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Immigration Act — Article 84 (Obligation to notify)

출입국관리법 제84조

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) Any public official of the State or a local government finds a person falling under any subparagraph of Article 46(1) or a person deemed to have violated this Act, in the course of performing his or her duties, shall notify, without delay, the head of the competent Regional Immigration Service of the person; provided, this shall not apply where the public official is deemed unable to achieve the very purpose of performing his or her duties due to his or her notification in circumstances prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jan. 26, 2012; Mar. 18, 2014>

(2) If an alien subject to notification under paragraph (1) falls under any of the following cases, the head of a prison, juvenile prison, house of detention or its branch, protective custody office, medical treatment and custody office, or juvenile reformatory shall notify, without delay, the head of the competent Regional Immigration Service thereof: <Amended on Mar. 18, 2014>

1. Where it is determined to release the alien subject to execution of a penalty upon termination of his or her prison term or suspension of enforcement of sentence, or on any other ground;

2. Where it is determined to release the alien in detention under protective or medical custody;

3. Where it is determined to release the alien detained in a juvenile reformatory under the Juvenile Act from such reformatory.[This Article Wholly Amended on May 14, 2010]

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