A person who defiles a corpse, remains, or the hair of the dead, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than two years or by a fine not exceeding five million won.[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 8, 2020]
Laws › Criminal Act › CHAPTER XII CRIMES CONCERNING DECEASED PERSONS
Criminal Act — Article 159 (Defiling Corpse)
형법 제159조
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