(1) Subcontract transactions (including transactions to which Article 13 (11) applies; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply) subject to the investigation by the Fair Trade Commission as prescribed in Article 22 (2) shall be limited to those for which three years have not passed from the date the transaction was completed (in cases of violation of Article 12-3, seven years from the date the transaction was completed; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply); provided, in cases of any subcontract transaction which is reported within three years from the date the transaction was completed pursuant to the former part of Article 22 (1) or any subcontract transaction over which a party to the dispute who falls under Article 24-4 (1) 1 or 2 requests dispute mediation, an investigation may be commenced even after three years have passed from the date the transaction was completed. <Amended on Jan. 25, 2010; Jul. 24, 2015; Jan. 16, 2018; Apr. 17, 2018>
(2) "Date the transaction was completed" in paragraph (1) means; the date a subcontractor delivers and hands over the subject matter, etc. to a prime contractor in cases of entrustment with manufacturing, entrustment with repair, or the preparation of knowledge and information-related products among entrustment with service; the date a subcontractor completes the supply of the entrusted labor to a prime contractor in cases of the supply of labor among entrustment with service; and the date on which the construction work, which a prime contractor has entrusted to a subcontractor, is completed in cases of entrustment with construction; provided, if a subcontract is revoked before completion or a subcontract transaction is suspended, it means the date of the revocation or suspension. <Added on Jan. 25, 2010>[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 1, 2009]