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ACT ON PROMOTION OF PERIODICALS, INCLUDING MAGAZINES

Act No. 9098, jun. 5, 2008

Amended by Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013

Act No. 13974, Feb. 3, 2016

Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016

Act No. 14633, Mar. 21, 2017

Act No. 15822, Oct. 16, 2018

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
 Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Act is to facilitate diversity in public opinion and the sound development of periodicals by prescribing matters concerning the publication and nurturing of periodicals, including magazines, thereby contributing to enhancing people's cultural lives.
 Article 2 (Definitions)
The definitions of terms used in this Act shall be as follows: <Amended by Act No.13974, Feb. 3, 2016>
1. The term "periodical" means any publication issued without interruption under the same title not less than twice a year and refers to the following items except any newspaper under Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of Newspapers, Etc.:
(a) Magazine: A publication in bound form that is periodically issued under the same title not more than once a month with the aim of propagating reports, commentaries, public opinion and information, etc. pertaining to the entire fields or the specific fields of politics, economy, society, culture, current affairs, industry, science, religion, education, sports, etc.;
(b) Informative publication: A publication issued for the purposes of providing information regarding daily lives or specific matters, such as guidance and notice, with no purpose, such as reports, commentaries, or the formation of public opinion;
(c) Electronic publication: A publication issued electronically to allow users to read, watch, or listen to, by making use of the information-processing equipment, including computers without using the communications network;
(d) Other publication: A publication not in bound form issued not more than once a month;
2. The term "periodical business entity" means anyone who publishes a periodical and files a registration or report under Article 15 (1) or 16 (1);
3. The term "publisher" means a representative who issues any periodical;
4. The term "editor" means anyone in charge of editing any periodical;
5. The term "branch office" or "district office" means an office that is opened in any area other than the location where the relevant periodical is issued in order to cover news, etc.
 Article 3 (Responsibilities of State and Local Governments)
The State and local governments shall formulate and implement policies necessary for the sound development of periodicals.
 Article 4 (Responsibilities of Periodicals)
Periodicals shall precisely and impartially report various details, and in-depth and specialized knowledge and information, in order to facilitate the promotion of sound culture and protect the rights and interests of reader, etc.
 Article 5 (Protection of Rights and Interests of Readership)
The periodical business entities shall endeavor to protect the rights and interests of readers in editing or producing such periodicals.
 Article 6 (Advertisements)
The editors of periodicals shall explicitly edit such periodicals to keep the readers from becoming confused between articles and advertising.
 Article 7 (Formulation and Implementation of Policies for Promotion of Periodicals)
(1) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall formulate and implement basic policies for the promotion of periodicals (hereinafter referred to as "promotion policy") every five years.
(2) The promotion policies shall include the following matters:
1. Basic direction of policies for the promotion of the periodical industry;
2. Matters concerning promotion policies of the periodical industry by field;
3. Matters concerning laying the foundation for the periodical industry;
4. Matters concerning the training of professional personnel for periodicals;
5. Matters concerning the enhancement of reading of periodicals and the facilitation of distribution channels;
6. Matters concerning international exchange cooperation between periodicals and penetration by periodicals into overseas markets;
7. Other matters concerning the support to and nurturing of the periodical industry.
(3) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall, when he/she intends to formulate promotion policies, consult with the heads of the relevant central administrative agencies in advance and undergo consultation of the Advisory Committee on Periodicals under Article 9.
(4) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism may, when necessary for formulation and implementation of promotion policies, make a request for necessary cooperation from, or provide support to the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, the Metropolitan City Mayor, the Special Self-Governing City Mayor, Do Governor, or the Special Self-Governing Province Governor (hereinafter referred to as the “Mayor/Do Governor”). <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
 Article 8 (Subsidy to Promotion Projects)
The projects for the promotion of periodicals may be subsidized from the National Treasury.
CHAPTER II ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PERIODICALS
 Article 9 (Advisory Committee on Periodicals)
The Advisory Committee on Periodicals (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") may be established under the control of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the purposes of facilitating the sound development of periodicals and enhancing the promotion of the periodical industry.
 Article 10 (Composition of Committee)
(1) The Committee shall be comprised of nine members, including one Chairperson and one Vice Chairperson.
(2) The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be elected by members from among the members of the Committee.
