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SPECIAL ACT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITY IN YEONGI-GONGJU AREA FOR FOLLOW-UP MEASURES FOR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL

Act No. 7391, Mar. 18, 2005

Amended by Act No. 7604, Jul. 21, 2005

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Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
 Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to balanced national development and enhancement of national competitiveness by prescribing methods and procedures for the construction of an administrative city that is newly built to alleviate the side effects of excessive concentration in the Seoul Metropolitan Area.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 2 (Definitions)
The terms used in this Act shall be defined as follows:
1. The term "administrative city" means a city newly constructed to focus on administrative functions by relocating central administrative agencies and their subordinate institutions (excluding the President; hereinafter referred to as "central administrative agencies, etc.”) in accordance with the relocation plan provided for in Article 16, which covers the project area defined in subparagraph 2 and the peripheral areas defined in subparagraph 3: Provided, That where an administrative district is determined by an Act under Article 5, it refers to the relevant area;
2. The term "project area" means an area designated and publicly notified under Articles 11 and 12 to relocate central administrative agencies, etc., in accordance with the relocation plan provided for in Article 16 and to create urban districts based thereon;
3. The term "peripheral areas" means areas adjoining to the project area, which are designated and publicly notified under Articles 11 and 12 based on recognition that such areas require planned management, among the areas which may be affected by the development of the project area.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 3 (Liabilities of the State and Local Governments)
(1) The State shall strive to ensure that an administrative city is constructed in the manner of resolving overpopulation in the Seoul metropolitan area and leading balanced national development, and playing a pivotal role therein.
(2) Each local government shall cooperate in all kinds of procedures or measures implemented under this Act for the construction of the administrative city.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 4 (Concurrent Enforcement of Policies for Balanced National Development)
In order to create territorial conditions under which the people in every region of the country live in economic equality according to the characteristics of their respective regions, the State shall implement policy measures for balanced national development, such as relocation of public institutions to provinces; measures for development of the Seoul Metropolitan Area; development of backward regions; decentralization of power, etc., simultaneously with the construction of the administrative city.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 5 (Name of Administrative City)
The name, status, administrative district, etc., of the administrative city shall be prescribed separately by statute.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 6 (Basic Direction-Setting for Construction of Administrative City)
The State shall develop the administrative city so as to realize the following characteristics of a city:
1. A self-sufficient hybrid city centered on administrative functions, which can facilitate balanced national development;
2. A pleasant environment-friendly city, where the nature and human beings live in harmony;
3. A people-oriented city that promotes both convenience and safety;
4. A cultural and information city, where culture mingles with cutting-edge technology.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 7 (Relationship with Other Plans)
A metropolitan plan for the administrative city prescribed in Article 17, a master plan under Article 19, and a development plan under Article 20 shall prevail over plans prescribed in other statutes: Provided, That the same shall not apply to a comprehensive national land plan provided for in Article 6 (2) 1 of the Framework Act on the National Land and a plan for military affairs.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
CHAPTER II DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PROJECT AREA
 Article 8 (Special Cases concerning Restrictions on Permission for Development Activities and Building Permission)
(1) Notwithstanding Article 63 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act and Article 18 of the Building Act, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may restrict the permission for development activities prescribed in Article 56 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act or building permission prescribed in Article 11 of the Building Act (including building reports prescribed in Article 14 of the same Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) in areas over which there is concern about reckless development and real estate speculation, in the course of conducting an inspection of the designation of a project area and peripheral areas (hereinafter referred to as “project area, etc.”). In such cases, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may undergo deliberation by the Administrative City Construction Committee provided for in Article 29 (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") before imposing such restriction.
(2) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport restricts permission for development activities or building permission under paragraph (1), he/she shall publicly notify the restricted area, details of restriction, period of restriction, etc., in the Official Gazette.
(3) When the ground for restriction publicly notified under paragraph (2) becomes extinct or where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport deems it necessary to modify the restricted area, details of restriction, period of restriction, etc., he/she may cancel or modify the restriction. In such cases, if the restriction is cancelled or details of restriction, etc., are modified, he/she shall publicly notify such fact in the Official Gazette.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 9 (Designation of Areas Subject to Permission of Land Transaction)
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the related statutes or regulations, an area over which there is concern about real estate speculation may be designated as an area subject to permission for a land transaction contract under Article 10 (1) of the Act on Report on Real Estate Transactions or as an overheated speculation district under Article 63 of the Housing Act by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport; and as a designated area under Article 104-2 (1) of the Income Tax Act by the Minister of Economy and Finance, respectively, in the course of conducting a survey for designating a project area, etc. <Amended by Act No. 13797 & 13805, Jan. 19, 2016>
(2) Where the purpose of designation of any zone, district, or area designated under paragraph (1) no longer exists or where it is deemed necessary to reduce the size of such zone, district, or area, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or the Minister of Economy and Finance may cancel the designation or reduce the size thereof.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 10 (Basic Inspection for Designation of Project Area)
(1) For the designation of a project area, etc., the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall inspect the human and natural environments and status of land use, etc., of the area to be designated as a project area. In such cases, if any matters are inspected under any other statute, he/she may utilize the details thereof.
(2) If necessary for effective inspection, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may entrust the inspection referred to in paragraph (1) to a related expert, related institution or organization, etc.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 11 (Designation of Project Area)
(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall designate a project area, etc., with approval by the President.
(2) A project area shall be designated among the regions of Yeongi-gun and Gongju-si.
(3) When demarcating a project area, etc., the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall take into account the natural topography, environment effect, economic feasibility, administrative district, etc.
(4) Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport intends to designate a project area, etc., he/she shall hold a prior hearing to hear opinions of residents and related experts, etc., hear opinions of the heads of related local governments, and then undergo deliberation by the Committee in consultation with the heads of related central administrative agencies.
(5) Where it is intended to hold a hearing on the designation of a project area, etc., under paragraph (4), the following matters shall be publicly announced at least 14 days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing through at least one daily newspapers circulated nationwide:
1. Purpose of the hearing;
2. Scheduled date and time, and venue for the hearing;
3. Outline of proposal for the designation of the project area, etc.
(6) Where it is intended to change a project area, etc., paragraphs (1) through (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures, methods, etc., thereof: Provided, That the same shall not apply where any minor matter prescribed by Presidential Decree is altered.
(7) Articles 8 and 9 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act shall not apply to the designation and change of a project area, etc., under paragraphs (1) and (6).
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 12 (Public Notice of Designation of Project Area)
(1) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport designates or changes a project area, etc., he/she shall publicly notify the following matters in the Official Gazette and send copies of the relevant documents to the heads of related local governments. In such cases, the heads of the related local governments; in receipt of the copies of relevant documents shall make them available to the general public for inspection:
1. Title, purpose, and implementer of the administrative city project;
2. Location and area of the project area;
3. Location and area of the peripheral areas;
4. Categories of the land to be expropriated or used.
(2) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport publicly notifies the designation or change of a project area, etc., under paragraph (1), he/she shall send without delay to the heads of related local governments a drawing on which land registrations are indicated at a scale of between 1/500 to 1/1,500 (referring to a scale of between 1/3,000 to 1/6,000 in cases of forest land, control areas, agricultural and forest areas, and natural environment conservation areas within green areas under the National Land Planning and Utilization Act) on which the boundaries of peripheral area are shown. In such cases, the heads of the related local governments in receipt of the drawings, shall make them available to the general public for inspection.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), when the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport intends to designate a peripheral area as an unit of administrative district or change the designation thereof, he/she shall send the details of the designation or change to the heads of related local governments; and the heads of the related local governments may make them available to the general public for inspection in substitution of sending and inspecting the drawings under paragraph (2).
(4) When the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport sends copies of related documents under the former part of paragraph (1), he/she shall also send documents necessary for the preparation of topographic maps under Article 32 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act for the matters deemed determined and publicly notified under Article 13 (1).
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 13 (Effect of Designation of Project Area)
(1) An area designated and publicly notified as a project area shall be deemed determined, designated, and publicly notified as an urban area under subparagraph 1 of Article 6 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act and an urban development zone under Article 3 of the Urban Development Act.
(2) Where a project area, etc., is designated and publicly notified, the restriction on permission for development activities and building permission under Article 8 shall be deemed cancelled.
(3) Where a project area, etc., is designated and publicly notified, the head of the relevant institution who superintends the zones, areas, or districts already designated, determined, publicly notified, announced, or approved under other statutes or other land compartments similar thereto (hereafter referred to as "zones, etc." in this paragraph), on the land located in the area, and who is responsible for implementing the relevant project plan, shall consult with the Administrator of the National Agency for Administrative City Construction under Article 38 (hereinafter referred to as the "Administrator") on whether to maintain the relevant zones, etc., and to implement the project plan, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(4) Where an area subject to permission for a land transaction contract under Article 10 (1) of the Act on Report on Real Estate Transactions is designated within the project area, Article 11 of the Act on Report on Real Estate Transactions shall not apply to land transaction contracts to be concluded by an implementer of the administrative city construction project designated under Article 18 (1) (hereinafter referred to as "project implementer") within the relevant area subject to permission. <Amended by Act No. 13797, Jan. 19, 2016>
(5) When the head of a local government having jurisdiction over the project area, etc., implements an urban planning project, grants building permission, grants permission for an activity under Article 14 (2), or performs other affairs prescribed by Presidential Decree within peripheral areas, he/she shall obtain approval from the Administrator.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 14 (Restrictions on Acts in Project Area)
(1) A person who intends to perform any of the following acts in the project area shall obtain permission from the Administrator:
1. Changes in the form and quality of land (excluding changes in the form and quality of land for cultivation);
2. Construction of buildings, or erection of structures (excluding where simple structures directly used for the production of agricultural products, forestry products, fishery products, such as plastic green houses, cocooneries, pepper drying racks, and tobacco drying racks, are erected);
3. Gathering of earth and rocks, such as the soil, sand, gravels, and rocks, or excavation of land;
4. Deforestation or plantation of bamboo and trees (excluding where ornamental plants are planted temporarily in uncultivated land);
5. Other acts prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) Matters concerning the restrictions on acts in urbanization coordination zones under Article 81 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the restrictions on acts in peripheral areas: Provided, That the same shall not apply in any of the following cases: <Amended by Act No. 12738, Jun. 3, 2014>
1. Where the restrictions are relaxed as prescribed by Presidential Decree in an area where a collective settlement is located;
2. Where, for residential purpose, a detached house with the total floor area is less than 200 square meters is newly built or a detached house is extended to the total floor area of less than 200 square meters including the area of the existing house on any of the following land:
(a) The land existing after removal of an existing house;
(b) Land, the category of which under the Act on the Establishment and Management of Spatial Data is the site (where a parcel is partitioned into at least two parcels on or after February 29, 2008, all of them shall be deemed a single site).
