(1) Each person who intends to receive a driver's license shall pass a driver's license test.
(2) The commissioner of a City/Do police agency shall issue a driver's license prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to each person who passes a driver's license test. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017; Dec. 22, 2020>
(3) Where a person who has received a driver's license obtains any additional driver's license, the scope of which is different from the one he or she has received, the commissioner of a City/Do police agency shall issue a driver's license by expanding the scope of his or her driver's license (referring to making an addition to the scope of the existing driver's license already received). <Added on Dec. 30, 2014; Dec. 22, 2020>
(4) Where a person who has received a driver's license intends to have the scope of his or her driver's license reduced (referring to removing a scope from the existing scope of the driver's license already received), the commissioner of a City/Do police agency may issue a driver's license by reducing the scope of his or her driver's license. <Added on Dec. 30, 2014; Dec. 22, 2020>
(5) Each driver's license shall take effect from the time when the principal or his or her agent is issued the driver's license under paragraphs (2) through (4). In such cases, even when the scope of a driver's license is expanded or reduced under paragraph (3) or (4), the effect of revocation or suspension of the relevant driver's license and the demerit points received or to be received under Article 93 shall be succeeded as they are. <Amended on Dec. 30, 2014>
(6) No person shall lend or borrow a driver's license issued pursuant to paragraphs (2) through (4) for the purpose of using it improperly, nor arrange such lending. <Added on Mar. 19, 2024>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]