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| Article 15 (Penalty Provisions) |
| (1) | Any person who commits assault and battery on, threatens, arrests, or confines, or uses fraud or physical force on a debtor or his/her related person shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding 50 million won. |
| (2) | 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: <Amended by Act No. 12594, May 20, 2014> |
| 1. | A person who is not an attorney-at-law and carries on a lawsuit in connection with debt collection in violation of Article 8-4; |
| 2. | A person who violates any provision of subparagraphs 2 through 7 of Article 9; |
| 3. | A person who divulges credit information or personal information of a debtor or his/her related person, or who uses such information for any purpose other than debt collection, in violation of Article 10 (1); |
| 4. | A person who expresses his/her intent to collect a debt in violation of subparagraph 1 of Article 11. |
| (3) | Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding 10 million won: <Amended by Act No. 12228, Jan. 14, 2014> |
| 1. | A person who violates Article 8-3 (1); |
| 2. | A person who uses words, writings, sound, images, goods, or any other sign in violation of subparagraph 2 of Article 11. |