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Foreign Exchange Transactions Act
외국환거래법
This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2021-09-16. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-01-02) — check the Korean original.
Articles
- CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1 Purpose
- Article 2 Objects of Application
- Article 3 Definitions
- Article 4 Striving for Facilitation of Foreign Transactions
- Article 5 Exchange Rates
- Article 6 Suspension of Foreign Exchange Transactions
- Article 7 null
- CHAPTER II FOREIGN EXCHANGE AGENCIES
- Article 8 Registration of Foreign Exchange Business
- Article 9 Foreign Exchange Brokerage
- Article 10 Obligations in Performing Business Affairs
- Article 10-2 Entrustment of Some Affairs Necessary for Foreign Exchange Affairs
- Article 11 Supervision of Business and Regulation of Soundness
- Article 11-2 Macro-Prudential Stability Levies
- Article 11-3 Collection of Levies and Filing Objections
- Article 12 Revocation of Authorization
- Article 12-2 Penalty Surcharges
- CHAPTER III FOREIGN EXCHANGE EQUALIZATION FUND
- Article 13 Foreign Exchange Equalization Fund
- Article 14 Redemption of Principal and Interest of Foreign Exchange Equalization Fund Bonds
- CHAPTER IV PAYMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS
- Article 15 Payment Procedures
- Article 16 Reporting on Methods of Payment or Receipt
- Article 17 Reporting on Export and Import of Means of Payment
- Article 18 Reporting on Capital Transactions
- CHAPTER V SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
- Article 19 Warnings and Suspension of Transactions
- Article 20 Reporting and Inspection
- Article 21 Notification to Commissioner of National Tax Service
- Article 22 Confidentiality of Foreign Exchange Transactions
- Article 23 Delegation and Entrustment of Authority
- Article 24 Permission by Electronic Documents
- Article 25 Management of Administrative Affairs
- Article 26 Relationship to Other Statutes
- CHAPTER VI PENALTY PROVISIONS
- Article 27 Penalty Provisions
- Article 27-2 Penalty Provisions
- Article 28 Penalty Provisions
- Article 29 Penalty Provisions
- Article 30 Confiscation or Additional Collection
- Article 31 Joint Penalty Provisions
- Article 32 Administrative Fines