(3) A person who has already commenced a work or project with permission, approval, etc., for any activity prescribed in paragraph (1) under related statutes (including where no permission, approval, etc., is required under the relevant statutes) as at the time the project area, etc., is designated or publicly notified, may continue to perform such project after reporting the progress and the implementation plan of such works or project within one month from the date of the designation and public notice of the project area, etc., to the Administrator, if it is being performed within the project area, or to a Metropolitan City Mayor or the head of a Si/Gun, if it is being performed within the peripheral areas.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, Articles 57 through 60 and 62 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the permission referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) (in the case of paragraph (2), referring to the permission under Article 81 (2) of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, which applies mutatis mutandis under the same paragraph; hereafter the same shall apply in this Article).
(5) A person who has obtained permission under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be deemed obtained permission for development activities under Article 56 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act and permission for activities under Article 9 (5) of the Urban Development Act.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 15 (Cancellation of Designation of Project Area)
The designation of a project area or peripheral areas shall be deemed cancelled as at the time classified as follows:
1. Project area: The day following public announcement of the completion of works referred to in Article 27 (6): Provided, That if a public announcement is made on or before December 31, 2012, it shall be deemed revoked on January 1, 2021;
2. Peripheral areas: The day following the date on which the Administrator determines and publicly notifies a new urban or Gun management plan (referring to an urban or Gun management plan under subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) for peripheral areas as prescribed by Presidential Decree: Provided, That where there is no determination and public notice of a new urban or Gun management plan until ten years pass from the date on which the project area, etc., is designated and publicly notified, the designation shall be deemed cancelled on the day following the date such period expires.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 16 (Relocation Plan for Central Administrative Agencies)
(1) The Minister of the Interior and Safety shall formulate a plan for relocating central administrative agencies, etc., to the administrative city (hereinafter referred to "relocation plan") and obtain approval from the President. <Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
(2) The following ministries shall be excluded from the relocation:
1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
2. Ministry of Unification;
3. Ministry of Justice;
4. Ministry of Defense;
5. Deleted; <by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
6. Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
(3) The relocation plan shall include the following matters: <Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
1. Central administrative agencies, etc., subject to relocation;
2. Relocation methods and timing;
3. Estimated relocation costs;
4. Measures to improve administrative efficiency resulting from the relocation of central administrative agencies, etc;
5. Other matters deemed necessary by the Minister of the Interior and Safety, to ensure the smooth relocation of central administrative agencies, etc.
(4) Where the Minister of the Interior and Safety intends to formulate a relocation plan, he/she shall hold a prior hearing to hear opinions of the people and related experts, etc. and consult with the heads of the relevant central administrative agencies. In such cases, Article 11 (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the holding of hearings, and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall also present the opinion of the Committee when he/she holds a consultation. <Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
(5) Upon obtaining approval of a relocation plan under paragraph (1), the Minister of the Interior and Safety shall publicly notify it in the Official Gazette. <Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
(6) Paragraphs (1), (4) and (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures, methods, etc., of modification of a relocation plan: Provided, That paragraphs (1) and (4) shall not apply where any minor matter prescribed by Presidential Decree is altered.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 17 (Metropolitan Plan for Administrative City)
(1) In order to mutually link the spatial structures and functions of the project area, etc., and peripheral areas, to conserve the environment and to systematically maintain metropolitan facilities, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may designate all or part of a Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, or Si/Gun adjacent to the project area as a metropolitan planning zone of the administrative city, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall hear opinions of the Administrator, the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, the Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Do Governor or the Special Self-Governing Province Governor (hereinafter referred to as a "Mayor/Do Governor"), or the head of a Si/Gun concerned prior to the designation, and undergo deliberation thereon by the Committee. <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(2) The Administrator shall formulate a metropolitan plan for the administrative city relating to the metropolitan planning zone of the administrative city designated under paragraph (1), as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, the Administrator shall consult, in advance, with the urban planning committee for the administrative city under Article 60 (4). <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(3) Articles 12, 14 and 15 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the formulation of a metropolitan plan for the administrative city under paragraph (2). In such cases, the “Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport” in Articles 14 and 15 of the same Act shall be construed as the “Administrator”. <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Administrator may formulate a metropolitan plan for the administrative city in collaboration with Mayors/Do Governors all or part of whose jurisdiction lies within the metropolitan planning zone of the administrative city (hereinafter referred to as “Mayors/Do Governors of a metropolitan planning zone”) if so requested by such Mayors/Do Governors or otherwise if deemed necessary. <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(5) The Administrator shall obtain approval from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to establish a metropolitan plan for the administrative city under paragraphs (2) through (4). <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(6) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may approve a metropolitan plan for the administrative city only after consultation with the heads of relevant central administrative agencies and deliberation by the Committee. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(7) The head of a central administrative agency that receives a request for consultation under paragraph (6) shall submit his/her opinion thereon to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport within 30 days after such request unless there is a special reason not to do so. In such cases, if such opinion is not presented within the said period, consultation is deemed to be held. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(8) Upon designating a metropolitan planning zone of the administrative city, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall notify the Administrator, the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, Mayors/Do Governors, and the head of a Si/Gun, of such fact without delay. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(9) Upon granting approval on the establishment of a metropolitan plan for the administrative city, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall send related documents to the Administrator, the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, and Mayors/Do Governors. Upon receipt of such documents, the Administrator and Mayors/Do Governors shall publicly notify and make available the documents for inspection by the general public. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(10) The Administrator and Mayors/Do Governors who jointly establish a metropolitan plan for the administrative city under paragraph (4) may jointly or separately apply for mediation by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport if they fail to reach agreement on the contents of the plan. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(11) Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport receives a unilateral application for mediation under paragraph (10), he/she may recommend them to have another round of consultation within a specified period and, if they fail to reach agreement within the period, he/she may directly mediate the case. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(12) Paragraphs (1) through (11) shall apply mutatis mutantis to the procedures and methods, etc. for changing a metropolitan planning zone of the administrative city or a metropolitan plan for the administrative city: Provided, That paragraphs (1) through (3), (6), and (7) shall not apply where any minor matter prescribed by Presidential Decree is altered. <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(13) A metropolitan plan for the administrative city established or altered under paragraphs (2) through (7) and (12) shall prevail over existing metropolitan plans and urban or Gun master plans for the metropolitan planning zone of the administrative city designated under paragraph (1); and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Administrator, or the heads of related local governments shall change the existing metropolitan plans for the administrative city and urban or Gun master plans in compliance with the metropolitan plan for the administrative city. <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(14) The Administrator may form and operate a council on the metropolitan plan for the administrative city together with the Mayors/Do Governors of a metropolitan planning zone for purposes of consultation, mediation, and advisory regarding formulating or changing a metropolitan plan for the administrative city. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
CHAPTER III ADMINISTRATIVE CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
 Article 18 (Designation of Project Implementer)
(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall designate a project implementer from among the public institutions prescribed in Article 4 of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions (hereinafter referred to as "public institutions") following deliberation by the Committee: Provided, That if the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport deems it necessary for effectively implementing the administrative city construction project, he/she may designate a state agency or a local government as the project implementer.
(2) Where the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport designates a project implementer under paragraph (1), he/she may publicly notify the scope of its duties, period of designation, and other matters prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(3) The project implementer designated under paragraph (1) shall be deemed an implementer of an urban development project designated under Article 11 of the Urban Development Act.
(4) Where necessary to implement part of an administrative city construction project in a nature-friendly manner and three-dimensionally, the project implementer may provide undeveloped land (hereinafter referred to as "land retaining its original features") to a State agency, local government, or institutions prescribed by Presidential Decree upon approval by the Administrator to develop it. In such cases, a person who is provided with and develops any land retaining its original features (hereinafter referred to as "developer of land retaining its original features") shall formulate a detailed plan in accordance with the direction-setting for development referred to in Article 20 (3) 4, and matters necessary for the scope of duties of a developer of the undeveloped land shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(5) Where necessary for the efficient execution of an administrative city construction project, the project implementer may, upon approval by the Administrator, require the following persons to execute part of the administrative city construction project on its behalf, as prescribed by Presidential Decree:
1. A public institution;
2. A private business entity;
3. A corporation jointly incorporated by a State agency, local government, or public institution, and a private business entity.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 19 (Formulation of Master Plans)
(1) The Administrator shall formulate master plans for the construction of an administrative city (hereinafter referred to as “master plan”). <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(2) Each master plan shall include the following matters:
1. Outline of the administrative city construction project;
2. Basic plan for population placement and land use;
3. Direction-setting for placement of central administrative agencies, etc., subject to relocation;
4. Basic direction-setting for urban traffic and conservation of landscape and the environment;
5. Basic direction-setting for the installation of educational, cultural, and welfare facilities;
6. Basic direction-setting for the installation of major infrastructural facilities, such as roads, waterworks, and sewerage;
7. Fund-raising plan;
8. Guidelines for the formulation of a development plan under Article 20;
9. Other matters prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(3) Where the Administrator intends to formulate a master plan, he/she shall hold a prior hearing to hear opinions of the residents and related experts, etc., and shall hear opinions of the heads of related local governments. In such cases, Article 11 (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the holding of hearings. <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(4) The Administrator shall obtain approval from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to formulate a master plan under paragraphs (1) through (3). <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(5) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may approve a master plan only after consultation with the heads of relevant central administrative agencies and deliberation by the Committee. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(6) Upon approving a master plan, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall notify the heads of related central administrative agencies of such fact and send the Administrator relevant documents. In such cases, upon receiving the documents, the Administrator shall publicly notify and make available the contents of the documents for inspection by the general public. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(7) Paragraphs (1) and (3) through (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures, methods, etc., of amendment of mater plans: Provided, That paragraphs (3) and (5) shall not apply mutatis mutandis where any minor matter prescribed by Presidential Decree is altered. <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 20 (Formulation of Development Plans)
(1) The Administrator shall formulate a plan for an administrative city construction project (referring to a project to develop the project area; hereinafter the same shall apply; and such plan shall be referred to as "development plan").