(3) Members shall be appointed by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism from among persons with profound knowledge on periodicals and a good reputation, and the following persons shall be included. In such cases, more active female participation as a member shall be encouraged:
1. One person recommended by a reading-related organization;
2. One person recommended by a civic or social organization;
3. Three persons recommended by an organization related to periodicals;
4. Two persons who have more than ten years business experience field of periodicals.
(4) The tenure of members shall be three years and may be extended.
(5) In cases where the Chairperson fails to fulfil his/her duties due to unavoidable circumstances, the Vice Chairperson shall carry out the duties of the Chairperson, and in cases where both the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson fail to fulfill their duties, members shall carry out such duties according to seniority in age.
 Article 11 (Operation, etc. of Committee)
Matters necessary for the composition and operation of the Committee shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
CHAPTER III SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PERIODICALS
 Article 12 (Support, etc. for Modernization of Facilities and Distribution of Periodicals)
(1) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall extend the necessary endeavors to assist facilities related to periodicals and modernization of distribution.
(2) Necessary matters concerning facilities under paragraph (1) and matters subject to support for modernization of distribution channels, and methods and procedures thereof shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
 Article 13 (Support for Exemplary Periodicals)
(1) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism may select exemplary periodicals every year and provide support to distribution thereof, to facilitate the promotion of periodical culture.
(2) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism may purchase exemplary periodicals selected under paragraph (1) and distribute them to libraries under Article 2 of the Libraries Act, barracks, or education facilities for overseas Koreans, in order to encourage people to read more books.
(3) The budget necessary for the aforementioned paragraphs (1) and (2) may be subsidized by the National Treasury.
 Article 14 (Support for Training of Professional Personnel)
(1) The State and local governments may formulate policies necessary for training professional personnel in the field of periodicals. <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
(2) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism or a Mayor/Do Governor may designate any education center, research institute, university, or other organization deemed necessary as the training center for professional personnel in periodical-related industries as prescribed by Presidential Decree to nurture professional personnel under paragraph (1). <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
(3) The State and local governments may provide subsidies fully or partially for necessary expenses for the training center of professional personnel in periodical-related industries designated under paragraph (2) as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION, REPORTING, ETC. OF PERIODICALS
 Article 15 (Registration)
(1) Any person who intends to publish a magazine shall register the following matters to the Special Self-Governing City Mayor, the Special Self-Governing Province Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (referring to the head of Gu in the autonomous Gu. hereinafter referred to as the “head of a Si/Gun/ Gu”) having jurisdiction over the location of the principal office as prescribed by Presidential Decree. The same shall also apply to any proposed modification to registered matters: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to magazines issued or managed by the State or local governments, magazines issued by juristic persons, other agencies or organizations for distributing such magazines to their members free of charge, and magazines prescribed by Presidential Decree: <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
1. Title;
2. Classification by type and by period publication;
3. Names, dates of birth, addresses of publisher and editor: Provided, That it shall exclude cases where any foreign magazines is printed and distributed domestically without any changes in details;
4. Publishing office and the location of the publishing office;
5. Purpose of publication and details of publication;
6. Classification of the issuance of a magazine free or paid.
(2) In cases where any person who intends to file a registration under paragraph (1) is a juristic person or organization, its chief executive or representative shall be a publisher: Provided, That in cases where any justifiable ground for failing to appoint such chief executive or representative as a publisher exists, another director or executive may become a publisher after undergoing resolution of the board of directors.
(3) Any person who intends to register a magazine under paragraph (1) shall classify the period of publication from among registered matters according to the following classifications.
1. Monthly;
2. Bimonthly;
3. Quarterly;
4. Semi-annually.
(4) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu registers a magazine under paragraph (1), he/she shall immediately issue a certificate of registration to any applicant for registration. <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
(5) No magazine, the title of which is the same as that of any other magazine that has been already registered, may be registered.
