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Occupational Safety and Health Act — Article 169 (Penalty provisions)

산업안전보건법 제169조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-08-01) — check the Korean original.

Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for up to three years or by a fine not exceeding 30 million won: <Amended on Mar. 31, 2020>

1. Any person who violates the latter part of Article 44(1), or Article 63 (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2), 76, 81, 82(2), 84(1), 87(1), 118(3), 123(1), 139(1), or 140(1) (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2);

2. Any person who violates any order issued under the latter part of Article 45(1), or Article 46(5), 53(1) (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2), 87(2), 118(4), 119(4), or 131(1) (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis in Article 166-2);

3. Any person who conducts duties of evaluating safety and health prescribed in Article 58(3) or the latter part of paragraph (5) of that Article (including cases applicable mutatis mutandis under Article 59(2)), which are entrusted to him or her under Article 165(2), by fraud or other improper means;

4. Any person who conducts duties related to safety certification prescribed in Article 84(1) and (3), which are entrusted to him or her under Article 165(2), by fraud or other improper means;

5. Any person who conducts duties related to safety inspections prescribed in Article 93(1), which are entrusted to him or her under Article 165(2), by fraud or other improper means;

6. Any person who conducts duties related to safety inspections according to voluntary inspection programs prescribed in Article 98, by fraud or other improper means.

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