(2) The project implementer may propose a development plan to the Administrator as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(3) Development plans shall include the following:
1. Plan for accommodating the population;
2. Plan for accommodating central administrative agencies, etc., subject to relocation;
3. Land use plan;
4. Land to be supplied as land retaining its original features and direction-setting for its development;
5. Traffic management plan;
6. Urban culture plan;
7. Landscape plan;
8. Environmental conservation plan;
9. Plan for the installation of educational and cultural facilities, health and medical treatment facilities, and welfare facilities;
10. Plan for installation of major infrastructure, such as roads, waterworks, and sewerage;
11. Period for implementation of the administrative city construction project and its phased implementation plan;
12. Areas required to be designated as district-unit planning zones under Article 51 (1) of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act among the rearranged area;
13. Fund-raising plan;
14. Where any infrastructure needs to be installed in an area outside the project area, a plan for the costs to be incurred in the installation of the relevant infrastructure;
15. Guidelines for the formulation of an implementation plan and district-unit plans;
16. Other matters prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(4) A development plan shall comply with the master plan.
(5) Where the Administrator intends to formulate a development plan pursuant to paragraph (1), he/she shall hold a prior public hearing to hear opinions of residents and related experts, etc., and undergo deliberation by the Committee and consultation with the heads of the related central administrative agencies and the Mayors/Do Governors of a metropolitan planning zone. In such cases, Article 11 (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the holding of hearings. <Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017; Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(6) When the Administrator formulates a development plan under paragraph (1), he/she shall publicly notify it as prescribed by Presidential Decree and send copies of relevant documents to the heads of related local governments. In such cases, the heads of a related local government, in receipt of copies of relevant documents, shall make them available to the general public for inspection.
(7) The Administrator may amend a development plan directly or at the request of the head of a local government having jurisdiction over the project area, and in such cases, paragraphs (2) and (4) through (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the amendment of a development plan: Provided, That paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) shall not apply where any minor matter prescribed by Presidential Decree is altered, but the Administrator shall hear, in advance, the opinions of the head of the local government having jurisdiction over the project area. <Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
(8) When the formulation of a development plan is publicly notified under paragraph (6), a development plan under Article 4 of the Urban Development Act shall be deemed formulated, and the areas falling under paragraph (3) 12 shall be deemed designated and publicly notified as district-unit planning zones.
(9) Consultation on strategic environmental impact assessment under Article 16 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Act shall be held before the formulation of a development plan is publicly notified under paragraph (6). In such cases, the agency to hold consultation shall be the Minister of Environment.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 21 (Approval of Implementation Plans)
(1) When a development plan is formulated and publicly notified under Article 20, the project implementer shall formulate an implementation plan for an administrative city construction project including matters prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as design documents and a fund-raising plan necessary for the implementation of the administrative city construction project (hereinafter referred to as "implementation plan") and obtain approval from the Administrator. In such cases, the Administrator shall undergo deliberation by the Committee before granting an approval.
(2) An implementation plan may be formulated by phase.
(3) An implementation plan shall include district-unit plans prepared under Article 52 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act for the areas deemed designated and publicly notified as district-unit planning zones under Article 20 (8).
(4) Matters, etc., requiring improvement under Article 16 (4) of the Urban Traffic Improvement Promotion Act and the findings of an environmental impact assessment conducted under the Environmental Impact Assessment Act shall be reflected in an implementation plan.
(5) When the Administrator approves an implementation plan under paragraph (1), he/she shall publicly notify it as prescribed by Presidential Decree and send copies of relevant documents to the heads of related local governments. In such cases, the head of a related local government, in receipt of copies of relevant documents, shall make them available to the general public for inspection.
(6) Public notice of a topographic map of matters deemed determined and publicly notified as zones, districts, etc., provided for in Article 5 of the Framework Act on the Regulation of Land Use among matters publicly notified under the former part of paragraph (5) shall conform to Article 8 (2) through (9) of the same Act.
(7) Paragraphs (1) and (4) through (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the amendment of implementation plans already approved: Provided, That paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) shall not apply mutatis mutandis where any minor matter prescribed by Presidential Decree is altered.
(8) Articles 9 and 59 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act shall not apply to any approval of an implementation plan nor approval for amendment thereof under paragraphs (1) and (7).
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 22 (Legal Fiction as Authorization or Permission)
(1) Where an implementation plan is approved under Article 21, the following approval, permission, authorization, determination, report, designation, license, consultation, cancellation, examination, etc., (hereinafter referred to as "authorization, permission, etc.") shall be deemed issued in relation thereto; and when the approval of an implementation plan is publicly notified, authorization, permission, etc., under the following Acts, shall be deemed publicly notified or announced: <Amended by Act No. 12248, Jan. 14, 2014; Act No. 12738, Jun. 3, 2014; Act No. 13805, Jan. 19, 2016; Act No. 14480, Dec. 27, 2016; Act No. 14532, Jan. 17, 2017>
1. Building permission under Article 11 of the Building Act, alteration to matters permitted and reported under Article 16 of the same Act, and building permission for, or reporting on the construction of, temporary buildings under Article 20 of the same Act;
2. Permission to extract aggregate under Article 22 of the Aggregate Extraction Act;
3. Permission to occupy and use public waters under Article 8 of the Public Waters Management and Reclamation Act, consultation or approval under Article 10 of the same Act; approval of, or reporting on, an implementation plan to occupy and use under Article 17 of the same Act; reclamation license of public waters under Article 28 of the same Act, consultation on, or approval of, reclamation performed by the State, etc., under Article 35 of the same Act; and approval of an implementation plan for reclamation of public waters under Article 38 of the same Act;
4. Designation of tourist destinations under Article 52 of the Tourism Promotion Act, approval of a development plan under Article 54 of the same Act, and approval for implementation of a development project under Article 55 of the same Act;
5. Denial of permission for the establishment of mining rights under Article 24 of the Mining Industry Act, and revocation of mining rights or reduction of the mining area under Article 34 of the same Act;
6. Establishment of an implementation plan for intelligent transportation systems under Article 76 of the National Transport System Efficiency Act, and formulation and approval of an implementation plan under Article 79 of the same Act;
7. Permission to use administrative property under Article 30 of the State Property Act;
8. Determination of an urban or Gun management plan under Article 30 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, permission for development activities under Article 56 of the same Act, designation of the implementer of an urban or Gun planning facility project under Article 86 of the same Act, and authorization of an implementation plan under Article 88 of the same Act;
9. Permission to entry into protection zones under Article 9 (1) 1 of the Protection of Military Bases and Installations Act, and consultation on permission, etc., to be granted by an administrative agency under Article 13 of the same Act;
10. Cancellation of a dairy zone designated under Article 4 of the Dairy Promotion Act;
11. Permission to use agricultural infrastructure under Article 23 of the Rearrangement of Agricultural and Fishing Villages Act;
12. Change and cancellation of an agricultural promotion area under Article 31 (1) of the Farmland Act, permission to divert farmland and consultation thereon under Article 34 of the same Act, reporting on diversion of farmland under Article 35 of the same Act, and permission to temporarily use farmland for other purposes under Article 36 of the same Act;
13. Permission for and reporting on the installation of emission facilities under Article 23 of the Clean Air Conservation Act, Article 33 of the Water Environment Conservation Act, and Article 8 of the Noise and Vibration Control Act;
14. Authorization for an implementation plan under Article 17 of the Urban Development Act;
15. Consultation with or approval from a road management authority under Article 107 of the Road Act (limited to consultation and approval concerning the designation and public notice of routes under Article 19 of the same Act; determination of road zones under Article 25 of the same Act; permission to execute road works by a person who is not a road management authority under Article 36 of the same Act; and permission to occupy and use roads under Article 61 of the same Act);
16. Permission to build private roads under Article 4 of the Private Road Act;
17. Permission for lumbering, etc., under Article 14 of the Erosion Control Work Act and cancellation of designation of land for erosion control under Article 20 of the same Act;
18. Permission for and reporting on activities conducted in forest conservation zones under Article 9 (2) 1 and 2 of the Forest Protection Act; cancellation of designation of forest conservation zones under Article 11 (1) 1 of the same Act; reporting on afforestation, deforestation, etc., of state forests under Article 9 (3) of the State Forest Administration and Management Act; and permission for and reporting on felling standing timber, etc., under Article 36 of the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act;
19. Designation of operators of industrial complex development projects under Article 16 of the Industrial Sites and Development Act, and approval of implementation plans for national industrial complex development under Articles 17 and 18 of the same Act;
20. Approval for the establishment, etc., of factories under Article 13 (1) of the Industrial Cluster Development and Factory Establishment Act;
21. Change and cancellation of preserved mountainous districts under Article 6 of the Mountainous Districts Management Act, cancellation of the designation of restricted areas for conversion or temporary use of mountainous districts under Article 11 of the same Act, permission for conversion of mountainous districts under Article 14 of the same Act, reporting on conversion of mountainous districts under Article 15 of the same Act, permission for and reporting on temporary use of mountainous districts under Article 15-2 of the same Act, and permission for collecting earth or stones under Article 25 of the same Act;
22. Permission to execute small river conservation works under Article 10 of the Small River Maintenance Act, and permission to occupy and use small rivers under Article 14 of the same Act;
23. Designation and change of water-source protection areas under Article 7 of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act, authorization for general waterworks business under Article 17 (1) of the same Act, authorization for industrial waterworks business under Article 49 of the same Act, authorization for private-use waterworks under Article 52 of the same Act, and authorization for installation of private-use industrial waterworks under Article 54 of the same Act;
24. Consultation on energy use plans under Article 10 of the Energy Use Rationalization Act;
25. Designation of logistics complexes under Article 22 of the Act on the Development and Management of Logistics Facilities, and approval of or consultation on an implementation plan for the development of a logistics cluster under Article 28 of the same Act;
26. Permission to relocate graves under Article 27 of the Act on Funeral Services;
27. Approval for, or reporting on, plans for works for setting up electric installations for private use under Article 62 of the Electric Utility Act;
28. Approval of project plans under Article 15 of the Housing Act;
29. Permission for use of administrative property and profiting therefrom under Article 20 (1) of the Public Property and Commodity Management Act;
30. Examination for publication of maps, etc., under Article 15 (3) of the Act on the Establishment and Management of Spatial Data and reporting on the commencement, alteration, or completion of a project under Article 86 (1) of the same Act;
31. Consultation on the appropriateness of integrated energy supply under Article 4 of the Integrated Energy Supply Act;
32. Approval of business plans under Article 12 of the Installation and Utilization of Sports Facilities Act;
33. Permission for or consultation on converting the use of grassland under Article 23 of the Grassland Act;
34. Approval for or reporting on the installation of waste disposal facilities under Article 29 of the Wastes Control Act;
35. Permission for the execution of public sewerage works under Article 16 of the Sewerage Act, permission for the occupation and use of a public sewerage system under Article 24 of the same Act, and reporting on the installation of a private sewage treatment facility under Article 34 (2) of the same Act;
36. Consultation with or approval by a river management agency under Article 6 of the River Act, permission for the execution of river works and authorization of a river works execution plan under Article 30 of the same Act, and permission to occupy and use a river under Article 33 of the same Act;
37. Permission under Article 14 (1).
(2) When a project implementer intends to be deemed to obtain authorization, permission, etc., he/she shall submit related documents prescribed by the relevant Act when filing an application for authorization of its implementation plan.
