for Extension)

(1) The structures under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Building Act shall be
equipped with the telecommunications line facilities, etc. for extension, and secure a
specified area for a connection with the telecommunications line facilities and equipment.

(2) Matters on the scope of structures, the criteria for installation of telecommunications
line facilities, etc., and the securing, etc., of an area for a connection with
telecommunications line facilities and equipment under paragraph (1) shall be determined by
the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

Article 30-4

Deleted. <by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002>

Article 31 (Integrated Operation of Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment, etc.)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may, where it is necessary for an
efficient management and operation of telecommunications facilities and equipment, have a
key communications business operator selected according to the standards and procedures as
prescribed by the Presidential Decree (hereinafter referred to as the “communications
business operator

 

 

under integrated operations”) make an integrated operation of the
telecommunications facilities and equipment installed under this Act or other Acts, and the
land, buildings and other structures appurtenant thereto (hereinafter referred to as the
“telecommunications facilities and equipment, etc.”). <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30,
1996; Act No. 5454, Dec. 13, 1997; Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, where he intends to put the
telecommunications facilities and equipment, etc. under an integrated operation under
paragraph (1), formulate an integrated operation plan for
telecommunications facilities and equipment, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the
“integrated operation plan”), consult with the heads of the related administrative
agencies, and obtain an approval of the President by going through a deliberation by the
State Council. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(3) The integrated operation plan under paragraph (2) shall contain the matters falling
under one of the following subparagraphs:

1. Objects, time, methods and procedures for the integration;

2. Matters concerning an operation of telecommunications facilities and equipment, etc.
after integration; and

3. Other matters as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

(4) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, where he intends to formulate an
integrated operation plan under paragraph (2), consult in advance with the installer of the
telecommunications facilities and equipment, etc. to be integrated. <Amended by Act No.
5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 32 (Purchase of Telecommunications Facilities and Equipment, etc.)

 

 

(1) The communications business operator under integrated operations may, when necessary
for an integrated operation of the telecommunications facilities and equipment, etc. under
Article 31 (1), make a request for purchase of the relevant telecommunications
facilities and equipment, etc. In this case, the owner of relevant telecommunications
facilities and equipment, etc. shall not refuse it without any justifiable reasons.
<Amended by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

(2) National or public telecommunications facilities and equipment, etc. for which the
communications business operator under integrated operations has made a request for their
purchase under paragraph (1) may be sold to the communications business operator under
integrated operations, notwithstanding
the provisions of Article 20 of the State Properties Act or Article 82 of the
Local Finance Act. In this case, matters necessary for the sale such as the calculation
method of sale price, procedures for the sale, and payment methods of sale price, etc.,
shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28,
2000>

(3) The provisions of Articles 67 (1), 70, 71, 74 through
77, and 78 (5) through (7) of the Act on the Acquisition of Land, etc. for
Public Works and the Compensation Therefor shall be applied mutatis mutandis to the
calculation method, criteria, etc. for purchase price of the telecommunications facilities
and equipment, etc. other than the national or public ones which are purchased by the
communications business operator under integrated operations under paragraph (1).
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000; Act No. 6656, Feb.
4, 2002>

 

 

CHAPTER IV MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENTS

Article 33 (Approval for Types)

(1) A person who intends to manufacture, sell or import the telecommunications equipments
which are specified by the Minister of Information and Communication after consulting with
the heads of the related administrative agencies, shall obtain an approval with respect to
such telecommunications equipments from the Minister of Information and Communication:
Provided, That this shall not apply to the cases of telecommunications equipments as
prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication, such as the
telecommunications equipments for the purpose of test, research or export. <Amended by
Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) Objects, methods and procedures, etc. for the approval of types under paragraph (1)
shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of
Information and Communication. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication shall grant a type approval, when the
telecommunications equipments conform with technical criteria for telecommunications
equipments as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication.
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(4) When a person who has obtained a type approval of telecommunications equipments under
paragraph (1) intends to sell or display such telecommunications equipments, the sign of
type approval shall be marked pursuant to the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and
Communication. <Amended by Act No. 5219,

 

 

Dec. 30, 1996>

(5) A person who has obtained the type approval for the telecommunications equipments under
paragraph (1) shall, when he intends to modify the matters for which a type approval has
been obtained, file a report thereon with the Minister of Information and Communication
under the conditions as determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and
Communication. In this case, if the matters reported on modification are related to the
technical criteria under paragraph (3), the said paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis.
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

(6) A person who intends to obtain the type approval under paragraph (1) or a person who
files a report on modification under paragraph (5) shall pay the fees as prescribed by the
Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication. <Amended by Act No. 6602,
Jan. 14, 2002>

Article 33-2 (Designation, etc. of Performance Testing Institution)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may, in granting the type approval under
Article 33, have a testing institution designated by the said Minister (hereinafter
referred to as the “designated testing institution”) conduct
the performance test.

(2) A person who is eligible for a designation as a designated testing institution shall be
limited to a juristic person.

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication may inspect any designated testing
institution under the conditions as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of
Information and Communication.

