(1) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any transaction in which a business operator (excluding a multi-level marketer as defined in subparagraph 6 of Article 2 of the Act on Door-to-Door Sales; hereafter in this paragraph the same shall apply) makes a purchase for the purpose of commercial activity; provided, this shall not apply where such business operator conducts a transaction under the same terms and with the same status as other consumers.
(2) The provisions relating to the duty to deliver documents (including electronic documents; hereinafter the same shall apply) on the contents of the contract pursuant to Article 13(2) shall not apply to the following transactions; provided, in the case falling under subparagraph 1, the contents or the delivery methods of the documents on the contents of the contract may be determined differently, as prescribed by Prime Ministerial Decree:
1. Transactions that consumers conduct at any time in accordance with the already familiar terms and conditions, or standard transaction methods, which are prescribed by Prime Ministerial Decree;
2. Transactions in which the duty to tender contractual documents, etc. are otherwise provided for in other statutes.
(3) Articles 13 through 15 and 17 through 19 shall not apply to a mail order distributor providing mail order brokerage between persons other than mail order distributors.
(4) Articles 12 through 15, 17 through 20, and 20-2 shall not apply to the transactions of securities by investment traders and investment brokers under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, transactions of financial instruments by financial companies, etc. prescribed by Presidential Decree, and transactions for the sale of daily necessities, food, beverage, etc. to the neighborhood.[This Article Wholly Amended on Feb. 17, 2012]