(3) In approving an implementation plan, the Administrator shall pre-consult with the head of a related administrative agency, if it contains any matter falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1), and the head of the related administrative agency shall submit his/her opinion within 20 days from the date of receiving such request; and if no opinion is submitted within such period, he/she shall be deemed to have no opinion.
(4) Where any authorization, permission, etc., is deemed obtained under any other statute as prescribed in paragraph (1), registration and license tax, fees, use fees, etc., to be imposed on a license in return for the relevant authorization, permission, etc., under related statutes or ordinances of a Metropolitan City or Do, shall be exempted.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 23 (Installation of Infrastructure)
(1) Article 55 of the Urban Development Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the installation and apportionment of costs of electricity, telecommunication, gas and district heating facilities.
(2) The State shall preferentially assist the installation of infrastructure prescribed by Presidential Decree and its incidental facilities, such as roads, waterworks, and sewerage, which are necessary in the project area, etc. In such cases, the scope of assistance, the subject-matter of assistance, etc., shall be deliberated upon by the Committee in advance.
(3) The Administrator may install facilities which are subsidized by the special accounts for construction of an administrative city under Article 44 (including facilities to be installed by a public-private partnership project defined in subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Act on Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure) among the traffic facilities to be installed in accordance with the measures for improvement of metropolitan transportation.
(4) A local government shall preferentially assist the installation of infrastructure outside the project area, etc., to ensure the smooth performance of the functions of the administrative city.
(5) In order to coordinate and manage the installation plan, schedule, etc., of infrastructure prescribed by Presidential Decree, an infrastructure facility coordination committee may be established under the jurisdiction of the Administrator.
(6) Matters necessary for the composition, operation, etc., of an infrastructure facility coordination committee under paragraph (5), shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(7) A person obligate to establish an infrastructure facility under paragraph (5) shall comply with the installation plan, schedule, etc., determined by the infrastructure facility coordination committee, except in extenuating circumstances.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 24 (Expropriation of Land)
(1) If necessary for the execution of an administrative city construction project, the project implementer may expropriate or use the land, etc., in a project area under Article 3 of the Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land for Public Works Projects.
(2) Where the project area, etc., is designated and publicly notified, the project approval shall be deemed obtained and the project approval shall be deemed notified under Articles 20 (1) and 22 of the Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land for Public Works Projects, and an application for adjudication may be filed during the period of execution of the administrative city construction project referred to in Article 20 (3) 11 hereof, notwithstanding Articles 23 (1) and 28 (1) of the same Act.
(3) The Central Land Tribunal shall be the competent Land Tribunal for the adjudication of expropriation or use of land, etc., under paragraph (1).
(4) The period during which the owner of the land, etc., that has been acquired through consultation or expropriation to execute public works prescribed in the subparagraphs of Article 4 of the Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land for Public Works Projects or works for which project approval is deemed approved under Article 20 (1) of the same Act, in accordance with individual Acts (hereafter referred to as "former public works" in this paragraph) in the project area before the project area, etc., is designated and publicly notified, may exercise his/her repurchase right under Article 91 (1) and (2) of the same Act, shall be reckoned from the date of public notice of the designation of the project area, etc., deeming that the former public works are changed to the administrative city construction project under this Act. In such cases, the project implementer shall publicly notify such change in the Official Gazette as prescribed by Presidential Decree and notify the repurchase right holder thereof.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land for Public Works Projects shall apply mutatis mutandis to the expropriation or use of land, etc., pursuant to paragraph (1).
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 25 (Supply Plans of Developed Land)
(1) Where a project implementer intends to supply any land developed through an administrative city construction project (hereinafter referred to as "developed land") or land retaining its original features, he/she shall prepare a plan for supply of developed land or land retaining its original features and obtain approval from the Administrator. The same shall also apply where the prepared plan for supply is amended.
(2) Where approval of a plan for supply of developed land is obtained from the Administrator under paragraph (1), a plan for supply of developed land, etc., is deemed submitted under Article 26 of the Urban Development Act.
(3) Details of a plan for supply of developed land and land retaining its original features, procedures and standard for the supply and method of determining the price thereof, and other matters necessary for the supply of developed land and land retaining its original features shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(4) A developer of land retaining its original features may supply only the land prescribed by Presidential Decree among the land developed under Article 18 (4). In such cases, procedures for the supply of developed land under paragraphs (1) through (3), shall apply mutatis mutandis.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 26 (Advance Payment)
(1) A project implementer may receive all or part of the relevant price in advance from persons who intend to be supplied with developed land and land retaining its original features, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) If a project implementer intends to receive all or part of the relevant price in advance under paragraph (1), he/she shall obtain approval from the Administrator.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 27 (Completion Inspection)
(1) Upon full or partial completion of an administrative city construction project, the project implementer shall undergo a completion inspection conducted by the Administrator without delay.
(2) In conducting a completion inspection pursuant to paragraph (1), matters upon which the Administrator has consulted with the head of a related administrative agency with respect to the completion inspection, completion authorization, etc., under the authorization, permission, etc., deemed granted under Article 22, shall be deemed to have undergone the relevant completion inspection, completion authorization deemed granted, etc.
(3) If a project implementer intends to be deemed received a completion inspection, completion authorization, etc., under paragraph (2), he/she shall submit related documents prescribed by the relevant statutes together when it files an application for a completion inspection under paragraph (1).
(4) In conducting a completion inspection under paragraph (1), any matter in its details to which a completion inspection, completion authorization, etc., applies under the authorization, permission, etc., deemed granted under Article 22, the Administrator shall pre-consult with the head of the related administrative agency.
(5) Upon conducting a completion inspection under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall notify the details thereof to the Committee and the head of a related administrative agency.
(6) When the Administrator recognizes, as the result of a completion inspection, that the development project is completed in accordance with the implementation plan, he/she shall issue a certificate of completion inspection and publicly announce the completion of works as prescribed by Presidential Decree; and if the development project is not completed as specified in the implementation plan, he/she shall issue an order without delay to take necessary measures, including the execution of supplementary works.
(7) The Administrator or the head of the local government having jurisdiction over the area for which the completion of works is publically announced under paragraph (6), shall manage the area deemed designated and publicly notified as a district-unit planning zone under Article 20 (8), in accordance with the district-unit plans included in the implementation plan publicly notified under Article 21.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 28 (Application Mutatis Mutandis to Projects within Peripheral Areas)
(1) The project implementer may include in its implementation plan, the projects prescribed by Presidential Decree and executed within peripheral areas in direct connection with the administrative city construction project, such as projects to support peripheral areas under Article 53.
(2) Articles 21 through 27, 45, 52 through 60, 63, and 64 through 71 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the projects referred to in paragraph (1). <Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
(3) Where Article 24 applies mutatis mutandis under paragraph (2), "designation and public notice of a project area, etc." shall be construed as "approval and public notice of an implementation plan", and the implementation plan publicly notified under Article 21 (5) shall include the detailed items of land to be expropriated or used.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
CHAPTER IV PROMOTION ORGANIZATION
 Article 29 (Establishment of Committee)
In order to deliberate on relevant important policies to efficiently advance the construction of the administrative city, the Administrative City Construction Committee shall be established under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 30 (Matters to Be Deliberated by Committee)
The Committee shall deliberate on the following:
1. Matters concerning the designation of a project area, etc., under Article 11;
2. Matters concerning a metropolitan plan for the administrative city under Article 17;
3. Matters concerning the designation, etc., of a project implementer under Article 18;
4. Matters concerning the formulation of a master plan under Article 19;
5. Matters concerning the formulation of a development plan under Article 20;
6. Matters concerning an implementation plan under Article 21;
7. Matters concerning assistance in the installation of infrastructure under Article 23 (2);
8. Matters concerning important matters on the supply of land, such as standards for calculation of supply price of developed land and land retaining its original features under Article 25;
9. Matters concerning important matters on the management and operation of special accounts for construction of an administrative city under Article 44;
10. Matters concerning measures to improve metropolitan transportation under Article 63;
11. Other matters prescribed by this Act to undergo deliberation by the Committee.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 31 (Organization of Committee)
(1) The Committee shall be comprised of not more than 30 members, including two Chairpersons.
(2) The following persons shall be Committee members: <Amended by Act No. 14839, Jul. 26, 2017; Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
1. One person nominated by the Minister of Economy and Finance from among the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Vice Ministers of Economy and Finance; one person nominated by the Minister of Science and ICT from among the Vice Ministers of Science and ICT; one person nominated by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism from among the Vice Minister of Education, the Vice Minister of Defense, the Vice Minister of the Interior and Safety, and the Vice Ministers of Culture, Sports and Tourism; one person nominated by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy from among the Vice Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Vice Ministers of Trade, Industry and Energy; and the Vice Minister of Environment and the Administrator;
2. Persons commissioned by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport upon recommendation of the Administrator, from among persons having abundant knowledge of and experience in constructing an administrative city.
(3) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and a person commissioned by the President from among members referred to in paragraph (2) 2, shall be Chairpersons.
(4) Chairpersons may require the head of a related agency and local governments related to any agenda item submitted to the Committee, to attend and speak at a meeting.
(5) Each member referred to in paragraph 2 (2) shall hold office for a term of two years and may be appointed consecutively, up to three times only. <Amended by Act no. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
(6) The Committee shall have one executive-secretary, and the Administrator shall be the executive-secretary.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 31-2 (Grounds for Disqualification of Committee Members)
No person falling under any subparagraph of Article 33 of the State Public Officials Act shall become a member of the Committee.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018]
 Article 32 (Chairpersons)
(1) Each chairperson shall represent the Committee respectively, and exercise overall control of the affairs of the Committee.
(2) Where both chairpersons are unable to perform any of their duties due to any extenuating circumstances, their duties shall be performed on their behalf by a member nominated in advance by the chairperson who is the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 33 (Subcommittees)
(1) In order to efficiently deliberate on matters delegated by the Committee, among matters subject to deliberation by the Committee under Article 30, the Committee shall establish subcommittees, including the planning and design coordination subcommittee, to deliberate on the matters concerning the development plan, implementation plan, district-unit plan, etc., under Articles 20 and 21.
