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Serious Accidents Punishment Act — Article 6 (Punishment of Business Owners and Responsible Managing Officers for Serious Industrial Accidents)

중대재해 처벌 등에 관한 법률 제6조

(1) Any business owner or responsible managing officer, etc. who has violated Article 4 or 5, resulting in a serious industrial accident defined in subparagraph 2 (a) of Article 2 shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for at least one year or by a fine not exceeding one billion won. In such cases, imprisonment with labor and a fine may be imposed concurrently.

(2) Any business owner or responsible managing officer, etc. who has violated Article 4 or 5, resulting in a serious industrial accident defined in subparagraph 2 (b) or (c) of Article 2 shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than seven years or by a fine not exceeding 100 million won.

(3) Any person who has been sentenced to a punishment for committing a crime provided in paragraph (1) or (2) and recommits a crime provided in paragraph (1) or (2) within five years from the date his or her sentence becomes final and conclusive shall be punished aggravatingly by up to 1/2 of the corresponding punishment prescribed in each paragraph.

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