(1) Where the Minister of Justice intends to prohibit a national from departing from the Republic of Korea pursuant to Article 4 (1) or (2) of the Act, he or she shall seek opinions of, or request related data from, the heads of relevant agencies. <Amended on Jan. 13, 2012>
(2) Where the head of a central administrative agency or the head of a relevant agency prescribed by the Minister of Justice makes a request prohibiting a national's departure from the Republic of Korea pursuant to Article 4 (3) of the Act, to the Minister of Justice, he or she shall submit a written request prohibiting the national's departure from the Republic of Korea that contains the grounds therefor and the period during which the national' departure from the Republic of Korea shall be prohibited, and shall be accompanied by documents prescribed by Ministerial Decree of the Justice, to the Minister of Justice; provided, a request prohibiting a national' departure from the Republic of Korea in connection with the affairs under the jurisdiction of the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (including the head of an administrative Si established under Article 11 of the Special Act on the Establishment of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the Development of Free International City, and the head of a Gu includes the head of an autonomous Gu; hereinafter the same shall apply) shall be made by the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, the Metropolitan City Mayors or the Do Governors (including the Special Self-Governing Province Governor; hereinafter the same shall apply), but the head of a large city with a population of at least 1 million persons under Article 198 (2) 1 of the Local Autonomy Act shall directly make a request prohibiting a national's departure from the Republic of Korea. <Amended on Jan. 13, 2012; Jan. 22, 2016; Dec. 12, 2023>
(3) No period during which a national's departure from the Republic of Korea shall be prohibited under the main clause of paragraph (2) shall exceed the period under Article 4 (1) or (2) of the Act. <Amended on Jan. 13, 2012>[This Article Wholly Amended on Nov. 1, 2011]