(2) Deliberations conducted by a subcommittee shall be deemed deliberations conducted by the Committee, only if the Committee agrees to consider the relevant deliberations of the subcommittee as the deliberations by the Committee.
(3) A subcommittee shall be comprised of five to seven members.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 34 (Meetings and Quorum for Resolution)
Resolutions of the meetings of the Committee shall be adopted with the concurrent vote of a majority of all incumbent members, and resolutions of the meetings of a subcommittee shall be adopted with the unanimous consent of all incumbent members.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 34-2 (Disqualification of, Challenge to, and Refrainment by Committee Members)
(1) If any member of the Committee falls under any of the following, he/she shall be disqualified from deliberating or resolving on the relevant agenda item:
1. If the Committee member, or his/her current or former spouse is a party to the relevant agenda item (if a party is a corporation, organization, or the like, a reference to a party includes that party’s executive officers; the same shall apply in this subparagraph and subparagraph 2) or a co-obligee or co-obligor with a party to the relevant agenda item;
2. If the Committee member is a current or former relative of a party to the relevant agenda item;
3. If the Committee member has provided consulting service, research service, or any other service, or served as an appraiser, for the relevant agenda item;
4. If the Committee member or a corporation or organization to which the Committee member belongs is the current or former representative of a party to the relevant agenda item;
5. If a corporation, organization, or the like, for which he/she currently works or has worked in the last three years, has provided consulting service, research service, or any other service, or served as an appraiser, for the relevant agenda item.
(2) If the circumstances indicate that it would be difficult to expect fair deliberations and decisions of a Committee member, any party may file a challenge to the Committee member with the Committee. In such cases, if the Committee deems the challenge justified, it shall decide on the challenge accordingly.
(3) The Committee member against whom the challenge is filed shall not participate in any decision under paragraph (2).
(4) If a Committee member falls under any of the grounds for disqualification under paragraph (1), he/she shall voluntarily refrain from deliberating and resolving on the relevant agenda item.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018]
 Article 34-3 (Dismissal of Committee Members)
In any of the following cases, the chairperson of the Committee may dismiss the relevant member of the Committee:
1. If the Committee member becomes unable to perform his/her duties due to a mental or physical disability;
2. If the Committee member is engaged in corruption in connection with his/her duties;
3. If the Committee member is found incompetent for the office due to dereliction of duty, indecent conduct, or any other ground;
4. If the Committee member fails to refrain from deliberating and resolving on the relevant agenda item despite falling under any subparagraph of Article 34-2 (1);
5. If the Committee member voluntarily manifests that it is impracticable for him/her to perform his/her duties.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018]
 Article 35 (Advisory Committee)
(1) In order to provide counselling on matters falling under the authority of the Committee, an advisory committee comprised of not exceeding 100 advisory members may be established under the Committee.
(2) Matters necessary for the organization and operation of an advisory committee shall be determined by the Committee.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 36 (Prohibition against Divulging Confidential Information)
None of the following persons shall divulge any confidential information learned while conducting his/her duties:
1. A member of the Committee, an advisory member of the advisory committee, an employee of the Committee, and a person who held such post;
2. A person who performs or has performed the affairs of the Committee after being dispatched to the Committee.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 37 (Composition and Operation of Committee)
Except as otherwise prescribed in this Act, matters necessary for the composition and operation of the Committee and subcommittees shall be determined by the chairperson who is the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, upon resolution of the Committee.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 38 (Establishment of Agency)
(1) In order to efficiently promote affairs related to the construction of an administrative city, the National Agency for Administrative City Construction (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency"), shall be established under the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
(2) The Agency shall have one Administrator and one Vice Administrator; the Administrator shall be appointed from among public officials in political service, while the Vice Administrator shall be appointed from among State public officials in general service.
(3) Matters necessary for the organization, operation, etc., of the Agency shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 39 (Duties of Administrator)
The Administrator shall perform the following duties: <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
1. Permission for acts in a project area under Article 14;
1-2. Formulation of a metropolitan plan for the administrative city under Article 17;
1-3. Formulation of a master plan under Article 19;
2. Formulation of development plans under Article 20;
3. Approval of implementation plans under Article 21;
4. Approval of a plan for supply of developed land and land retaining its original features under Article 25;
5. Approval of advance payments under Article 26;
6. Completion inspections under Article 27;
7. Management and operation of special accounts for construction of an administrative city under Article 44;
8. Formulation of a plan for projects to support peripheral areas under Article 53;
9. Formulation of an urban or Gun plan in a project area, etc., under Article 60;
10. Deleted; <by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
11. Assistance in Committee affairs;
12. Overall control and coordination of the administrative city construction project;
13. Matters prescribed as duties of the Administrator under this Act or other statutes;
14. Installation and management of facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree as necessary to facilitate performance of the functions of the administrative city;
15. Deleted; <by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
16. Inducement of investment for the enhancement of self-sufficiency of the administrative city in a project area;
17. Other duties prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 40 (Request for Cooperation of Relevant Agencies)
The Committee, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, or the Administrator may request the heads of related administrative agencies, institutions, and organizations to provide assistance, such as the provision of data and counselling, where deemed necessary to perform his/her duties. In such cases, the heads of institutions and organizations requested to provide data and counselling shall comply with such request, unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. <Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 41 (Request for Dispatch of Executive Officers and Employees)
(1) The Committee, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, or the Administrator may request public officials to be dispatched belonging to related administrative agencies and the executive officers and employees of related institutions, corporations, organizations, etc., or may require them to hold positions concurrently, where deemed necessary to perform his/her duties.
(2) The Committee or the Administrator may appoint experts in the related fields as public officials in a fixed term position under Article 26-5 of the State Public Officials Act, where deemed necessary to perform his/her duties.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 42 (Collection of Public Opinion)
The Committee, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, or the Administrator may gather public consensus through a hearing, etc., where deemed necessary to perform his/her duties.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 43 (Provision of Counselling by Central Urban Planning Committee)
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport may seek advice of the Central Urban Planning Committee established under Article 106 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, on the designation of a metropolitan planning zone for the administrative city under Article 17, and the Administrator may seek advice of the same committee on the formulation of the formulation of a metropolitan plan, master plan and development plan for the administrative city under Articles 17, 19, and 20. <Amended by Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
CHAPTER V SPECIAL ACCOUNTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CITY
 Article 44 (Establishment, Management, and Operation of Special Accounts)
(1) Special accounts for construction of an administrative city (hereinafter referred to as "accounts") shall be established to fund the administrative city construction project.
(2) The accounts shall be managed and operated by the Administrator.
(3) Where the National Finance Act or the National Accounting Act applies, the Administrator shall be deemed the head of a central government office under Article 6 (2) of the National Finance Act or subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the National Accounting Act.
(4) The expenditure budget of the accounts may be classified into organization of the central government office.
(5) In managing and operating the accounts, the Administrator shall undergo prior deliberation by the Committee on important matters.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 45 (Revenues and Expenditures of Accounts)
(1) Revenues of the accounts shall be as follows:
1. Price for sale, use fees, amount of rental deposit collected from public office buildings, incidental facilities and the sites of central administrative agencies, etc., (including the site secured to build public office buildings of a central administrative agency, etc., if any) relocating to the administrative city according to the relocation plan, and other income accruing from the relevant property;
2. Money transferred from general accounts or other special accounts;
3. Public capital management funds under the Public Capital Management Fund Act, or money transferred or deposits received from other funds;
4. Money borrowed under Article 47;
5. Income from investment and loans under paragraph (2) 7;
6. Other income.
(2) Expenditures of the accounts shall be as follows:
1. Expenditure of costs incurred in the purchase of the sites, building, relocation, etc., of public facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree, including public office buildings of the central administrative agencies, etc., to move into the administrative city;
2. Expenditures for assisting in the installation of infrastructure under Article 23 (2);
3. Redemption of the principal of and interest on money borrowed under Article 47;
4. Redemption of the principal and interest of the deposits received under paragraph (1) 3;
5. Expenditure for projects for supporting peripheral areas under Article 53;
6. Costs incurred in implementing measures under Article 54;
7. Investment and provision of loans necessary for the execution of the project by a project implementer;
8. Costs incurred in providing financial assistance or sites to foreign educational institutions referred to in Article 63-6;
9. Costs incurred in establishing knowledge industry centers and providing financial assistance thereto under Article 63-7;
10. Costs incurred in purchasing the sites and installing facilities for research institutes, international organizations, general hospitals, and universities referred to in Article 63-8;
11. Other expenditures for items prescribed by Presidential Decree in connection with the construction of the administrative city.
(3) Matters necessary for the conditions, etc., of investment and provision of loans under paragraph (2) 7 shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 46 (Transfer from General Accounts or Other Special Accounts)
In order to secure financial resources for expenditures, funds may be transfer to the accounts from general accounts, other special accounts, or funds, as stipulated in the budget.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 46-2 (Administrative Conversion of Property)
(1) Notwithstanding Article 17 of the State Property Act, when an administrative conversion or a transfer of any State property prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as public buildings, that belongs to the accounts is made, it may be done so without compensation.
(2) Notwithstanding Article 27 of the State Property Act, public office buildings, etc., specified in the attached Table which are developed and acquired by the Agency for common use or public use may be sold or donated to Sejong Special Self-Governing City or Sejong City Office of Education established under the Special Act on the Establishment of Sejong Special Self-Governing City without compensation: Provided, That in cases of sale, the sale price may be reduced or exempted, taking into account the type of the relevant facility, category of the project, ability to pay, etc.
(3) Notwithstanding the Commodity Management Act, commodities for the operation of a local administration information system established by the Agency and commodities installed for the normal operation of schools established in a project area, may be donated to Sejong Special Self-Governing City or Sejong City Office of Education without compensation. In such cases, such donation may be pre-consulted with the Minister of Economy and Finance.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 46-3 (Gratuitous Use of Public Property)
Upon receiving a request from the Administrator on the ground of a change to the development plan or a need to install a new facility within the project area, the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor or the Superintendent of Sejong City Office of Education may make a gratuitous transfer to the Agency or may allow the Agency to use reverted public facilities without compensation under Articles 46-2 (2) and 65 (1), notwithstanding the Public Property and Commodity Management Act.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 16003, Dec. 18, 2018]
 Article 47 (Borrowed Funds)
(1) When financial resources for expenditures of the accounts are insufficient, funds may be borrowed long-term at the cost of the account within the amount resolved by the National Assembly.
