No. 8541
Promulgation Date 2007-07-23
Ministry of Justice
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Administration)
Article 3 (Delegation of Authority)
Article 4 (Handling of Registration Affairs)
Article 5 (Restriction on Duties)
Article 6 (Attribution of Fees, etc.)
Article 7 (Charging of Expenses)
Article 8 (Supreme Court Rules)
CHAPTER II PREPARATION OF FAMILY RELATIONS REGISTERS AND HANDLING OF REGISTRATION AFFAIRS
Article 9 (Preparation of and Matters to be Recorded in Family Relations Registers)
Article 10 (Determination of Original Domicile)
Article 11 (Handling of Registration Affairs, etc. by Computerized Information Processing Organization)
Article 12 (Installation, etc. of Central Control Office of Computerized Information)
Article 13 (Use, etc. of Computerized Information Data on Registration Matters)
Article 14 (Issuance, etc. of Certificates)
Article 15 (Kinds of Certificates and Matters to be Entered in Certificates)
CHAPTER III RECORDS OF REGISTERS
Article 16 (Recording Procedure of Registers)
Article 17 (Person without Register)
Article 18 (Correction of Register)
Article 19 (Change in Administrative Districts, Names, etc. Entered in Registers)
CHAPTER IV REPORT
Section 1 Common Provisions
Article 20 (Place of Report)
Article 21 (Report, etc. of Birth and Death throughDongOffices)
Article 22 (Cases where Being Registered Became Known after Reporting)
Article 23 (Method of Filing Reports)
Article 24 (Report Forms)
Article 25 (Matters to be Entered in Reports)
Article 26 (Incompetent Reporter)
Article 27 (Report by Incompetent Who may Act without Consent of his/her Legal Representative)
Article 28 (Reports Requiring Witnesses)
Article 29 (Matters Unapplicable or Unknown to Reporters)
Article 30 (Matters to be Entered other Than those Designated by Acts and Subordinate Statutes)
Article 31 (Verbal Report, etc.)
Article 32 (Report of Cases Requiring Consent, Approval or Permission)
Article 33 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis to Reports)
Article 34 (Filing Reports in Foreign Countries)
Article 35 (Certified Copy of Certificate Prepared in Foreign Form)
Article 36 (Forwarding of Documents Accepted in Foreign Countries)
Article 37 (Point for Counting Reporting Period)
Article 38 (Peremptory Notice to File Report)
Article 39 (Ex-PostSupplementation of Report)
Article 40 (Report after Lapse of Reporting Period)
Article 41 (Report which Arrives after Death of Reporter)
Article 42 (Certificate of Acceptance or Non-Acceptance of Report and Public Reading of Documents)
Article 43 (Notice of Non-Acceptance of Report)
Section 2 Birth
Article 44 (Matters to be Entered in Report of Birth)
Article 45 (Place of Report of Birth)
Article 46 (Person Responsible for Filing Report)
Article 47 (Cases where Lawsuit for Denial of Paternity is Raised)
Article 48 (Cases where Court Determines Fatherhood)
Article 49 (Birth during Voyage)
Article 50 (Birth at Public Facilities)
Article 51 (Cases where Child Dies before Filing Report of Birth)
Article 52 (Abandoned Children)
Article 53 (Cases where Parents Finds Abandoned Child)
Article 54 (Cases where Abandoned Child is Dead)
Section 3 Recognition
Article 55 (Matters to be Entered in Report of Recognition)
Article 56 (Recognition of Unborn Child)
Article 57 (Recognition by Report of Birth)
Article 58 (Recognition by Court Decision)
Article 59 (Recognition by Will)
Article 60 (Stillbirth of Child Already Recognized)
Section 4 Adoption
Article 61 (Matters to be Entered in Report of Adoption)
Article 62 (Report of Adoption)
Section 5 Dissolution of Adoptive Relations
Article 63 (Matters to be Entered in Report of Dissolution of Adoptive Relations)
Article 64 (Report of Dissolution of Adoptive Relations by Agreement)
Article 65 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 66 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Section 6 Adoption of Child through Full Adoption and Dissolution of Adoptive Relations
Article 67 (Report of Adoption of Child through Full Adoption)
Article 68 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 69 (Reports of Dissolution of Adoptive Relations of Children Adopted through Full Adoption)
Article 70 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Section 7 Marriage
Article 71 (Matters to be Entered in Reports of Marriage, etc.)