(4) The Minister of Information and Communication may, when a designated testing
institution falls under any of the following

 

 

subparagraphs, cancel the relevant designation
or order a suspension of the testing service, in whole or in part, for a fixed period of
not more than one year: Provided, That where it falls under subparagraph 1, its designation
shall be cancelled:

1. When it has obtained a designation by deceit or other illegal means;

2. When it has failed to conduct the testing service without any justifiable reasons;

3. When it has conducted an inaccurate testing service by deliberation or gross negligence;

4. When it has refused, obstructed or evaded the inspection under paragraph (3) without any
justifiable reasons, or flunked the inspection; and

5. When it has violated the Acts and subordinate statutes relating to telecommunications.

(5) Any person who intends to be designated as a testing institution under paragraph (1)
and a person who undergoes the inspection under paragraph (3) shall pay fees under the
conditions as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication.

(6) Matters necessary concerning the designation, management, testing standards, and
supervision, etc. of any designated testing institution shall be
determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000]

Article 33-3 (Mutual Recognition of Type Approval between States)

 

 

(1) The Government may conclude an agreement with a foreign government on the mutual
recognition of type approval of telecommunications equipment.

(2) Where the Government has concluded an agreement under paragraph (1), it may recognize
the telecommunications equipment which have obtained an authentication of a foreign
government same as or similar to the type approval under Article 33 as have been
granted a type approval under Article 33, or make the designation of a foreign
testing agency as a designated testing institution under Article 33-2 (1) the
content of the relevant agreement.

(3) Where an agreement has been concluded with a foreign government on the mutual
recognition of type approval of the telecommunications equipment under paragraph (1), the
Minister of Information and Communication shall publicly announce its contents.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

Article 34

Deleted. <by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

Article 34-2 (Termination of Type Approval)

(1) When a person who has obtained the type approval of telecommunications equipment under
Article 33 (1) intends to discontinue the manufacture, sale or import of the
telecommunications equipment, he may make an application to the Minister of Information and
Communication for a termination of the relevant
type approval.

 

 

(2) Matters necessary for the application for a termination of the type approval under
paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and
Communication.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

Article 35 (Cancellation, etc. of Type Approval)

(1) In case where a person who has obtained a type approval of the telecommunications
equipments under Article 33 (1) falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the
Minister of Information and Communication may cancel the relevant type approval, or suspend
the manufacture of relevant products or take other necessary measures: <Amended by Act
No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

1. When he has obtained a type approval by deceit and other illegal means;

2. When the telecommunications equipments have come not to conform with the technical
criteria under Article 33 (3); and

3. When the sign of type approval under Article 33 (4) is not marked, or a false
sign is marked.

(2) Where
a person who has obtained a type approval under Article 33 (1) comes to fall under
paragraph (1) 1 or 3 and his type approval has thus been cancelled, he shall not file an
application for the type approval of telecommunications equipments within the period as
fixed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and Communication within the scope of
6 months after from the day when type approval is cancelled. <Amended by Act No. 6231,
Jan. 28, 2000>

Article 36 (Follow-up Management)

 

 

(1) No person shall sell, or display for the purpose of selling, the telecommunications
equipments for which a type approval under Article 33 (1) has not been obtained or
other telecommunications equipments which are not marked with a sign of the type approval
under Article 33 (4): Provided, That the same shall not apply to the
telecommunications equipments for tests or research. <Amended by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28,
2000>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication may, in any of the following cases to
confirm whether the matters concerning a type approval of the telecommunications equipments
are implemented, have the public officials belonging to him investigate or test the
telecommunications equipments in the process of production, import or circulation.
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 7810. Dec. 30, 2005>

1. In case of danger to telecommunications networks or possibility of danger to
telecommunications networks; or

2. In case of violation of relevant laws such as modification or alteration without
permission or in case of acknowledgement of manufacture, import or sale of machineries that
are not in conformity with the technical standards.

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication may order a person who has manufactured,
imported, sold or displayed with intention of sale the telecommunications equipments which
have been sold or displayed with intention of sale in violation of paragraph (1), or the
telecommunications equipments which have been found as the inferior goods upon the
investigation or tests under paragraph (2), to destroy or recall the relevant
telecommunications equipments, under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential
Decree. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

 

 

(4) The provisions of Article 25 (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cases
under paragraph (2). <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 7810, Dec. 30.
2005>

(5) Matters necessary for the procedures for and methods of the investigation or tests
under paragraph (2) shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Information and
Communication. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(6) In case the investigation or tests under paragraph (2) are conducted, a person subject
to such investigation or tests shall be notified of plans for such investigation or tests
including the date and time, reasons for and content of such investigation or tests seven
days prior to the actual investigation or test dates. Provided, this shall not apply to an
urgent matter or in case where it is deemed that the purposes of such investigation or
tests are to be interfered due to destruction of evidence etc, if a prior notice is given.
<This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7810, Dec. 30, 2005>

CHAPTER V KOREA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Article 37 (Establishment and Composition of Korea Communications Commission)

(1) In order to create an environment of fair competition in the telecommunications
business, to deliberate and vote on matters concerning the protection of the rights and
interests of the users of telecommunications services, and to rule the disputes among the
telecommunications business operators or between the telecommunications business operators
and the users, the Korea Communications Commission shall be established under the
jurisdiction of the Ministry of Information and Communication.