(2) When the funds for expenditure are temporarily deficient, the accounts may borrow money temporarily at the cost of the account.
(3) The principal and interest of a temporary loan referred to in paragraph (2) shall be redeemed within the relevant fiscal year.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 48 (Reserve Funds)
For appropriation for unpredictable extra-budgetary expenditures or for the expenditures exceeding budget, the accounts may appropriate a substantial sum in the expenditure budget for reserve funds.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 49 (Carryover of Expenditure Budget)
Notwithstanding Article 48 of the National Finance Act, any amount not expended during the relevant fiscal year among the expenditure budget of the accounts, may be used by carrying forward to the following year.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 50 (Accounting of Surplus Funds)
A surplus after the settlement of accounts shall be transferred to the revenues of the following year.
 Article 51 (Upper Limit of Expenditure of State Budget)
The amount to be expended from the State budget for the construction of public buildings (including purchase price of the sites), such as government office buildings, and the metropolitan transportation facilities for the administrative city in connection with the construction of the administrative city, shall not exceed 8.5 trillion won (referring to the amount calculated based on constant 2003 prices).
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
CHAPTER VI SUPPORT FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTER
 Article 52 (Reduction of or Exemption from Local Taxes and Contributions)
(1) Where necessary to facilitate the execution of an administrative city construction project, a local government may reduce or exempt taxes, such as acquisition tax, registration and license tax, and property tax, in favor of the project implementer, as prescribed by the Restriction of Special Local Taxation Act.
(2) Where necessary for the smooth execution of the administrative city construction project, the State and local government may reduce or exempt farmland preservation charges, costs for creating substitute grassland, expenses incurred in creating forest replacement resources, cooperation charges for ecosystem conservation, charges for metropolitan transportation facilities, and charges for preservation of development restriction zones for the project implementer, as prescribed by the Farmland Act, the Grassland Act, the Mountainous Districts Management Act, the Natural Environment Conservation Act, the Special Act on the Management of Intercity Transport in Metropolitan Areas, and the Act on Special Measures for Designation and Management of Development Restriction Zones.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 53 (Projects to Support Peripheral Areas)
(1) The Administrator may formulate plans for projects to support peripheral areas (hereinafter referred to as "projects to support peripheral areas") for convenient living, promotion of welfare, etc., of residents in peripheral areas.
(2) When the Administrator intends to formulate a plan for the project to support a peripheral area under paragraph (1), he/she shall pre-consult with the Metropolitan City Mayor, the head of the Si/Gun having jurisdiction over the peripheral areas, and the project implementor.
(3) Projects to support peripheral areas shall be executed by the Metropolitan City Mayor and the head of the Si/Gun having jurisdiction over the peripheral areas.
(4) The State, a local government, or the project implementer may fully or partially subsidize the costs incurred in the projects to support peripheral areas.
(5) Matters necessary for projects to support peripheral areas, such as the preparation of plans for peripheral areas under paragraph (1), types of projects, and methods of support, shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 54 (Establishment of Related Plans)
(1) The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall prepare plans on demand and supply of construction materials and human resources to facilitate the promotion of the administrative city construction project.
(2) The heads of related central administrative agencies shall formulate plans to assist residents who relocate into the administrative city and persons working for relocating institutions (including public officials belonging to the Agency).
(3) The Administrator or the project implementer shall formulate and execute plans for assisting vocational conversion training and income-generating business of residents of a project area who will lose their means of livelihood, and other support plans necessary for the resettlement of the residents, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 55 (Entry into Third Persons' Land)
(1) The project implementer may perform the following activities, where it intends to conduct any inspection or survey to prepare an implementation plan and where necessary to execute the project:
1. Entry to the land occupied and used by a third person;
2. Temporary use of a third person’s land as material yards or temporary roads;
3. Alteration or removal of bamboo and trees, earth and stones, or other obstacles.
(2) In the case of paragraph (1), Articles 130 (2) through (9) and 144 (1) 2 and 3 and (3) of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, shall apply mutatis mutandis. In such cases, "implementer of urban or Gun planning facility project who is an administrative agency" shall be construed as "project implementer".
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall also apply mutatis mutandis to public officials of the administrative agencies or employees of the institutions and organizations related with the construction of the administrative city who have obtained permission from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or the Administrator.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 56 (Compensation for Loss)
(1) If a person suffers any loss from the activities stipulated in Article 55 (1) or (3), the project implementer, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, or the Administrator shall compensate the relevant loss.
(2) Article 131 (2) through (4) of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the compensation for loss under paragraph (1). In such cases, the Land Tribunal having jurisdiction over the adjudication on the compensation for loss shall be the Central Land Tribunal.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 57 (Restrictions on Disposal of State-Owned or Public Land)
(1) No land located in a project area which is owned by the State or local government shall be sold or transferred for any purpose other than those for the development project.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the State Property Act, the Local Finance Act, and other statutes, property located in a project area and owned by the State or local government may be transferred to the project implementer by free contract. In such cases, the Administrator shall have prior consultation with the head of a related administrative agency on the disuse or transfer of the relevant property (limited to administrative property).
(3) Upon receipt of a request under the latter part of paragraph (2), the head of the related administrative agency shall take measures necessary for consultation within 60 days from the date of receipt of the request.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, the property, the managing authority of which is unidentifiable among the State property intended to be transferred to the project implementer under paragraph (2), shall be managed or disposed of by the Minister of Economy and Finance.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 58 (Requests for Inspection of Documents)
Where necessary for the execution of the administrative city construction project, the Administrator may request, free of charge, the inspection or photocopying of any document necessary for the execution of the project, or the issuance of certified copies or abstracts thereof from the heads of the registry offices or other related administrative agencies.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 59 (Requests for Provision of Data)
The project implementer may request the heads of related agencies to provide data necessary for the execution of the administrative city construction project. In such cases, a person in receipt of such request for provision of data, shall comply therewith, except in extenuating circumstances.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
 Article 60 (Special Cases concerning Urban or Gun Plans)
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, the Administrator shall formulate or amend an urban or Gun master plan in a project area, etc., and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shall approve it. In such cases, "Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, the Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun" shall be construed as "Administrator" for the purposes of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, the Administrator shall formulate and determine an urban or Gun management plan (excluding plans for the designation or change of specific use zones). In such cases, the "Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport" shall be construed as the "Administrator" for the purposes of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act.
(3) The Administrator may separately determine and publicly notify all or part of the matters to be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government pursuant to the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, taking into account the characteristics of the administrative city. In such cases, the public notice made by the Administrator shall be deemed an ordinance of the relevant local government in a project area, etc.
(4) In a project area, etc., the urban planning committee for the administrative city shall be established under the Agency in lieu of a local urban planning committee under the National Land Planning and Utilization Act. In such case, the "Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu" shall be construed as the "Administrator" and the "City/Do or Si/Gun/Gu" shall be construed as the "Agency" for the purposes of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act.
(5) Notwithstanding the National Land Planning and Utilization Act, the Administrator shall designate an implementer of an urban or Gun planning facility project and authorize the implementation plan for an urban or Gun planning facility project in a project area. In such cases, the "Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport" shall be construed as the "Administrator" for the purposes of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act.
(6) Article 8 of the Addenda to the National Land Planning and Utilization Act (Act No. 6655) shall not apply in a project area, etc.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 60-2 (Special Cases concerning Promotion of Smart City Development and Industry)
(1) The Administrator shall perform duties regarding the formulation, etc. of a smart city plan, which are performed by a Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu in a project area pursuant to Articles 8 through 10, 14, and 24 of the Act on the Promotion of Smart City Development and Industry. In such cases, a "Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/ Gu” shall be construed as the "Administrator", and a "local government" shall be construed as the "Agency".
(2) When the Administrator has performed duties in place of a Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu under paragraph (1), he/she shall notify the details thereof to the relevant Mayor/Do Governor or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu.
(3) The Administrator may separately give public notice of the matters prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government in performing duties pursuant to paragraph (1), in consideration of the characteristics of the administrative city. In such cases, the public notice given by the Administrator shall be deemed ordinance of the relevant local government within the project area.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017]
 Article 60-3 (Special Cases concerning Municipal Ordinances on Building)
(1) With respect to matters required to be prescribed by municipal ordinances under statutes, regulations, and framework statutes on building, Sejong Special Self-Governing City shall set forth those matters differently depending on whether the relevant area is a project area, taking into considerations the characteristics of an administrative city. In such cases, the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Council shall hear the opinions of the Administrator in advance in regard of the establishment of, and amendment to, municipal ordinances on the project area.
(2) If deemed necessary to improve the aesthetics, scenary, and urban functions of the administrative city, the Administrator may request the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor to amend municipal ordinances under paragraph (1). In such cases, the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor shall send the results of review on the requested matters and plans to address them to the Administrator within a period prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 15734, Aug. 14, 2018]
 Article 60-4 (Special Cases concerning Building Permission)
(1) The Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor shall consult, in advance, with the Administrator to grant permission or approval or to perform inspection falling under any one of the following (hereafter in this Article referred to as “permission, etc.”) within the project zone:
1. Building permission under Article 11 (1) of the Building Act and approval for use under Article 22 (2) of the same Act with respect to a building for the purpose of use or of the scale prescribed by Presidential Decree;
2. Approval of project plans under Article 15 of the Housing Act and a pre-use inspection under Article 49 of the same Act with respect to a housing construction project or building site supply project for at least the number of housing units or the area prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) When granting permission, etc. under paragraph (1), the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor shall take measures necessary to reflect the contents consulted with the Administrator and shall notify the Administrator of the results of processing the said contents.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 15734, Aug. 14, 2018]
 Articles 61 and 62 Deleted. <by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
 Article 63 (Special Cases concerning Establishment of Measures to Improve Metropolitan Transportation)
(1) Notwithstanding Article 7-2 of the Special Act on the Management of Intercity Transport in Metropolitan Areas, measures to improve metropolitan transportation pertaining to the administrative city construction projects, shall be established by the Administrator.
(2) Where the Administrator intends to formulate measures to improve metropolitan transportation under paragraph (1), he/she shall undergo deliberations by the Metropolitan Transport Commission and the Committee after hearing opinions of the related Mayor/Do Governor, finalize it before an implementation plan is approved under Article 21, and inform the related Mayor/Do Governor thereof.
(3) A related Mayor/Do Governor shall submit his/her opinion within 30 days from the date of receipt of such request; and if no opinion is submitted within such period, he/she shall be deemed to have no opinion.