 Article 16 (Reporting)
(1) Any person who intends to publish informative publications, electronic publications or other publications (hereinafter referred to as “publications excluding magazines”) shall report the following matters to the head of the Si/Gun/Gu having jurisdiction over the location of the place in which the relevant publications excluding magazines are published, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, and the same shall also apply where it is intended to change reported matters: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to publications excluding magazines published or managed by the State or by local governments, or published by corporations or other institutions or organizations for the purpose of free distribution to the members thereof, and to publications excluding magazines prescribed by Presidential Decree: <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016; Act No. 15822, Oct. 16, 2018>
1. Title;
2. Classification by type and by period of publication;
3. Names, dates of birth, and addresses of publisher and editor: Provided, That it shall exclude cases where any foreign magazine is printed and distributed domestically without any changes in details;
4. Publishing office and the location of the publishing office;
5. Purpose of publication and details of publication;
6. Classification of the issuance of a magazine free of charge or paid.
(2) The head of each Si/Gun/Gu shall notify a reporting person of whether to accept or reject the report or the report for change prescribed in the main sentence of paragraph (1) within 25 days from the date on which he/she receives the report or report for change. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 15822, Oct. 16, 2018>
(3) Where the head of a Si/Gun/Gu fails to notify a reporting person of whether to accept or reject the report or the report for change within the period prescribed in paragraph (2) or of the extension of period of handling prescribed in statutes or regulations pertaining to handling civil petitions, the report or the report for change shall be deemed to be accepted on the date following the date on which the period (where the period of handling is extended or re-extended in accordance with statutes or regulations pertaining to handling civil petitions, referring to the relevant period of handling) ends. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 15822, Oct. 16, 2018>
(4) Article 15 (2) through (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reporting of publications excluding magazines. In such cases, “magazine” shall be deemed as “informative publication, electronic publication, or other publications”, “Mayor/Do Governor” as “the head of a Si/Gun/ Gu”, “registration” as “reporting”, and “certificate of registration” as “certificate of reporting”. <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
 Article 17 (Discontinuation of Business and Cancellation of Authority)
(1) In cases where any person who has filed a registration or report under Article 15 or 16, discontinue his/her business, he/she shall file a report on the discontinuation of business to the competent head of a Si/Gun/Gu (hereinafter referred to as “registration and reporting authority”) within one month from the date when the business has been closed as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
(2) The registration and reporting authority may cancel any registered or reported matters ex officio with regard to any person who fails to file a report on the discontinuation of business under paragraph (1) after confirming the discontinuation of business as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
 Article 18 (Registration and Reporting on Reported Details)
The competent authority which takes charge of registration and reporting under Article 15 and 16 or receives the report on the discontinuation of business under Article 17 shall report matters subject to registration (including amended registration), reporting (including amended reporting), and reporting on the discontinuation of business every quarter to the Minster of Culture, Sports and Tourism. <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
 Article 19 (Necessary Matters to be Stated)
The periodical business entities shall insert the following matters in the relevant periodicals in a manner that helps readers gain a clear understanding of such matters, and in cases where several editors exist, their respective names shall be stated with their areas of responsibility:
1. Names of the relevant periodical business entities (in cases of juristic persons or organizations, their names) and addresses;
2. Registration or reporting number, and date;
3. Title, period of publication, publisher and editor;
4. Publishing office and the date of publication.
 Article 20 (Grounds for Disqualification, etc.)
(1) None of the following persons shall become a publisher or editor of periodicals: <Amended by Act No. 13974, Feb. 3, 2016; Act No. 14633, Mar. 21, 2017>
1. One who is not a citizen of the Republic of Korea;
2. One who was sentenced to imprisonment without labor or a heavier punishment for violating the Act on the Promotion of News Communications, the Broadcasting Act, the Internet Multimedia Broadcast Services Act or the Copyright Act, or for committing a crime prescribed in any provision of Articles 87 through 90, 92 and 101 of the Criminal Act, any provision of the Articles 5 through 8, 9 (2) and 11 through 16 of the Military Criminal Act, or any of Articles 3 through 9 of the National Security Act, and for whom one year has not passed from the date on which the execution of such sentence was terminated (including a case where the execution of such sentence is deemed terminated) or the exemption from such sentence was made definite;
3. One who is under the suspension of the execution or sentence of imprisonment without labor or a heavier punishment as declared by a court for having violated the Act on the Promotion of News Communications, the Broadcasting Act, the Internet Multimedia Broadcast Services Act or the Copyright Act, or for having committed a crime prescribed in any provision of Articles 87 through 90, 92 and 101 of the Criminal Act, any provision of the Articles 5 through 8, 9 (2) and 11 through 16 of the Military Criminal Act, or any provision of Articles 3 through 9 of the National Security Act;
4. Deleted; <Act No. 13974, Feb. 3, 2016>
5. One for whom the disposition of security surveillance under the Security Surveillance Act or the medical treatment and custody under the Medical Treatment and Custody Act is in force;
6. One who was sentenced to a fine or a heavier punishment for violating this Act and for whom two years have not passed from the date on which the execution of the sentence was terminated or the exemption from the sentence was made definite;
7. One who is the publisher or the editor of any periodical for whom two years have not passed from the date on which its registration or reporting was revoked for violating this Act;
