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Criminal Act — Article 258 (Aggravated Bodily Injury on Other or on Lineal Ascendant)

형법 제258조

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 inflicts bodily injury upon another, thereby endangering one’s life, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for at least one year up to ten years.

(2) The preceding paragraph shall apply to a person who, in consequence of injuring another, causes one to be crippled or incurably or hopelessly diseased.

(3) If a person commits any of the crimes of the preceding two paragraphs against any of his or her lineal ascendants or any of lineal ascendants of his or her spouse, the person shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for at least two years up to 15 years. <Amended on Jan. 6, 2016>

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