 

 

<Amended by Act No. 5219,
Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000; Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002>

(2) The Korea Communications Commission shall consist of not more than nine members
including one chairman, and one member shall be permanent. <Amended by Act No. 5219,
Dec. 30, 1996>

(3) The members including the chairman shall be appointed or commissioned by the President,
under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

(4) A secretariat shall be established under the jurisdiction of the Korea Communications
Commission in order to manage the affairs of the Korea Communications Commission. <Newly
Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 38 (Qualifications, etc. for Members)

(1) The qualifications for members shall be as follows: <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec.
30, 1996; Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

1. A person who holds or has held a post of public officials of Grade III or of higher
grade;

2. A person who serves or has served as a judge, prosecutor or attorney at law for not less
than fifteen years;

3. A person who has majored in law, economics, business administration, electronic
engineering, communications engineering, and other courses of study related to
telecommunications, and who serves or has served in a position of associate professors or
of higher post at a university or college under the Higher Education Act or an
approved research institution, or who serves or has served in a

 

 

position equivalent thereto
for not less than ten years;

4. A person who has served as the representative of organization or institution, or as an
officer of a company related to telecommunications for not less than ten years; and

5. A person who serves or has served in a position related to the protection of users of
telecommunications service for not less than fifteen years.

(2) The tenure of office for the members who are not public officials shall be three years,
but he may be reappointed.

Article 39 (Guarantee of Status of Members)

The members of the Korea Communications Commission shall not be dismissed or withdrawn from
his commissioned post against his own will, except for the following cases:

1. Where he is sentenced to imprisonment without prison labor or heavier punishment; and

2. Where he becomes unable to perform the duties due to the mental and physical weakness for
a long period.

Article 40 (Functions of Korea Communications Commission)

The Korea Communications Commission shall deliberate and vote on the matters falling under
each of the following subparagraphs as prescribed by this Act and other Acts, and make a
ruling under Article 40-2: <Amended by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000; Act No.
6602, Jan. 14, 2002; Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002>

 

 

1. Matters relating to the supply of the telecommunications facilities and equipment under
Article 33-5 (3) of the Telecommunications Business Act, a joint utilization of the
subscriber’s lines under Article 33-6 (2) of the same Act, a joint utilization of
the radio communications facilities under Article 33-7 (3) of the same Act, the
interconnections of the telecommunications facilities under Article 34 (2) of the same
Act, a joint use, etc. of the telecommunications facilities and equipment under
Article 34-3 (2) of the same Act, or the standards for providing information under
Article 34-4 (2) of the same Act;

2. Matters relating to the approval of criteria under Article 34-4 (4) of the
Telecommunications Business Act;

3. Matters relating to the supply, joint utilization, interconnection or joint use, etc., of
the telecommunications facilities and equipment, or the authorization or report of the
agreement on supply of information under Article 34-6 of the Telecommunications
Business Act;

4. Matters relating to the formulation and modification of a plan for the administration of
telecommunications numbers under Article 36 (1) and (2) of the Telecommunications
Business Act;

5. Deleted; <by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002>

6. Matters relating to the measures against prohibited acts under Article 37 (1) of the
Telecommunications Business Act;

6-2.
Matters relating to the imposition of penalty charge on any prohibited act under
Article 37-2 (1) of the Telecommunications Business Act;

7. Matters relating to the performance of the prior selection systems of telecommunications
business operators under Article 38-3 (4) of the Telecommunications Business Act,
and those necessary for the

 

 

designation of the prior selection registration center and the
method of its business dispositions, etc.;

8. Matters relating to the plans for mobility of numbers of telecommunications under
Article 38-4 (4) of the Telecommunications Business Act;

9. Matters prescribed by other Acts as the matters to be deliberated by the Korea
Communications Commission; and

10. Other matters deemed by the Minister of Information and Communication to be in need of a
deliberation by the Korea Communications Commission, in order to create an environment of
fair competition of the telecommunications business and to protect the interest of the
users of the telecommunications service.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

Article 40-2 (Ruling by Korea Communications Commission)

(1) The telecommunications business operators or users may make an application to the Korea
Communications Commission for a ruling, in case where an agreement between the parties has
not been reached, or they are unable to make an agreement on the matters falling under any
of the following subparagraphs: <Amended by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

1. Compensation for damages under Article 33-2 of the Telecommunications Business
Act, or compensation for actual expenses under Article 46;

2. The supply of telecommunications facilities and equipment under Article 33-5 (1) and
(2) of the Telecommunications Business Act, the joint utilization of the radio
communications facilities under Article 33-7 (1) and (2) of the same Act, the
interconnection under

 

 

Article 34 (1), the joint use, etc. under Article
34-3 (1), or the conclusion of an agreement on supply, etc. of information under
Article 34-4 (1);

3. The supply of telecommunications facilities and equipment under Article 33-5 (1) and
(2) of the Telecommunications Business Act, the joint utilization of the radio
communications facilities under Article 33-7 (1) and (2) of the same Act, the
interconnection under Article 34 (1), the joint use, etc. under Article
34-3 (1), or the implementation of an agreement on supply, etc. of information under
Article 34-4 (1) or a compensation for damages; and

4. Other disputes related to the telecommunications business, or other matters prescribed by
other Acts as the matters to be ruled by the Korea Communications Commission.

