(1) When the head of a Regional Immigration Service obtains positive evidence on a crime as a result of investigating an immigration offender, he or she may issue the immigration offender a written notice to pay an amount equivalent to a fine (hereinafter referred to as "penalty") at a designated place stating the grounds therefor. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014>
(2) If a person in receipt of the written notice under paragraph (1) intends to pay the penalty provisionally, the head of the Regional Immigration Service may allow the person to do so. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014>
(3) If it is deemed that the circumstances of a crime warrant sentencing to imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment as a result of an investigation, the head of the Regional Immigration Service shall immediately bring an accusation. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014>
(4) Articles 47 through 50 shall apply mutatis mutandis to investigations of immigration offenders. In such cases, the interrogation record of suspects shall be deemed an interrogation protocol of suspects under Article 244 of the Criminal Procedure Act.[This Article Wholly Amended on May 14, 2010]