(4) Where Article 76, 82, or 90 of the Road Act applies to any road works directly implemented by the Administrator in accordance with the measures to improve metropolitan transportation pursuant to paragraph (1), the "management agency" shall be construed as the "Agency". <Amended by Act No. 12248, Jan. 14, 2014>
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 63-2 (Special Cases concerning Master Plans for Waterworks Installation and Management)
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act and the Sewerage Act in a project area, etc., the Administrator shall formulate or amend the following plans. In such cases, the "Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun" shall be construed as the "Administrator" for the purposes of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act:
1. A master plan for waterworks installation and management under Article 4 of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act;
2. A framework plan for sewerage maintenance under Article 5 of the Sewerage Act.
(2) When the Administrator intends to formulate or amend any plan referred to in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1), he/she shall hear opinions of the head of the relevant local government.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 63-3 (Special Cases concerning Public-Private Partnership Projects)
Notwithstanding subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Act on Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure, the Administrator shall be construed as the head of an administrative agency exercising overall control over the affairs of the relevant infrastructure projects pertaining to the construction of the administrative city under the relevant statutes or regulations.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 63-4 (Special Cases concerning the Act on Contracts to Which the State Is a Party)
Where the State and the project implementer restricts the qualification of participants in competition on the basis of the locations of their principal offices, it shall, notwithstanding the proviso to Article 7 (1) of the Act on Contracts to Which the State Is a Party, also allow persons who have their principal offices in the metropolitan local government that falls under a metropolitan planning zone of the administrative city referred to in Article 17 to participate in the administrative city construction project.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 63-5 (Special Cases concerning Inspection of Construction Sites)
Notwithstanding Article 54 of the Construction Technology Promotion Act, the Administrator shall inspect the construction sites, etc., of the construction works executed in a project area and projects for preparing measures to improve metropolitan transportation under Article 63.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 63-6 (Establishment and Operation of Foreign Educational Institutions)
(1) Notwithstanding Article 3 of the Private School Act, a foreign incorporated school foundation (referring to a State, local government, or a nonprofit-making corporation that establishes and operates an educational institution for early childhood, elementary or secondary education in a foreign country under the foreign statutes or regulations; hereinafter the same shall apply) may establish a foreign educational institution in a project area with approval of the Minister of Education.
(2) Article 22 (1) through (6) of the Special Act on Designation and Management of Free Economic Zones shall apply mutatis mutandis where a foreign incorporated school foundation establishes and operates a foreign educational institution defined in subparagraph 5 of the Article 2 of the same Act in a project area under paragraph (1). In such cases, "free economic zone" shall be construed as "project area" and the "Free Economic Zone Committee" shall be construed as the "Committee".
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 63-7 (Establishment of and Support for Knowledge Industry Centers)
(1) The Administrator may establish, sell, or lease knowledge industry centers in a project zone under the Industrial Cluster Development and Factory Establishment Act.
(2) The Administrator may provide a person who has established a knowledge industry center (including a person who has obtained approval for the establishment thereof) in a project zone with financial support necessary for the installation thereof, within budgetary limits.
(3) Except as otherwise prescribed in this Act, Chapter IV-2 of the Industrial Cluster Development and Factory Establishment Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to knowledge industry centers.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 63-8 (Support for Research Institutes, International Organizations, General Hospitals, and Universities)
(1) Where deemed necessary to vitalize the functions of the city, the State may subsidize costs required for purchasing the sites and constructing facilities by domestic or foreign research institutes, international organizations, general hospitals, and universities defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Special Act on Support of Scientists and Engineers for Strengthening National Science and Technology Competitiveness to be relocated in a project area.
(2) In subsidizing costs under paragraph (1), matters necessary for the detailed standards for the support, procedures, and methods, etc., thereof shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 63-9 (Establishment and Operation of Joint Campus)
(1) To enhance self-sufficiency through the promotion of industry-academia-research cooperation, the Administrator may require a project implementer to build school buildings, research facilities, etc. and the related sites (hereinafter referred to as “joint campus”), to which any of the following persons can move in, as prescribed by Presidential Decree:
1. Universities under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Special Act on Support of Scientists and Engineers for Strengthening National Science and Technology Competitiveness;
2. Foreign educational institutions under subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Special Act on Designation and Management of Free Economic Zones;
3. Other domestic and foreign research institutes prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(2) Where the project implementer builds a joint campus pursuant to paragraph (1), he/she may partially contribute to or fund public interest corporations prescribed in paragraph (5).
(3) A person who intends to move into the joint campus shall obtain the approval of the Administrator after deliberation by the Committee. In such cases, matters regarding documents which he/she should submit when applying for occupation in the joint campus, the procedures for occupation, and the criteria for approving occupation shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(4) Notwithstanding the Higher Education Act, the Minister of Education may separately prescribe the criteria for incorporation and establishment of the universities which intend to move into the joint campus; and the Special Act on Establishment and Management of Foreign Educational Institutions in Free Economic Zones and Jeju Free International City shall apply mutatis mutandis to matters regarding the establishment, management, etc. of foreign educational institutions.
(5) To efficiently operate and manage the joint campus and provide support for research, survey, development, dissemination of studies and science and technology, the Administrator may establish a public interest corporation under Article 2 of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Public Interest Corporations (hereinafter referred to as “public interest corporation”) within the joint campus. In such cases, the registration of establishment, articles of incorporation, details of the project of public interest corporations and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(6) The Administrator may order a person located in the joint campus pursuant to paragraph (3) (hereinafter referred to as “occupant agency”) and public interest corporations to submit documents concerning the fulfillment of the criteria for approving occupation or the operation and management of the joint campus, or may require his/her public officials to conduct an inspection on the operation and management of the joint campus.
(7) Where an occupant agency falls under either of the following, the Administrator may order it to take corrective measures within a specified period not exceeding six months:
1. Where it violates the criteria for approving occupation or the details of approval;
2. Where it fails to comply with an order or inspection under paragraph (6).
(8) Where an occupant agency falls under either of the following, the Administrator may revoke the approval for occupation under paragraph (3), as prescribed by Presidential Decree: Provided, That in cases of falling under subparagraph 1, he/she shall revoke the approval for occupation:
1. Where it obtains the approval for occupation by fraud or other improper means;
2. Where it fails to comply with a corrective order under paragraph (7).
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017]
 Article 63-10 (Hearings)
Where the Administrator intends to revoke the approval for occupation under Article 63-9 (8), he/she shall hold a hearing.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017]
 Article 64 (Reports and Inspections)
(1) Where necessary to enforce this Act, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or the Administrator may order a project implementer to submit reports or data on the administrative agency construction project or require a public official under his/her control to inspect the affairs related to the administrative agency construction project, and may request the heads of related agencies to provide necessary data. In such cases, a person, in receipt of such request, shall comply therewith except in extenuating circumstances.
(2) A public official who inspects affairs related to the administrative agency construction project under paragraph (1) shall carry identification indicating his/her authority and show it to related persons.
(3) Matters necessary for the identification referred to in paragraph (2) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 65 (Reversion of Public Facilities)
(1) Where a project implementer newly installs a public facility or installs a public facility substituting an existing public facility defined in subparagraph 13 of Article 2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act (excluding parking lots and play grounds; hereafter the same shall apply in this Article), Article 65 of the same Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reversion of such facility. In such cases, "agency" shall be construed as "project implementer".
(2) In registering a public facility and property under paragraph (1), written approval of the implementation plan and a certificate of completion inspection shall be used in lieu of a document attesting the cause for registration under the Registration of Real Estate Act.
(3) Where the National Land Planning and Utilization Act applies mutatis mutandis under paragraph (1), the persons classified as follows shall be deemed the managing authority of the property, where the managing authority of which is unclear:
1. Roads, rivers, ditches, etc.: The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport;
2. Other property: The Minister of Economy and Finance.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 66 (Management of Public Facilities)
Public facilities installed in accordance with the administrative city construction project shall be managed by a project implementer until they are reverted to the managing authority thereof, except as otherwise provided in other statutes.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 67 (Legal Fiction as Public Officials in Application of Penalty Provisions)
Non-public officials among the following persons shall be deemed public officials in application of penalty provisions pursuant to Articles 129 through 132 of the Criminal Act in connection with the affairs of the Committee:
1. A member of the Committee, an advisory member of the advisory committee, an employee of the Committee, and a person who has held such post;
2. A person who performs or has performed the affairs of the Committee after being dispatched to the Committee.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 68 (Delegation and Entrustment of Authority)
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport or the Administrator may delegate or entrust some of his/her authority or affairs provided in this Act to the head of a related central administrative agency, a Mayor/Do Governor, the project implementer, the head of a public institution, or the head of a government-funded institution.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
CHAPTER VIII PENALTY PROVISIONS
 Article 69 (Offense of Divulging Confidential Information in Course of Performing Duties)
A person who divulges any confidential information learned in the course of handling the affairs, in violation of Article 36, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding 50 million won.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 70 (Penalty Provisions)
Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding 30 million won:
1. A person who engages in any activity specified in the subparagraphs of Article 14 (1) without obtaining permission or permission to alter, in violation of the same Article 14 (1), or upon obtaining permission or permission to alter by fraud or other improper means;
2. A person who engages in any activity specified in the subparagraphs of Article 81 (2) of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act that applies mutatis mutandis under Article 14 (2) without obtaining permission or permission to alter, in violation of the same Article 81 (2) of the same Act, or upon obtaining permission or permission to alter by fraud or other improper means.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014]
 Article 71 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Where the representative of a corporation, or an agent or employee of, or other persons employed by, a corporation or individual, commits a violation described in Article 70 in connection with the duties of the corporation or individual, not only shall such violator be punished, but also the corporation or individual shall be punished by a fine prescribed in the relevant Article: Provided, That this shall not apply where such corporation or individual has not been negligent in giving due attention and supervision concerning the relevant duties to prevent such violation.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 11189, Jan. 17, 2012]
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force two months after the date of its promulgation: Provided, That Articles 8 through 14, 18, 24, 29 through 37, 38 (4), 40 through 42, 55 through 59, 60 (4), 64, 67 through 71, and Articles 2 through 7 of the Addenda shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation, and Articles 38 (1) through (3), 39, 60 (1) through (3), 61, and 63 shall enter into force on January 1, 2006.
Article 2 (Temporary Installation of Steering Group)
(1) In order to efficiently handle the affairs of the Committee until the Agency is installed, a steering group for construction of the administrative city shall be established under the Committee by no later than December 31, 2005.
(2) The steering group shall have one head, who shall be nominated by the President from among public officials in political service.
(3) Under the direction of the chairperson, the head shall take charge of the affairs of the Committee, and direct and supervise the staff under his/her jurisdiction.