(2) The Korea Communications Commission shall, upon receipt of an application for ruling
under paragraph (1), notify the other party of the relevant fact, and provide him with an
opportunity to state an opinion with fixing a period: Provided, That this shall not apply
in case where the interested parties
fail to comply with it without any justifiable reasons.

(3) The Korea Communications Commission shall, in case where it makes a ruling on the
application for ruling under paragraph (1), forward the document of such ruling to the
parties concerned without delay.

(4) When the Korea Communications Commission makes a ruling, and where a lawsuit has not
been initiated or it has been withdrawn concerning the content of the relevant ruling,
within sixty days from the date when the authentic copy of the document of ruling is served
on the parties concerned, an agreement which is identical with the content of the relevant
ruling is deemed to have been reached between the parties concerned.

 

 

(5) A person who is dissatisfied with the amount which shall be paid or received by the
parties concerned from among the rulings of the Korea Communications Commission, may
request an increase or decrease of the relevant amount by a lawsuit, within sixty days from
the date when he has been served with the written ruling.

(6) In the lawsuit under paragraph (5), the other party shall be the defendant.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

Article 40-3 (Good Offices of Disputes)

The Korea Communications Commission may, in case where deemed inadequate to make a ruling
or when necessary, upon receipt of an application for ruling under Article 40-2
(1), set up the subcommission by cases of dispute, and have such subcommission offer its
good offices thereon.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

Article 41 (Quorum of Voting)

The deliberation of the Korea Communications Commission shall be decided by
concurrent vote of a majority of registered members.

Article 42 (Exclusion, Avoidance, Refrainment of Members)

(1) Any member of the Korea Communications Commission shall, where he falls under any of
the following subparagraphs, be excluded from the deliberation and resolution of a relevant
case:

1. Where he or his spouse or his former spouse is a party to the relevant case, or in a
relationship of a co-creditor or a liable person

 

 

with regard to the relevant case;

2. Where he is or has been in a kinship with a party to the relevant case;

3. Where he or a corporation whereto he belongs serves as a consultant or an advisor on the
legal and management affairs, etc. of a party concerned;

4. Where he or a corporation whereto he belongs testifies or appraises; and

5. Where he or a corporation whereto he belongs intervenes or has intervened as an agent for
a party concerned.

(2) A party concerned may, when the situation exists that makes it difficult to expect a
fair deliberation or resolution, file an application for the avoidance. In this case, the
Korea Communications Commission shall decide on it by a resolution.

(3) A member falling under the causes of paragraph (1) or (2) may refrain by himself from
the deliberation or resolution of a relevant case.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000]

Article 43 (Investigation and Listening to Opinions, etc.)

The Korea Communications Commission may, in case where deemed necessary to deal with a case
for ruling, carry out the acts falling under any of the following subparagraphs, upon a
request from a party concerned or ex officio:

1. A request for the presence of a party concerned or a relevant witness, and listening to
his opinions;

 

 

2. A request to an appraiser for an appraisal;

3. A request for the furnishing of any document or articles related to a case of dispute,
and the provisional holding of furnished document or articles; and

4. An act of letting public officials belonging to the Korea Communications Commission enter
the business place of the party concerned and other places related to the case of dispute
to examine and peruse the documents or articles, or copy such documents.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000]

Article 44 (Operation, etc. of Korea Communications Commission)

Matters necessary for the organization, operation, etc. of the Korea Communications
Commission other than those stipulated in this Act shall be prescribed by the Presidential
Decree.

Article 44-2 (Information and Communications Policy Deliberation Council)

(1) In order to deliberate on the major policies related to the information and
communications falling under any of the following subparagraphs, the Information and
Communications Policy Deliberation Council shall be established under the jurisdiction of
the Ministry of Information and Communication:

1. Basic plans for telecommunications under Article 5;

2. Enforcement plan for technology promotion under Article 8;

 

 

3. Permission for the key communications service under Article 5 (1) of the
Telecommunications Business Act;

4. Principal policies related to the information and communications industry; and

5. Other matters recognized by the Minister of Information and Communication to require the
deliberation by the Information and Communications Policy Deliberation Council.

