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Enforcement Decree of the Commercial Act
상법 시행령
This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2026-07-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-23) — check the Korean original.
Articles
- PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1 Purpose
- Article 2 Scope of petty merchants
- Article 3 Preservation of documents by electronic information processing system
- PART II COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
- Article 4 Scope of lakes, rivers, ports, and bays
- PART III COMPANIES
- Article 5 Scope of financial statements of limited liability companies
- Article 6 Public announcement of companies by electronic means
- Article 7 Exemption of inspector's duties to investigate and report
- Article 8 Qualification for transfer agents
- Article 9 Methods for acquisition of own shares
- Article 10 Guidelines for acquisition of own shares
- Article 11 Electronic register of shareholders
- Article 12 Rejection of shareholders' proposals
- Article 13 Exercise of voting rights by electronic means
- Article 14 Exemption from investigation of investment in kind
- Article 15 Accounting principles
- Article 16 Scope of financial statements of stock companies
- Article 17 Contents of business reports
- Article 18 Extent of capital reserves to be set aside
- Article 19 Scope of unrealized profits
- Article 20 Issuance of corporate bonds
- Article 21 Issuance of participating bonds
- Article 22 Issuance of exchangeable bonds
- Article 23 Issuance of redeemable bonds
- Article 24 Issuance of derivative-linked bonds
- Article 25 Contents of bond subscription agreement form
- Article 26 Eligibility as bond administration companies
- Article 27 Special interests in bond issuing company
- Article 28 Reporting of dormant companies
- Article 29 Scope of application of special provisions concerning listed companies
- Article 30 Stock options
- Article 31 Public announcement of convocation of general meetings of shareholders
- Article 32 Companies subject to reduced requirements for exercise of minority shareholders' rights
- Article 33 Companies subject to special provisions concerning cumulative voting
- Article 34 Outside directors of listed companies
- Article 35 Transactions with interested persons including major shareholders
- Article 36 Full-time auditors
- Article 37 Audit committees
- Article 38 Restrictions on voting rights on appointment or dismissal of auditors
- Article 39 Scope of application of compliance guidelines and compliance officers
- Article 40 Compliance guidelines
- Article 41 Qualification criteria for compliance officers
- Article 42 Restrictions on duties of compliance officers
- Article 43 Scope of documents equivalent to balance sheets
- Article 44 Procedures for imposition and collection of administrative fines
- PART IV MARINE COMMERCE
- Article 45 Scope of ships excluded from application of provisions in part for marine commerce
- Article 46 Extent of navigable coastal areas
- PART V CARRIAGE BY AIR
- Article 47 Scope of ultra-light planes
- Article 48 Scope of aircraft excluded from application mutatis mutandis of provisions for carriage by air
- Article 49 Advance payments for aircraft accidents