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Road Traffic Act — Article 91 (Temporary driving certificates)

도로교통법 제91조

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) When any of the following persons applies for the issuance of a temporary driving certificate, the commissioner of a City/Do police agency may issue such temporary driving certificate to the applicant, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety; provided, in cases falling under subparagraph 2, the commissioner of a City/Do police agency may issue the driver's license in which the matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety are entered in lieu of issuing the temporary driving certificate: <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017; Dec. 22, 2020>

1. Where a person who obtains a driver's license files an application for the re-issuance of a driver's license pursuant to Article 86;

2. Where a person applies for an aptitude test or the issuance of a renewed driver's license provided for in Article 87, or an occasional aptitude test provided for in Article 88;

3. Where a person subject to a disposition of revocation or suspension of his or her driver's license provided for in Article 93 submits his or her driver's license.

(2) Each temporary driving certificate referred to in paragraph (1) shall have the same effect as that of a driver's license during its effective period.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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