(2) Matters necessary for the composition and operation of the Information and
Communications Policy Deliberation Council under paragraph (1) shall be determined by the
Presidential Decree.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

CHAPTER V-2 COMMUNICATIONS DISASTER CONTROL

Article 44-3 (Development of Basic Plan for Control of Communications Disaster)

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication shall draw up a basic plan for the
control of communications disaster (hereinafter referred to as the “basic plan”) to prevent
the occurrence of any disaster provided for in the Framework Act on the Management of
Disasters and Safety, any disaster provided for in the Countermeasures against
Natural Disasters Act and any other physical and technical defects, etc. (hereinafter
referred to as the “communications disaster”), and to swiftly control and restore the
communications disaster with respect to telecommunications services rendered by the key
communications business operators prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of
Information and

 

 

Communication (hereinafter referred to as the “key communications business operator”). In
this case, the basic plan shall be deemed a plan in the field of communications from among
the safety management plans provided for in Article 22 of the Framework Act on the
Management of Disasters and Safety and the execution plans for the prevention of
disasters provided for in Article 16 of the Countermeasures against Natural Disasters
Act. <Amended by Act No. 7188, Mar. 11, 2004>

(2) The basic plan shall contain the matters falling under each of the following
subparagraphs:

1. Matters concerning the designation and management of the telecommunications facilities
and equipment that has the high risk of incurring any communications disaster or is needed
to be continuously managed to prevent the occurrence of any communications disaster, and of
the installation area thereof, etc.;

2. Matters concerning the items falling under each of the following items needed to prepare
against any communications disaster:

(a) The security of communications bypass path;

(b) The formation of an information system for combined operation of the telecommunications
line facilities and equipment; and

(c) The security of the goods for the restoration of damages; and

3. Other matters deemed necessary for the control of any communications disaster.

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication shall, when he intends to develop the
basic plan referred to in paragraph (1), establish a guideline for developing such basic
plan and notify key communications business operators of it.

 

 

(4) The key communications business operators shall each draw up a plan for the control of
communications disaster in line with the guideline referred to in paragraph (3) and submit
it to the Minister of Information and Communication.

(5) The Minister of Information and Communication shall put together the plans for the
control of communications disaster submitted by the key communications business operators,
develop the basic plan and fix it after going through a deliberation thereon by the
Communications Disaster Control Committee formed pursuant to Article 44-5.

(6) The Minister of Information and Communication shall notify the key communications
business operators of the matters that are concerned with them in the basic plan that is
finally decided under paragraph (5).

(7) Detailed matters necessary for developing the basic plan shall be prescribed by the
Presidential Decree.

(8) The provisions of paragraphs (3) through (7) shall apply mutatis mutandis to any
alteration of the basic plan.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002]

Article 44-4 (Preparations against Communications Disaster)

(1) In the event that any communications disaster occurs or is obviously expected to occur,
the Minister of Information and Communication may have a key communications business
operator operate his telecommunications facilities and equipment integrated with the
telecommunications facilities and equipment owned by other key telecommunications business
operators or owner of private telecommunications facilities and equipment to ensure smooth

 

 

communications and emergency restoration in the relevant area.

(2) The provisions of Article 22 (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a case where
the actual expense required for integrated operation of the telecommunications
facilities and equipment under paragraph (1) is indemnified.

(3) Necessary matters concerning the integrated operation of the telecommunications
facilities and equipment under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the
Ministry of Information and Communication.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002]

Article 44-5 (Communications Disaster Control Committee)

(1) The Communications Disaster Control Committee shall be established under the Ministry
of Information and Communication with the mandate to deliberate on the matters concerning
the control of communications disaster.

(2) The Communications Disaster Control Committee shall consist of not more than 15
members, including one chairman.

(3) The Minister of Information and Communication shall be the chairman and the members
shall be the vice ministers of the central administrative agencies prescribed by the
Presidential Decree and the persons who are commissioned by the chairman from among the
persons falling under each of the following subparagraphs:

1. Representative of the key communications business operators;

2. Head of an organization of the telecommunications business operators; and

 

 

3. Persons of profound learning and experience in the control of communications disaster.

(4) The Communications Disaster Control Committee shall have a working-level committee for
its efficient operation.

(5) Necessary matters concerning the composition and operation, etc. of the Communications
Disaster Control Committee and the working-level committee
shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002]

Article 44-6 (Functions of Communications Disaster Control Committee)

The Communications Disaster Control Committee shall deliberate on the matters falling under
each of the following subparagraphs:

1. The basic direction for the control of communications disaster;

2. The basic plan; and

3. Other major policy matters concerned with communications disaster that are put on the
agenda by the chairman.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002]

Article 44-7 (Report on Communications Disaster)

Any key communications business operator shall, when any communications disaster occurs
with respect to the telecommunications services rendered by him, report without delay the
current situation, cause of such communications disaster, details of emergency measures,
countermeasures to restore damage, etc. to the Minister of Information and Communication.

 

 

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002]

Article 44-8 (Communications Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters)

(1) In the event that the damage caused by any communications disaster is extensive
requiring a comprehensive measure at the level of the Government, the Minister of
Information and Communication may establish and operate the communications disaster
countermeasures headquarters (hereinafter referred to
as the “countermeasures headquarters”).

(2) The head of the countermeasures headquarters shall be the Minister of Information and
Communication.

(3) Necessary matters concerning the composition, operation, etc. of the countermeasures
headquarters shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

(4) The key communications business operators shall report the current situation, etc. of
the progress in the restoration of damage done by any communications disaster to the
countermeasures headquarters under the conditions as prescribed by the Ordinance of the
Ministry of Information and Communication.

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002]

CHAPTER VI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Article 45 (Report, Inspection, etc.)

