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Road Traffic Act — Article 50-3 (Matters to be observed by drivers who have obtained conditional driver's license upon installing ignition interlock device)

도로교통법 제50조의3

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) Where a person who has obtained a conditional driver's license upon installing an ignition interlock device pursuant to Article 80-2 intends to drive a motor vehicle, etc., he or she shall install such device and register it with the Commissioner of the City/Do Police Agency. The same shall also apply to any modification of important registered matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety; provided, the foregoing shall not apply to cases where a person intends to drive a motor vehicle, etc. in which an ignition interlock device is installed and registered pursuant to paragraph (2).

(2) Any person who installs an ignition interlock device in a commercial motor vehicle of a passenger transport service provider under the Passenger Transport Service Act, a commercial motor vehicle of a trucking transport service provider under the Trucking Transport Business Act, or any other motor vehicle, etc. prescribed by Presidential Decree shall file for registration with the Commissioner of the City/Do Police Agency. The same shall also apply to any modification of important registered matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

(3) No person who has obtained a conditional driver's license upon installing an ignition interlock device pursuant to Article 80-2 shall drive 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.

(4) Except in any of the following cases, no person shall dismantle, manipulate, or otherwise undermine its utility of an ignition interlock device installed in a motor vehicle, etc.:

1. For inspection or maintenance of an ignition interlock device;

2. Scrapping a motor vehicle;

3. For reasons specified by Presidential Decree, such as use for educational and research purposes;

4. Where the period for installation of an ignition interlock device under Article 82 (2) 10 expires.

(5) No person shall, on behalf of a person who has been granted a conditional driver's license with an ignition interlock device, blow into the device or otherwise fraudulently cause the device to start a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device so that the person may operate the motor vehicle.

(6) A person who has registered a motor vehicle, etc. equipped with an ignition interlock device with the commissioner of the City/Do police agency pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) shall submit to the commissioner of the City/Do police agency the operation records of the relevant motor vehicles, etc. at least twice a year, and shall undergo an inspection as to whether the device functions properly.

(7) Standards and methods for installing ignition interlock devices under paragraphs (1) and (2), standards and procedures for registration thereof, timing and methods for submitting and inspecting tachograph records under paragraph (6), and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.[This Article Added on Oct. 24, 2023]

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