(1) A written order of deportation shall be executed by an immigration control official.
(2) The head of a Regional Immigration Service may entrust a judicial police official to execute a written order of deportation. <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014>
(3) In executing a written order of deportation, the written order of deportation shall be produced to the person subject to such order, and the person shall be repatriated without delay to the country of repatriation under Article 64; provided, if the captain of a ship, etc. or a forwarding agent is required to repatriate him or her under Article 76(1), an immigration control official may hand over such person to the captain of the ship, etc. or the forwarding agent. <Amended on Dec. 12, 2017>
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), no person subject to a deportation order shall be repatriated in any of the following circumstances; provided, this shall not apply where a person who has applied for refugee status under the Refugee Act endangers or is likely to endanger the public security of the Republic of Korea: <Amended on Feb. 10, 2012>
1. Where he or she applied for refugee status pursuant to the Refugee Act but a decision on whether to grant refugee status has not been made;
2. Where he or she filed an objection pursuant to Article 21 of the Refugee Act, but the examination thereof has not yet finished.[This Article Wholly Amended on May 14, 2010]