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Road Traffic Act — Article 165 (Treatment of persons who fail to implement notification disposition)

도로교통법 제165조

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) The chief of a police station or the Governor of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province shall file a claim for summary judgment against any of the following persons, without delay; provided, the same shall not apply to a person who falls under subparagraph 2 and pays the penalty that is added by 50/100 of the amount of the penalty notified before the claim for such summary judgment is filed: <Amended on Dec. 2, 2016>

1. A person who falls under any subparagraph of Article 163 (1);

2. A person who fails to pay a penalty by the payment deadline provided for in Article 164 (2).

(2) When any dependent for whom summary judgment is claimed pursuant to paragraph (1) 2 pays a penalty in addition to 50/100 of the amount of notified penalty and submits evidential documents before the summary judgment is granted, the chief of the relevant police station or the Governor of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province shall withdraw his or her claim for the summary judgment. <Amended on Dec. 2, 2016>

(3) No one who pays a penalty pursuant to the proviso, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) shall be punished any further for the selfsame offense.

(4) Deleted. <Dec. 2, 2016>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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