A person who manufactures, imports, or sells opium, morphine, or its composite or who possesses it for the purpose of sale, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than ten years.
Laws › Criminal Act › CHAPTER XVII CRIMES CONCERNING OPIUM
Criminal Act — Article 198 (Manufacture of Opium)
형법 제198조
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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