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Criminal Act — Article 116 (Failure of Dispersion of Masses)

형법 제116조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2023-08-08. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

Persons who assemble in large number for the purpose of using violence or intimidation or taking destructive act and do not disperse after being ordered to do so for three or more times by officials authorized to control such matters, shall be punished by imprisonment with or without labor for not more than two years or by a fine not exceeding three million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>

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