 

 

(1) The Minister of Information and Communication may, when the Ordinance of the Ministry
of Information and Communication so determines, have the installer of the
telecommunications facilities and equipment report on the relevant facilities, or have the
public officials belonging to him enter the relevant office, business office, factory or
business place to inspect the status of facilities, account books or documents, etc.
<Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication may, where there exists a person who has
installed the telecommunications facilities and equipment in violation of this Act, order
him to remove the relevant facilities and take other necessary measures. <Amended by Act
No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(3) The provisions of Article 25 (7) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cases
under paragraph (1). <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996; Act No. 7810, Dec. 30,
2005>

(4) In case the investigation or tests under paragraph (1) are conducted, the installer of
the telecommunications facilities and equipment subject to such investigation or tests
shall be notified of plans for such investigation or tests including the date and time,
reasons for and content of such investigation or tests seven days prior to the actual date
of investigation or tests. Provided, this shall not apply to an urgent matter or in case
where it is deemed that the purposes of such investigation or tests are to be interfered
due to destruction of evidence etc, if a prior notice is given. <This Article Newly
Inserted by Act No. 7810, Dec. 30, 2005>

Article 45-2 (Hearing)

The Minister of Information and Communication shall, in case where he intends to make a
disposition falling under any of the following subparagraphs, hold a hearing: <Amended
by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28,

 

 

2000>

1. Cancellation of a designation under Article 33-2 (4); and

2. Cancellation of a type approval under Article 35 (1).

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 5453, Dec. 13, 1997]

Article 46 (Delegation and Entrustment of Authority)

(1) Part of the authority of the Minister of Information and Communication under this Act
may be delegated to the head of Communications Office or of the Radio Research Laboratory,
under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 5219,
Dec. 30, 1996>

(2) The Minister of Information and Communication may commission the tasks under
Article 29 to the Association, under the conditions as prescribed by the
Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

CHAPTER VII PENAL PROVISIONS

Article 47 (Penal Provisions)

(1) A person who has publicly made a false communication over the telecommunications
facilities and equipment for the purpose of harming the public interest shall be punished
by imprisonment for not more 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 and equipment for the purpose of benefiting himself or the third party or
inflicting damages on the third party shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than
three years or by a fine not exceeding 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, it shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine
not exceeding fifty million 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 exceeding 100 million won, and in case of committing the act under paragraph
(2), he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine not
exceeding fifty million won. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 48 (Penal Provisions)

A person who has produced, sold, or imported the telecommunications equipment without
obtaining type approval, in violation of Article 33 (1), shall be punished by
imprisonment for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding thirty million won.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996]

Article 48-2

Deleted. <by Act No. 6360, Jan. 16, 2001>

Article 49 (Penal Provisions)

 

 

A person who falls under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by
imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding ten million won:

1. A person who has installed or modified the telecommunications facilities and equipment
without making a report under the text of Article 17 (1), or who has installed the
telecommunications facilities and equipment without obtaining an approval under the proviso
of the same Article and same paragraph;

2. A person who has installed the private telecommunications facilities and equipment
without making a report or modified report under Article 20 (1);

3. A person who has intermediated other person’s communications by utilizing the private
telecommunications facilities and equipment under Article 21 (1), or who has
operated them in a manner contrary to the installation purposes;

4. A person who has violated an order to provide telecommunications services or other
important communication services, or to interconnect the relevant facilities and equipment
with other telecommunications facilities and equipment under Article 22 (1);

5. A person who has violated an order to suspend the use under Article 23 (2), or an
order to suspend their use, to renovate, or to repair under paragraph (3) of the same
Article;

6. A person who has displayed the telecommunications equipment with intention of sale
without obtaining type approval under Article 33 (1);

7. A person who has violated an order to suspend production under Article 35 (1);

 

 

8. A person who has violated an order to destroy or recall under Article 36 (3); and

9. A person who has violated an order to remove telecommunications facilities under
Article 45 (2).

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002]

Article 50

Deleted. <by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

Article 51 (Joint Penal Provisions)

When the representative of a juristic person, or an agent, employee or any other employed
of the juristic person or an individual commits violations of Articles 48,
48-2 and 49 concerning the business of the relevant juristic person or
individual, the relevant juristic person or individual shall be punished by a fine as
stipulated under the corresponding Articles, in addition to the punishment of the violator.
<Amended by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

Article 52 (Legal Fiction of Public Officials in Application of Penal Provisions)

Members of the Korea Communications Commission who are not public officials from among the
members of the said Committee, a person who carries
out a performance test under Article 33-2 (1), and a person who deals with the
entrusted business under Articles 46 (2), shall be deemed public officials in the
application of Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act. <Amended by
Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 53 (Fine for Negligence)

 

 

(1) A person falling under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by a fine
for negligence not exceeding ten million won: <Amended by Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000;
Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002; Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002>

1. A person who has used the private telecommunications facilities and equipment without
obtaining a confirmation, in contravention of Article 20 (3);

2. A person who has failed to conduct the testing under Article 25 (2) or to record
and manage its results;

3. A person who has committed the act of refusing, evading or obstructing the inspection and
the testing under Article 25 (5);

