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Criminal Act — Article 340 (Piracy)

형법 제340조

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, through the threat of collective force in the sea, forcibly seizes a ship or forcibly takes another's property after intruding upon a ship, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for an indefinite term or for at least seven years.

(2) A person who commits the crime of paragraph (1), thereby inflicting or causing injury to another, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for an indefinite term or for at least ten years. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>

(3) A person who commits the crime of paragraph (1), thereby killing another or causing another person's death or committing rape, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment with labor for an indefinite term. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995; Dec. 18, 2012>

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