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Criminal Act — Article 228 (Untrue Entry in Officially Authenticated Original Deed)

형법 제228조

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) Any person who makes a false report to a public official and has that official enter record any false fact in the authentic deed or identical special media records, such as electronic records, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or a fine not exceeding ten million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>

(2) A person who makes an untrue statement to a public official, thereby causing a false entry to be made in a license, permit, registration certificate or passport, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding seven million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>

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