4. A person who has managed the telecommunications facilities and equipment without setting
forth the management regulations under Article 26 (1);

5. A person who has violated the orders under Article 27;

6. A person who has sold the telecommunications equipment, or displayed it with intention of
sale, without making any indication of type approval, in violation of Article 33
(4);

7. A person who has produced or imported the telecommunications equipment which was judged
as inferior goods by the investigation or test under Article 36 (2), or who has
sold or displayed it with intention of sale while being aware that it was judged as
inferior goods;

8. A person who has refused, obstructed or evaded the inspection and testing under
Article 36 (2);

 

 

9. A person who has failed to submit the plan for the control of communications disaster
required by Article 44-3 (4);

10. A person who has failed to report the communications disaster required by Article
44-7 or made a false report;

11. A person who has failed to report the current situation of the progress in the
restoration of damage, etc. required by Article 44-8 (4) or made a false report;

12. A person who has failed to file a report under Article 45 (1), or filed a false
report; and

13. A person who has refused, obstructed or evaded the inspection under Article 45
(1).

(2) The fine for negligence under paragraph (1) shall be imposed and collected by the
Minister of Information and Communication, under the conditions as prescribed by the
Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

(3) A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition of fine for negligence under paragraph
(2) may raise an objection to the Minister of Information and Communication within 30 days
from the date of notification of such disposition. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30,
1996>

(4) When the person notified of a disposition of fine for negligence under paragraph (2)
raises an objection under paragraph (3), the Minister of Information and Communication
shall notify without delay the competent court thereof, and the court so notified shall
make judgements of a fine for negligence based on the Non-Contentious Case Litigation
Procedure Act. <Amended by Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

 

 

(5) In case where neither an objection to nor the payment of the fine for negligence within
the period specified under paragraph (3) is made, it shall be collected pursuant to the
example of the disposition on the national taxes in arrears.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 4393, Aug. 10, 1991>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force four months after the date of its promulgation.

Article 2 (Transitional Measures on Confirmation of Technical Criteria Suitability)

The person who installed the telecommunications line facilities and equipment and ran the
public telecommunications business, at the time of implementation of this Act, shall obtain
confirmation from the Minister of Information and Communication as stipulated under
Article 25 (2), on the telecommunications facilities and equipment already
installed within one year from the effective date of this Act.

Article 3 (Transitional Measures on Management Rules)

The person who installed the telecommunications line facilities and equipment and ran the
public telecommunications business, at the time of implementation of this Act, shall make
the management rules pursuant to Article 26 and report to the Minister of
Information and Communication within one year from the time when this Act enters into
force.

 

 

Article 4 (Transitional Measures on Type Approval)

The telecommunications equipment that already obtained the type approval under Article
30 (1), at the time of implementation of this Act, shall be presumed to have obtained
the type approval from the Minister of Information and Communication pursuant to
Article 33 (1), and the valid period shall be presumed to have been renewed
pursuant to Article 34 (1) at the time when this Act enters into force.

Article 5 (Transitional Measures on Association)

(1) The incorporated juristic person, Korea Telecommunications Technology Association
established pursuant to Article 32 of the Civil Act (hereinafter referred to as the
“juristic person”), at the time when this Act enters into force, may apply for the approval
from the Minister of Information and Communication in order that the Association to be
established pursuant to Article 30 of this Act may succeed all rights and duties of the foundation,
through resolutions of the board of directors thereof.

(2) The juristic person which obtained the approval through application, pursuant to the
above paragraph (1), shall be presumed to be dissolved in spite of the provisions
concerning dissolution and liquidation of a juristic person in the Civil Act,
simultaneously with establishment of the Association under this Act, and the Association to
be established pursuant to this Act shall succeed all rights and duties that belonged to
the foundation.

Article 6 (Transitional Measures on Approval, etc.)

In case where there exist corresponding provisions in this Act, apart from Articles
2 and 4 of the Addenda, to those approval, license,

 

 

measures, orders,
application, etc., pursuant to the former provisions, at the time when this Act enters into
force, then these shall be presumed to have been made pursuant to this Act.

Article 7

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 4528, Dec. 8, 1992>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force six moths after the date of its promulgation.

Articles 2 through 11

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 4541, Mar. 6, 1993>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)

Articles 2 through 5

Omitted.

 

 

          ADDENDA <Act No. 4905, Jan. 5, 1995>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force three moths after the date of its promulgation: Provided,
That the preparatory works for enforcement of Article 2 (1) of the Addenda may be
initiated even before the enforcement date of this Act.

Article 2 (Transitional Measures, etc. on Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)

(1) When the foundational juristic person, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research
Institute established under an approval of the Minister of Information and Communication
pursuant to Article 32 of the Civil Act at the time when this Act entered into
force, obtains an approval from the Minister of Information and Communication on a
succession of its status via the resolution of the board of directors, it shall be
considered as the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute established under
the amendment to Article 15-2 (hereinafter referred to as the “Research
Institute”).

(2) When the foundational juristic person, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research
Institute obtains an approval under paragraph (1), it shall without delay file a
registration of incorporation for the research institute. In this case, the foundational
juristic person, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, shall be
considered to have been dissolved.

