(1) To deliberate on and mediate disputes arising in relation to housing leases subject to this Act, a housing lease dispute conciliation committee (hereinafter referred to as "conciliation committee") shall be established in each branch of the Korea Legal Aid Corporation established under Article 8 of the Legal Aid Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"), each branch office or business office of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation established under the Korea Land and Housing Corporation Act (hereinafter referred to as "LH"), and each branch office or business office of the Korea Appraisal Board established under the Korea Appraisal Board Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Appraisal Board"), as prescribed by Presidential Decree. The Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, a Special Self-Governing City, a Do or a Special Self-Governing Province (hereinafter referred to as "City/Do") may establish a conciliation committee, taking the actual conditions of the relevant local government into consideration. <Amended on Jul. 31, 2020>
(2) Conciliation committees shall deliberate on and mediate the following matters:
1. Disputes over increasing or reducing rents or deposits;
2. Disputes over the lease period;
3. Disputes over the return of deposits or of possession leased houses;
4. Disputes over the duty to maintain and repair leased houses;
5. Other disputes prescribed by Presidential Decree in relation to housing leases.
(3) In order to manage the administrative affairs of a conciliation committee, a secretariat shall be established under the conciliation committee; the organizational structure and human resources of the secretariat and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(4) No person in charge of the affairs of a conciliation committee at the secretariat shall concurrently engage in the affairs relating to any other position except for the affairs of the secretariat of the commercial building lease dispute conciliation committee under Article 20 of the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act. <Amended on Oct. 16, 2018>[This Article Added on May 29, 2016]