(1) If a customs officer receives money or valuables in connection with his or her duties, it shall be requested, in the processing of a disciplinary action, etc. under Article 82 of the State Public Officials Act, to adopt a resolution to impose a disciplinary additional charge not exceeding five times the value of the money or valuables received.
(2) Where a customs officer subject to a disciplinary action has received a criminal punishment or has fulfilled his or her obligation of compensation, etc. (including cases of confiscation or additional collection) under any other Act before or after a resolution to impose a disciplinary additional charge is adopted pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall be requested to the disciplinary committee to adopt a resolution to impose the reduced amount of the disciplinary additional charge or to reduce or exempt the disciplinary additional charge.
(3) Article 78 (4) of the State Public Officials Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the request to adopt a resolution to impose a disciplinary additional charge under paragraph (1) or (2). In such cases, "request for a disciplinary resolution" shall be deemed "request for a resolution on the imposition of a disciplinary additional charge".
(4) When a person issued with a disposition of a disciplinary additional charge under paragraph (1) fails to pay the additional charge within the payment due date, the disciplinary authority may collect it in the same manner as delinquent national taxes are collected. <Amended on Dec. 29, 2020>
(5) The head of a customs office shall impose on a person who has offered money or valuables to a customs officer, an administrative fine between two to five times the corresponding amount of the relevant money or valuables: Provided, That no administrative fine shall be imposed if the relevant person has received a criminal punishment under any other Act such as the Criminal Act, and the imposition of an administrative fine shall be canceled if the relevant person has received a criminal punishment after the administrative fine was imposed. <Amended on Dec. 31, 2019>[This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 19, 2017]