| (1) | The right to claim for damages resulting from an unlawful act shall lapse by prescription if not exercised within three years commencing from the date on which the injured party or his/her legal representative becomes aware of such damage and of the identity of the person who caused it. |
| (2) | The provisions of paragraph (1) shall also apply if ten years have elapsed from the time when the unlawful act was committed. |
| (3) | Where a minor suffers from sexual violence, sexual molestation, sexual harassment, other sexual infringement, the extinctive prescription of the right to claim compensation for damages shall not proceed until such minor attain the majority. <Added on Oct. 20, 2020> |
[Decision of simple unconstitutionality, 2014Hun-Ba148, August 30, 2018: the provision of Article 766 (2) of the Civil Act (as Enacted on Act No. 471 on Feb. 22, 1958) subject to a case referred to in Article 2 (1) 3 and 4 of the Framework Act on Settling the Past History for Truth and Reconciliation violates the Constitution.]