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Criminal Act — Article 301-2 (Killing Another or Causing Death of Another by Rape)

형법 제301조의2

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.

A person who commits any of the crimes of Articles 297, 297-2, and 298 through 300 and kills a victim of such crime shall be punished by death or imprisonment with labor for an indefinite term. If the commission of such crime results in the death of the victim, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for an indefinite term or for at least ten years. <Amended on Dec. 18, 2012>[This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 29, 1995]

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