(4) Where deemed necessary to perform the affairs of the steering group, the Committee may request the heads of related administrative agencies and the head of related institutions and organizations to provide human resources, data, counselling, etc.
(5) Matters necessary for the composition and operation of the steering group shall be determined by the chairperson who is the Prime Minister, following resolution by the Committee.
(6) Affairs performed by the head of the steering group shall be deemed performed by the Administrator from January 1, 2006.
Article 3 (Transitional Measures until Establishment of Agency)
(1) Until December 31, 2005, duties of the Administrator prescribed in Articles 13, 15, 18, 20 through 23, 25 through 28, 42 through 51, 53, 55 through 57, and 64, shall be performed by the Minister of Construction and Transportation, those under Article 14 by a Metropolitan City Mayor or the head of a Si/Gun, and those under Article 31 (6) by the head of the steering group, respectively. In such cases, a Metropolitan City Mayor or the head of a Si/Gun shall obtain approval from the Minister of Construction and Transportation when he/she performs his/her duties under Article 14.
(2) Affairs performed by the Minister of Construction and Transportation, a Metropolitan City Mayor, the head of a Si/Gun, or the head of the steering group under paragraph (1), shall be deemed performed by the Administrator from January 1, 2006.
(3) When determining an urban plan and performing affairs related to building permission within a project area on or before December 31, 2005, the head of related local government shall obtain approval from the Minister of Construction and Transportation.
(4) The Minister of Construction and Transport shall take necessary measures by no later than the establishment date of the Agency so that performing the duties of the Administrator under this Act, such as the permission for activities, formulation of an urban plan, enforcement of the Building Act, and approval of a project plan under Articles 14 and 60 through 62, may not be interrupted, and the heads of related central administrative agencies and the heads of related local governments shall cooperate therein.
Article 4 (Transitional Measures concerning Urban Planning)
(1) An act done by or in relation to a Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu within a project area, etc., in connection with urban planning under the National Land Planning and Utilization Act as at the time this Act enters into force, shall be deemed done by or in relation to the Administrator.
(2) Until the Administrator makes separate determination and public notice under Article 60 (3), ordinances of the relevant local government shall apply.
Article 5 (Transitional Measures concerning Enforcement of the Building Act)
(1) An act conducted by or against a Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu within a project area, etc., under the provisions of the Building Act as at the time this Act enters into force, shall be deemed conducted by or against the Administrator.
(2) Until the Administrator makes separate determination and public notice under Article 61 (4), ordinance of the relevant local government shall apply.
Article 6 (Transitional Measures concerning Approval of Project Plans)
An act done by or in relation to a Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu within a project area, etc., in connection with a housing construction project or site development project under the provisions of the Housing Act as at the time this Act enters into force, shall be deemed conducted by or against the Administrator.
Article 7 (Transitional Measures concerning Inspection and Research)
Any inspection, research, etc., conducted by a committee belonging to the Prime Minister or the Minister of Construction and Transportation in connection with the construction of the administrative city before this Act enters into force, shall be deemed conducted by the Minister of Construction and Transportation, the Minister of the Interior, or the Administrator under this Act.
ADDENDA <Act No. 7604, Jul. 21, 2005>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 7837, Dec. 31, 2005>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2006. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 22 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8050, Oct. 4, 2006>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2007. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 12 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 8126, Dec. 28, 2006>
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of Articles 17 (1), 23 (3), 62, and 63-2 shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8251, Jan. 19, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 4 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8283, Jan. 26, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 12 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8343, Apr. 11, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 12 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8351, Apr. 11, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 15 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8352, Apr. 11, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 16 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8355, Apr. 11, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8369, Apr. 11, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 16 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8370, Apr. 11, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 20 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8371, Apr. 11, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 10 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8404, Apr. 27, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 14 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8466, May 17, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8636, Oct. 17, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2009. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 4 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8733, Dec. 21, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force nine months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 11 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8819, Dec. 27, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 9 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8820, Dec. 27, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 9 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8869, Feb. 29, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of Article 61 shall enter into force on June 22, 2008.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Special Cases concerning Urban Planning)
(1) The amended provisions of Article 60 (4) shall begin to apply from the first application for deliberation filed after this Act enters into force.
(2) The implementer of an urban planning facility project designated and the implementation plan for an urban planning facility project authorized before this Act enters into force, shall be deemed the implementer of an urban planning facility project designated by the Administrator and the implementation plan for an urban planning facility project authorized by the Administrator before this Act enters into force under the amended provisions of Article 60 (5), respectively.
Article 3 (Transitional Measures concerning the Committee)
(1) Members and a chairperson of the Administrative City Construction Committee commissioned under the previous provisions, as at the time this Act enters into force, shall be deemed members and a chairperson commissioned under the amended provisions of Article 31 (2) 2 and (3). In such cases, the term of office of a member shall be the term of office remaining under the previous provisions.
(2) Matters deliberated on by the Construction Committee before this Act enters into force, shall be deemed deliberated by the Administrative City Construction Committee under this Act.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8970, Mar. 21, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on April 12, 2008. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 10 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8974, Mar. 21, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 14 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8976, Mar. 21, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 10 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9037, Mar. 28, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2009.
Articles 2 through 19 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9071, Mar. 28, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2009. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 11 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9174, Dec. 26, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force four months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 4 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9401, Jan. 30, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 11 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9758, Jun. 9, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 23 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9763, Jun. 9, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force nine months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 8 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9770, Jun. 9, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on July 1, 2010. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9772, Jun. 9, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9774, Jun. 9, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 19 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9932, Jan. 18, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force two months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 10001, Feb. 4, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 10220, Mar. 31, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2011.
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 10221, Mar. 31, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2011.
Articles 2 through 8 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 10272, Apr. 15, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 14 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 10331, May 31, 2010>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 13 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 10599, Apr. 14, 2011>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 9 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 10892, Jul. 21, 2011>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 10 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 11189, Jan. 17, 2012>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Expansion of Scope of Participation of Local Enterprises)
Notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 63-4, a contract for which a tender notice is placed under the previous provisions as at the time this Act enters into force, shall be governed by the previous provisions.
ADDENDA <Act No. 11352, Feb. 22, 2012>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 14 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 11530, Dec. 11, 2012>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 11585, Dec. 18, 2012>
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation: Provided, That Article 54 (2) shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
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. 11794, May 22, 2013>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 26 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 12081, Aug. 13, 2013>
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of subparagraph 1 of Article 15 shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation, and the amended provisions of Article 38 (2) shall enter into force on December 12, 2013.
ADDENDA <Act No. 12248, Jan. 14, 2014>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 25 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 12738, Jun. 3, 2014>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 and 3 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 12754, Jun. 11, 2014>
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 12959, Dec. 31, 2014>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 13726, Jan. 6, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 13797, Jan. 19, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 11 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 13805, Jan. 19, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on August 12, 2016.
Articles 2 through 22 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 14480, Dec. 27, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 14532, Jan. 17, 2017>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amendments to the statutes to be amended pursuant to Article 6 of the Addenda, which were promulgated before this Act enters into force but the enforcement dates of which have yet to arrive, shall enter into force on the enforcement date of the relevant statute.
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 14718, Mar. 21, 2017>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 14839, Jul. 26, 2017>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amendments to the statutes to be amended pursuant to Article 5 of the Addenda, which were promulgated before this Act enters into force but the enforcement dates of which have yet to arrive, shall enter into force on the enforcement date of the relevant statute.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA <Act No. 14948, Oct. 24, 2017>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions of the latter part of Article 40 shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation; the amended provisions of Articles 63-9 and 63-10 shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation; and the amended provisions of Article 28 (2), subparagraph 10 of Article 39, and Articles 61 and 62 shall enter into force one year and three months after the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Adjustment of Duties of Administrator)
(1) Dispositions and other acts taken by the Administrator in a district under the jurisdiction of Sejong Special Self-Governing City pursuant to the previous Article 60-2 (1) 2, 6, 10, and 14 as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed dispositions and other acts taken by the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor or the heads of institutions under its jurisdiction.
(2) Dispositions and other acts taken by the Administrator in a district under the jurisdiction of Sejong Special Self-Governing City pursuant to the previous subparagraph 10 of Article 39, and Articles 61 and 62 as at the time the amended provisions of subparagraph 10 of Article 39 and Articles 61 and 62 enter into force shall be deemed dispositions and other acts taken by the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor or the heads of institutions under its jurisdiction.
(3) Applications for or reporting on dispositions filed with, and other acts taken toward, the Administrator pursuant to the previous Article 60-2 (1) 2, 6, 10, and 14, as at the time this Act enters into force, shall be deemed applications for or reporting on dispositions filed with, and other acts taken toward, the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor or the head of an institution under its jurisdiction. In such cases, when the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor or the head of an institution under its jurisdiction takes dispositions, etc. against applications for or reporting on dispositions and other acts, the public notice given by the Administrator under the previous Article 60-2 (3) shall apply only to the relevant dispositions, etc. if such public notice is different from ordinance of the Sejong Special Self-Governing City.
(4) Applications for or reporting on dispositions filed with, and other acts taken toward, the Administrator pursuant to the previous subparagraph 10 of Article 39 and Articles 61 and 62, as at the time the amended provisions of subparagraph 10 of Article 39 and Articles 61 and 62 enter into force, shall be deemed applications for or reporting on dispositions filed with, and other acts taken toward, the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor or the head of an institution under its jurisdiction. In such cases, when the Sejong Special Self-Governing City Mayor or the head of an institution under its jurisdiction takes dispositions, etc. against applications for or reporting on dispositions and other acts after the same amended provisions enter into force, the public notice given by the Administrator under the previous Article 60-2 (3) shall apply only to the relevant dispositions, etc. if such public notice is different from ordinance of Sejong Special Self-Governing City.
(5) In cases of an application for building permission under Article 11 of the Building Act or an application for approval of project plans under Article 15 of the Housing Act filed with the Administrator before the amended provisions of Articles 61 and 62 enter into force, the Administrator shall perform duties concerning the disposition of permission or approval pursuant to the previous Articles 61 and 62, notwithstanding the former part of paragraph (4).
Article 3 Omitted.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 15734, Aug. 14, 2018>
This Act shall enter into force on January 25, 2019.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 16003, Dec. 18, 2018>
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 16142, Dec. 31, 2018>
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures concerning Metropolitan Plans and Master Plans)
A metropolitan plan for the administrative city and a master plan formulated under the previous provisions as at the time this Act enters into force, shall be construed as a metropolitan plan for the administrative city and a master plan formulated under this Act.