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Patent Act — Article 232 (Administrative Fines)

특허법 제232조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2024-08-21. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2025-11-11) — check the Korean original.

(1) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding 500,000 won:

1. A person who makes a false statement before the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board under oath taken under Article 299 (2) or 367 of the Civil Procedure Act;

2. A person who has been ordered by the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board to submit or present a document or any other thing in connection with examination or preservation of evidence, but fails to comply with the order without just grounds;

3. A person who has been summoned by the Korean Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board to appear as a witness, expert witness, or interpreter, but fails to comply with the summon, or refuses to take an oath or make a statement as a witness, expert, or interpreter, without just grounds.

(2) Administrative fines referred to in paragraph (1) shall be imposed and collected by the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 11, 2014]

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