A person who manufactures, imports, or sells an instrument for smoking opium or who possesses it for the purpose of sale shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years.
Laws › Criminal Act › CHAPTER XVII CRIMES CONCERNING OPIUM
Criminal Act — Article 199 (Manufacture of Opium Smoking Instrument)
형법 제199조
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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