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Criminal Act — Article 164 (Setting Fire to Present Living Building)

형법 제164조

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.

(1) A person who sets fire to and burns any building which any person uses as a residence, or any building, train, street car, automobile, ship, aircraft, or underground mining facilities in which any person exists shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for an indefinite term or for at least three years.

(2) A person who commits a crime prescribed in paragraph (1) to injure a person shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for an indefinite term or for at least five years. If it results in death, he or she shall be punished by death or imprisonment with labor for an indefinite term or for at least seven years.[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 8, 2020]

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