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Enforcement Decree of the Immigration Act — Article 70 (Decision on request for examination)

출입국관리법 시행령 제70조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-06-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) The Immigration Detention Review Committee shall make a decision on a request for examination within 3 weeks from the date it receives a written request for examination from the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office, the head of a branch office, or the head of a detention center in accordance with Article 69 (2); provided, if there are unavoidable reasons, the period may be extended only once within the scope of 2 weeks.

(2) When the Immigration Detention Review Committee has made a decision on request for examination, it shall prepare a written decision on request for examination stating the adjudication, reasons, applicable legal provisions to the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office, the head of a branch office, or the head of a detention center, and the Minister of Justice.

(3) The Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office, the head of a branch office, or the head of a detention center notified in accordance with paragraph (2) shall send a written decision on request for examination to a person who has filed such request for examination.

(4) Where the Immigration Detention Review Committee decides to revoke the detention of a request for examination in accordance with Article 55 (2) of the Act, the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of an office, the head of a branch office, or the head of a detention center shall immediately revoke the detention of the relevant alien. In such cases, a written request for release from detention shall be sent to the head of a detention facility which detains the alien to be released from detention.[This Article Wholly Amended on May 27, 2025]

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