 

 

(3) In a case of paragraph (1), all properties, rights and duties of the foundational
juristic person, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, shall be
presumed to belong to the Research Institute, and the title of the foundational juristic
person, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute on the register and
public books, etc. related to its property, rights and duties shall be considered as that
of the Research Institute.

(4) The value of property which is considered as that of the Research Institute under
paragraph (3), shall be calculated according to a book value, based on the
prior date of the registration of incorporation under paragraph (2).

(5) In a case of paragraph (1), the activities done before the enforcement of this Act by
the foundational juristic person, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research
Institute, shall be presumed to have been done by the Research Institute under this Act,
and the activities done before the enforcement of this Act against the foundational
juristic person, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, shall be
presumed to have been done against the Research Institute under this Act.

(6) In a case of paragraph (1), the officers and employees of the foundational juristic
person, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute at the time when this Act
enters into force, shall be presumed to have been elected or appointed to the positions of
the Research Institute. In this case, the tenure of office for officers shall be reckoned
from the date elected as an officer of the foundational juristic person, the Electronics
and Telecommunications Research Institute.

     Article 3 (Transitional Measures on Supply Agreements of Telecommunications Facilities and
Equipment)

The approval of supply agreements of the telecommunications

 

 

facilities and equipment,
obtained pursuant to former Article 18 at the time when this Act enters into force,
shall be presumed as the report done pursuant to the amended provisions of Article
18.

Article 4 (Transitional Measures on Valid Period of Type Approval)

The valid period of the telecommunications facilities and equipment, the type approval of
which were obtained pursuant to Article 33, prior to enforcement of this Act, but
the valid period thereof has not been expired, shall be regulated pursuant to the amended
provisions of Article 34, In this case, the valid period shall be reckoned from the
type approval date obtained.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 5219, Dec. 30, 1996>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force one month after the date of its promulgation.

Article 2 (Transitional Measures on Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, etc.)

(1) The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, under the previous
provisions at the time when this Act enters into force, shall be deemed the research
institute established pursuant to the amended provisions of Article 15-2.

(2) The Korea Telecommunications Technology Association under the previous provisions at
the time when this act enters into force

 

 

shall be deemed the Association established
pursuant to the amended provisions of Article 30.

Article 3 (Transitional Measures on Installation of Private Telecommunications Facilities and
Equipment)

The person who has obtained the permission of installation or permission of modified
installation of the private telecommunications facilities and equipment, pursuant to the
previous provisions at the time when this Act enters into force, shall be deemed to have
made a report to the relevant authority pursuant to the amended provisions of Article
20 (1).

Article 4

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 5385, Aug. 28, 1997>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 1998.

Articles 2 through 8

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 5386, Aug. 28, 1997>

 

 

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 1998. (Proviso Omitted.)

Articles 2 through 8

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 5453, Dec. 13, 1997>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 1998. (Proviso Omitted.)

Article 2

Omitted.

        ADDENDUM <Act No. 5454, Dec. 13, 1997>

This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 1998. (Proviso Omitted.)

          ADDENDA <Act No. 5733, Jan. 29, 1999>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.

 

 

Articles 2 through 11

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 6231, Jan. 28, 2000>

(1) (Enforcement Date) This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its
promulgation.

(2) (Transitional Measures concerning Penal Provisions) In the application of the penal
provisions to any act committed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the previous
provisions shall govern.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 6360, Jan. 16, 2001>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on July 1, 2001.

Articles 2 through 6

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 6602, Jan. 14, 2002>

(1) (Enforcement Date) This Act shall enter into force on July 1, 2002.

 

 

(2) (Transitional Measures concerning Penal Provisions) In the application of the penal
provisions to any act committed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the previous
provisions shall govern.

(3) Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 6656, Feb. 4, 2002>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2003.

Articles 2 through 12

Omitted.

          ADDENDUM <Act No. 6823, Dec. 26, 2002>

This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 7188, Mar. 11, 2004>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force on the date as prescribed by the Presidential Decree within
the limit not exceeding three months after the date of its promulgation.

 

 

Articles 2 through 11

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 7210, Mar. 22, 2004>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation.

Articles 2 through 16

Omitted.

          ADDENDA (The Railroad Services Act) <Act No. 7303, Dec. 31, 2004>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.

Article 2 through 5

Omitted.

Article 6 (Amendment of Other Acts, etc.)

(1) through (7) omitted.

(8) The Railroad Services Act shall be amended, in part, as follows:
In Article 30-2 (1) 2, “Article 2 (1) of the Railroad Act” shall be “Article 2 (1) of
the Railroad Services Act.”

Article 7

 

 

Omitted.

          ADDENDA <Act No. 7810, Dec.30, 2005>

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Act shall enter into three months after the date of its promulgation.

Article 2 (Transitional Measures)

     The research and development contributions imposed to key communications business operators
pursuant to Article 5 and article 10 of the Telecommunications Business Act prior to the
enforcement of this Act and the research and development contributions imposed to specific
communications business operators pursuant to Article 19 of the Telecommunications Business Act
shall be governed by the previous provisions.

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