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Immigration Act — Article 48 (Requests to appear and interrogation of suspects)

출입국관리법 제48조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2026-01-23. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) If necessary for conducting an investigation under Article 47, an immigration control official may request a suspect to appear before him or her and may interrogate the suspect.

(2) An immigration control official shall conduct an interrogation under paragraph (1) in the presence of another immigration control official.

(3) In conducting an interrogation under paragraph (1), any statement made by a suspect shall be entered into the interrogatory.

(4) An immigration control official shall read the interrogatory prepared under paragraph (3) to the suspect or allow the suspect to inspect it and inquire of the suspect where any clerical error exists in the interrogatory, and if the suspect requests any addition to, deletion or change of the content thereof, the immigration control official shall enter such statement in the interrogatory.

(5) A suspect shall affix his or her seal across the folds of each page, and sign or affix his or her name and seal to the interrogatory, and if the suspect is unable or refuses to affix his or her name and seal, such fact shall be entered in the interrogatory.

(6) Any statement made by a person unable to make himself or herself understood in the Korean language or a person with hearing impairment or language impairment shall be interpreted by an interpreter; provided, a person with hearing impairment or language impairment may be interrogated or make a statement in writing.

(7) Any texts or signs in the statement made by a suspect, which are not in the Korean language, shall be translated into the Korean language.[This Article Wholly Amended on May 14, 2010]

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