Penal code (South Korea)


Penal code of Korea is composed with two parts, a general regulation and each crime.
In general regulations, there are four parts, 1. Application scope of Criminal law, 2. Crime, 3. Punishment, 4. Duration.
In the part of each crime, it defines 42 crimes.

Crimes in Penal Code of Korea

  1. conspiracy of a rebellion
  2. conspiracy of the foreign troubles
  3. crime about the national flag
  4. crime about diplomatic relations
  5. infringement of public peace
  6. crime about explosive materials
  7. crime about a duty of Public Officials
  8. interference with a government official in the exercise on his duty
  9. a fugitive and a concealment of the criminal
  10. the perjury and the destruction of evidence
  11. the calumny
  12. spoil a dead body and a burial ground
  13. the incendiarism and an accidental fire
  14. crime about irrigation and water control
  15. infringement of the traffic
  16. crime about drinking water
  17. crime about illegal drugs
  18. crime about currency
  19. crime about a check, a bond, a stock
  20. forgery of a document
  21. the forgery of a seal
  22. crime about adultery
  23. crime about a lottery ticket
  24. murder
  25. the injury and the violence
  26. an accidental homicide and injury
  27. the abortion
  28. abandon and maltreatment to person
  29. illegal imprisonment and confinement
  30. the duress
  31. the abduction
  32. the rape and committing obscene acts
  33. the defamation of character
  34. the spread of falsehood
  35. the leakage of classified information
  36. unlawful entry
  37. the interruption of other persons' legal rights
  38. the theft and the burglary
  39. the fraud and the menace
  40. the breach of trust and the embezzlement
  41. crime of dealing in stolen goods
  42. destruction of other's property