Where the driver of an emergency motor vehicle (limited to motor vehicles referred to in subparagraph 22 (a) through (c) of Article 2 and motor vehicles for police prescribed by Presidential Decree) causes a traffic accident in the course of operating it for its own emergency purpose, the punishment provided for in Article 151 hereof, Article 3 (1) of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents, or Article 5-13 of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes may be reduced or exempted. <Amended on Jan. 12, 2021>[This Article Added on Jan. 27, 2016]
Laws › Road Traffic Act › CHAPTER XIII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Road Traffic Act — Article 158-2 (Reduction or exemption of punishment)
도로교통법 제158조의2
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