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Immigration Act — Article 93-3 (Penalty provisions)

출입국관리법 제93조의3

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.

Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding 50 million won:

1. A person who enters the Republic of Korea without undergoing an entry inspection, in violation of Article 12(1) or (2);

2. A person who divulges confidential information that he or she has learned in the course of performing his or her duties to any third person or uses it for other purposes than his or her duties, in violation of Article 91-2(3);

3. A person who commits a violation provided in any subparagraph of Article 93-2(2) (excluding a person who commits such violation for profit-making).[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2020]

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