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Road Traffic Act — Article 5 (Obligations to observe signals and instructions)

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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) Pedestrians who walk roads, drivers of motor vehicles or trams, and riders of horses that move along roads shall observe signals and instructions conveyed and given by traffic safety facilities and any of the following persons: <Amended on Jul. 24, 2015; Mar. 27, 2018; Dec. 22, 2020>

1. Police officials who direct traffic (including conscripted police officials; hereinafter the same shall apply) and the autonomous police officials of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (hereinafter referred to as "autonomous police officials");

2. Persons who assist police officials (including autonomous police officials, hereinafter the same shall apply) prescribed by Presidential Decree (hereinafter referred to as "police assistants").

(2) Where signals and instructions conveyed by traffic safety facilities referred to in paragraph (1) are different from those given by police officials or police assistants (hereinafter referred to as "police officials, etc.") who direct traffic, pedestrians who walk the road, drivers of motor vehicles or trams, and riders of horses that pass along the road shall follow such signals and directions given by police officials, etc. <Amended on Mar. 27, 2018; Dec. 22, 2020>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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