A person who, by destroying an accommodating device or shackle, or using violence or intimidation to others, or accompanied by two or more persons, commits the crime of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than seven years.
Laws › Criminal Act › CHAPTER IX CRIMES OF ESCAPE AND HARBORING CRIMINALS
Criminal Act — Article 146 (Special Escape)
형법 제146조
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.
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