8. One who is a minor, a person under adult guardianship or a person under limited guardianship;
9. One who is not yet reinstated after having been declared bankrupt.
(2) In cases where any publisher or editor of periodicals registered or reported under Article 15 or 16 falls under the grounds of disqualification as provided for in paragraph (1), the amendment to the registration of publisher or editor shall be filed within one month from the date on which such ground occurs.
(3) None of the following persons shall publish a periodical: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to cases where it is published for distribution to his/her affiliates only:
1. Foreign government or juristic person or organization of a foreign country;
2. Juristic person or organization for which a person who is not a citizen of the Republic of Korea serves as its representative;
3. Juristic person or organization for which a foreigner or juristic person or organization of a foreign country owns stocks or equity shares of more than 50/100.
 Article 21 (Investment of Foreign Capital)
Any person who publishes or intends to publish a periodical shall, when he/she receives the investment of property from any foreigner or juristic person or organization of a foreign country, submit documents verifying the fact the report has been made to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy under Article 5 of the Foreign Investment Promotion Act to the registration and reporting authority within 15 days following such reporting or when filing an application for registration of periodicals or filing a report thereof. <Amended by Act No.11690, Mar. 23, 2013; Act No. 13854, Jan. 27, 2016>
 Article 22 (Succession to Business)
(1) Where a periodical publishing business operator transfers his/her business, dies or merges with other corporations, and the transferee, successor, the corporation established by the merger or the corporation that continues to exist after the merger intends to succeed to the status of the periodical publishing business operator, he/she shall file a report with the registration and reporting authority within 30 days from the date of such transfer, succession or merger, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) Every registration and reporting authority shall notify reporting persons of whether to accept or reject the reports prescribed in paragraph (1) within 20 days from the date on which it receives the reports.
(3) Where a registration and reporting authority fails to notify a reporting person of whether to accept or reject the report within the period prescribed in paragraph (2) or of the extension of period of handling prescribed by statutes or regulations pertaining to handling civil petitions, the report shall be deemed to be accepted on the date following the date on which the period (where the period of handling is extended or re-extended in accordance with statutes or regulations pertaining to handling civil petitions, referring to the relevant period of handling) ends.
(4) Where a report prescribed in paragraph (1) is accepted (including cases where a report is deemed to be accepted pursuant to paragraph (3)), the transferee, successor, corporation established by the merger or corporation that continues to exist after the merger shall succeed to the status of the former periodical publishing business operator and the effect of administrative dispositions from the date of such transfer, succession or merger.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 15822, Oct. 16, 2018]
 Article 23 Deleted. <Act No. 13974, Feb. 3, 2016>
 Article 24 (Request for Trial of Cancellation on Registration and Reporting, etc.)
(1) In cases where any person who has had his/her periodical registered or reported pursuant to Article 15 or 16 falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the registration and reporting authority may order him/her to suspend issuing the relevant periodical for the fixed period (frequency) of not more than three months (in cases of any periodical issued not more than every other month, not more than three times):
1. Where he/she has issued the arbitrarily changed periodical without filing any amended registration or amended reporting of registered or reported matters pursuant to Article 15 or 16;
2. Where the publisher or the editor falls under the grounds of disqualification provided for in Article 20.
(2) In cases where any person who has had his/her periodical registered or reported pursuant to Article 15 or 16 falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the registration and reporting authority may order him/her to suspend issuing the relevant periodical for the fixed period (frequency) of not more than six months (in cases of any periodical that is issued not more than every other month, not more than six times) or make a request for trial by the court for cancelling registration or reporting of the periodical (hereinafter referred to as "trial of cancellation"):
1. Where he/she has had his/her periodical registered or reported by fraud or other improper means;
2. Where the details of his/her periodical have repetitively and seriously violated the issue objectives or the issue details that are registered or reported;
3. Where he/she has issued his/her periodical containing obscene details that have seriously infringed on public morals and social ethics.
