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Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act — Article 8 (Prohibition of unreasonable cancellation of entrustment)

하도급거래 공정화에 관한 법률 제8조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-12-17. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) No prime contractor shall perform an act falling under any of the following subparagraphs, unless any reason attributable to the subcontractor exists after entrusting the subcontractor with manufacturing, etc.; provided, where the supply of labor among the entrustment of service is entrusted, subparagraph 2 shall not apply:

1. Arbitrarily canceling or altering the entrustment with manufacturing, etc.;

2. Refusing or delaying the receipt or takeover of the delivered, etc. subject matter, etc.

(2) Where the subject matter, etc. are delivered, etc., the prime contractor shall immediately issue a certificate of receipt to the subcontractor (immediately after the completion of inspection in cases of opening a local letter of credit pursuant to Article 7) even before an inspection except for cases of entrustment of supply of labor; provided, for entrustment with construction, he or she shall take over the object immediately after the inspection is completed.

(3) "Receipt" in paragraph (1) 2 means that the prime contractor places the subject matter, etc. under actual control, which have been delivered by the subcontractor; provided, where it is difficult to move the subject matter, etc., the time when the inspection commences shall be deemed the time of receipt.[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 1, 2009]

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