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Road Traffic Act — Article 152 (Penalty provisions)

도로교통법 제152조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-07-22. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-01) — check the Korean original.

Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding three million won: <Amended on Oct. 19, 2021; Oct. 24, 2023>

1. A person who has driven a motor vehicle without obtaining a driver's license (excluding a motorcycle driver's license; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply) under Article 80 (including cases where the driver's license is suspended) or an international driver's license or a mutually recognized foreign driver's license (including cases where the driving of any motor vehicle is prohibited and the effective period has expired) under Article 96, in violation of Article 43;1-2. A person who has obtained a conditional driver's license and drives any motor vehicle, etc. in which an ignition interlock device is not installed or an ignition interlock device that fails to meet the installation standards in violation of Article 50-3 (3);

2. Any employer, etc. who has caused any person who has no driver's license (including any person whose driver's license is suspended) to drive any motor vehicle, in violation of Article 56 (2);

3. A person who has received a driver's license or a certificate of a driver's license or any certificate in lieu of a driver's license by fraud or other improper means;

4. A person who disposed of Articles on the road, which can impede the flow of traffic without permission therefor, in violation of Article 68 (2);

5. The head of any traffic safety educational institution who has caused any person who is not a traffic safety education instructor to conduct the traffic safety education, in violation of Article 76 (4);

6. A person who has used any similar name, etc., in violation of Article 117.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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