(3) The first instance trial on the request for trial of cancellation referred to in paragraph (2) shall be put under the jurisdiction of the collegiate division of any local court having jurisdiction over the location of the general jurisdiction of the registerer or reporter of the periodical (hereinafter referred to as "registrator or reporter of publications") under Article 15 or 16. The court shall put the case on trial within three months from the date on which it receives the request for the trial of cancellation. The request for the trial on cancellation, the deliberation thereof, the trial thereof and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
(4) The Non-Contentious Case Litigation Procedure Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the trial on cancellation on registration or reporting.
 Article 25 (Cancellation of Authority)
The registration and reporting authority may, in cases where any registrant or reporter of periodicals falls under any of the following subparagraphs, cancel registration or reporting of the relevant periodicals:
1. When he/she fails to publish the relevant periodicals within six months (in cases of the periodicals published twice per year, one year) following registration or reporting with no justifiable grounds;
2. When he/she ceases to publish the relevant periodicals for more than one year (in cases of the periodicals published quarterly or twice per year, more than two years) without justifiable grounds.
 Article 26 (Committee for Deliberation on Cancellation of Registration and Reporting)
(1) The committee for deliberation on cancellation of registration or reporting shall be established under the control of the registration and reporting authority to conduct an impartial and objective deliberation on orders to suspend issuance under Article 24, requests for trial of cancellation, and dispositions to cancel registration and reporting under Article 25.
(2) The composition of the committee for deliberation on cancellation of registration or reporting under paragraph (1), procedures for deliberation, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
 Article 27 (Hearings)
The registration and reporting authority shall, when it intends to cancel registration or reporting of periodicals under Article 25, hold a hearing.
 Article 28 (Restrictions on Use of Title of Periodicals)
No periodical publisher for whom the court's ruling on the trial of cancellation as provided for in Article 24 (2) through (4) or registration or reporting of which pursuant to Article 25 was cancelled and no person who has a special relationship with him/her as prescribed by Presidential Decree shall file a registration or reporting of periodicals under the same title as that of such cancelled periodicals within two years following such cancellation.
 Article 29 (Establishment of Foreign Periodical Branch, etc.)
(1) Any person who intends to establish a foreign branch office or district office of periodicals in the Republic of Korea shall file a registration statement with the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism may, in cases where any person who files a registration statement under paragraph (1) falls under any of the following subparagraphs, cancel such registration:
1. When he/she has been registered by fraud or other improper means;
2. When a foreign branch office or district office has clearly violated such purpose of its establishment;
3. When the relevant periodicals have inserted an article that deranges the national constitution or injures national prestige.
(3) When the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism intends to cancel registration under paragraph (2), he/she shall hold a hearing.
CHAPTER V SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
 Article 30 (Delegation of Authority)
(1) The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism may delegate to the Mayor/Do Governor part of his/her authority under this Act or entrust part of authority to an agency, juristic person, or organization established for the purposes of facilitating the promotion of the periodical industry as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) The Mayor/Do Governor may delegate part of his/her authority under this Act to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
 Article 30-2 (Sharing Family Relation Registration Information)
The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism or the registration and reporting authority may request the head of the relevant agencies to provide the computer processing information data for registration under Article 11 of the Act on the Registration, etc. of Family Relationships, if necessary, in order to perform duties such as the registration under Article 15, the reporting under Article 16, the succession to business under Article 22, and the establishment of foreign periodical branch, etc. under Article 29.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016]
CHAPTER VI PENALTY PROVISIONS
 Article 31 (Penalty Provisions)
Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won:
1. One who has published any periodical without filing registration or amended registration or without filing a report or amended report under Article 15 (1) or 16 (1);
2. One who has published any periodical after filing registration or amended registration or after filing a report or amended report under Article 15 (1) or 16 (1) by deceit or other fraudulent means;
3. One who has published any periodical, despite the imposition of suspension of issuing the relevant periodical or a disposition to cancel registration or reporting under Article 24 (1) and (2) or 25;
4. One who has established the branch office or district office of a foreign periodical in the Republic of Korea, without filing registration under Article 29.
 Article 32 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Where the representative of a juristic person or an agent, an employee, or a servant of a juristic person or a private individual committed an offense under Article 31 in the scope of the business of the juristic person or the private individual, not only shall such offender be punished accordingly, but the juristic person or the private individual also shall be punished by the fine prescribed in the relevant Article: Provided, That the foregoing sentence shall not apply to cases where a juristic person or a private individual had not neglected reasonable care and supervision in connection with the relevant matter in order to prevent such offense from occurring.
