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Road Traffic Act — Article 164 (Payment of penalty)

도로교통법 제164조

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.

(1) A person who receives a notice for the payment of a penalty pursuant to Article 163 shall pay such penalty to the national treasury bank or its branch office or agency, or a post office designated by the Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency or any financial company, etc. or its branch office designated by the Governor of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province within 10 days from the date on which he or she receives a penalty payment notification; provided, when he or she is unable to pay the penalty within the period due to natural disaster or inevitable reasons, he or she shall pay the penalty within 5 days from the date on which such inevitable reasons cease to exist.

(2) A person who fails to pay the penalty within the payment period referred to in paragraph (1) shall pay the amount of the penalty in addition to 20/100 of the amount of penalty of which he or she is notified within 20 days from the date following the date on which the payment period expires.

(3) No one who pays a penalty pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) shall be punished any further again for the selfsame offense.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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