 Article 33 (Administrative Fines, etc.)
(1) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding ten million won:
1. When he/she has carried out editorial work, in violation of Article 6;
2. When he/she has failed to include necessary matters to be stated, in violation of Article 19;
3. When any person falling under any of the subparagraphs of Article 20 (1) has taken office as a publisher or editor;
4. When he/she has appointed any person falling under any of the subparagraphs of Article 20 (1) as a publisher or editor;
5. Deleted. <by Act No. 13974, Feb. 3, 2016>
(2) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding three million won: <Amended by Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013>
1. When he/she has failed to file a report on the discontinuation of business, in violation of Article 17;
2. When he/she has failed to submit documents verifying the report to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy within a given period in violation of Article 21;
3. When he/she has failed to file a report on the succession to business within a given period, in violation of Article 22.
(3) Administrative fines under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be imposed and collected by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
(4) through (6) Deleted. <by Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after its promulgation.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Permit, Registration, etc.)
(1) Any permit, registration, or reporting filed under the former provisions of the Act on the Guarantee of Freedom and Functions of Newspapers, etc. (including any registered cases under the former Registration, etc. of Periodicals Act) at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed to have been registered or reported respectively under this Act, if any corresponding provision exits in this Act. In such cases, any periodical publisher under subparagraph 1 (b) through (d) of Article 2 shall be deemed to have filed a report under Article 16.
(2) Various applications or other acts against the administrative agencies filed under the former provisions of the Act on the Guarantee of Freedom and Functions of Newspapers, etc. at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed various applications or other acts against the administrative agencies filed under this Act, which correspond thereto.
Article 3 (Transitional Measures concerning Administrative Dispositions, etc.)
Any person upon whom has been imposed or is imposed any administrative disposition or suspension of business issued under the former provisions of the Act on the Guarantee of Freedom and Functions of Newspapers, etc. before this Act enters into force shall be deemed to have been imposed or be imposed any administrative disposition or suspension of business under this Act.
Article 4 (Transitional Measures concerning Penalty Provisions, etc.)
The former provisions of the Act on the Guarantee of Freedom and Functions of Newspapers, etc. shall apply to the application of penalty provisions or administrative fines imposed on any offence committed before this Act enters into force.
Article 5 (Relationship to Other Statutes)
A citation of the Act on the Guarantee of Freedom and Functions of Newspapers, etc. or any provision thereof by any other statute in force at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed a citation of this Act or the corresponding provision hereof in lieu of the former provision, if such corresponding provision exists in this Act.
ADDENDA <Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
(1) This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
(2) Omitted.
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 13854, Jan. 27, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 13974, Feb. 3, 2016>
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 14431, Dec. 20, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after its promulgation.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Administrative Disposition, etc.)
The act conducted by the administrative agency or in relation to the administrative agency pursuant to the previous provisions at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall be deemed to be its corresponding act conducted by the administrative agency or in relation to the administrative agency pursuant to this Act.
Article 3 (Transitional Measures concerning Registration, etc.)
(1) A person who has registered to Mayor/Do Governor pursuant to the previous provisions at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall be deemed to have registered to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu under the amended provisions of Article 15 (1).
(2) A person who has filed a report on the discontinuation of business to Mayor/Do Governor pursuant to the previous provisions at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall be deemed to have filed a report on the discontinuation of business to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu pursuant to the amended provisions of Article 17 (1).
ADDENDA <Act No. 14633, Mar. 21, 2017>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Disqualifications of Incompetent, etc.)
With respect to a person who has already been adjudged incompetent or quasi-incompetent at the time of the enforcement of this Act, and whose sentence is maintained to be incompetent or quasi-competent under addenda Article 2 of partly amended Act of the Civil Act (Act No. 10429), notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 20 (1) 8, the previous provisions shall apply.
ADDENDA <Act No. 15822, Oct. 16, 2018>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one month after the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Applicability to Reports of Publications Excluding Magazines, etc.)
(1) The amended provisions of Article 16 (2) and (3) shall begin to apply to reports or reports for change of publications excluding magazines filed after this Act enters into force.
(2) The amended provisions of Article 22 shall begin to apply to reports of succession to the status of periodical publishing business operators filed after this Act enters into force.