Article 72 (Marriage by Court Decision)
Article 73 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Section 8 Divorce
Article 74 (Matters to be Entered in Reports of Divorce)
Article 75 (Confirmation of Divorce by Agreement)
Article 76 (Provisions to be Deemed)
Article 77 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 78 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Section 9 Parental Authority and Guardianship
Article 79 (Reports of Designation and Change of Person in Parental Authority)
Article 80 (Reports of Commencement of Guardianship)
Article 81 (Reports of Replacement of Guardian, etc.)
Article 82 (Appointment of Guardian by Will or Court Decision)
Article 83 (Reports of Termination of Guardianship)
Section 10 Death and Disappearance
Article 84 (Reports of Death and Matters to be Entered therein)
Article 85 (Persons Responsible for Filing Reports of Death)
Article 86 (Place of Reports of Death)
Article 87 (Death Caused by Disaster)
Article 88 (Death by Execution and Death in Prison)
Article 89 (Matters to be Entered in Notices)
Article 90 (Death of Persons whose Registration is Uncertain, etc.)
Article 91 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 92 (Reports of Adjudication on Disappearance)
Section 11 Acquisition and Loss of Nationality
Article 93 (Notices, etc. of Acquisition of Nationality by Recognition, etc.)
Article 94 (Notices, etc. of Permission on Naturalization)
Article 95 (Notices, etc. of Reinstatement of Nationality)
Article 96 (Reports of Establishment of New Surname and Origin of Surname by Persons who Has Acquired Nationality)
Article 97 (Matters to be Entered in Reports of Loss of Nationality)
Article 98 (Notice of Selection, etc. of Nationality)
Section 12 Change of Name and Change of Surname and Origin of Surname
Article 99 (Reports on Change of Name)
Article 100 (Reports on Change of Surname and Origin of Surname)
Section 13 Establishment of New Registration of Family Relations
Article 101 (Reports on Establishment of New Registration of Family Relations)
Article 102 (Reports on Establishment of New Registration of Family Relations by Lineal Blood Relatives)
Article 103 (Reports on Establishment of New Registration by Court Decision)
CHAPTER V RECTIFICATION OF REGISTER
Article 104 (Rectification of Inadmissible Records Entered in Family Relations Register)
Article 105 (Rectification of Records of Invalid Acts, which are Entered in Family Relations Registers)
Article 106 (Obligation to Apply for Rectification)
Article 107 (Rectification of Registers by Court Decision)
Article 108 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER VI OBJECTION PROCEDURE
Article 109 (Application for Objection)
Article 110 (Measures Taken by Heads ofSi/Eup/Myeon against Applications for Objection)
Article 111 (Decision of Court on Applications for Objection)
Article 112 (Appeal to Higher Court)
Article 113 (Costs for Application for Objection)
CHAPTER VII FORWARDING OF REPORT DOCUMENTS AND SUPERVISION BY COURT
Article 114 (Forwarding of Report Documents, etc.)
Article 115 (Examinations of Report Documents, etc. and Orders for Rectification)
Article 116 (Orders for Various Kinds of Reports, etc.)
CHAPTER VIII PENAL PROVISIONS
Article 117 (Penal Provisions)
Article 118 (Penal Provisions)
Article 119 (Joint Penal Provisions)
Article 120 (Fines for Negligence)
Article 121 (Fines for Negligence)
Article 122 (Fines for Negligence)
Article 123 (Trials on Fines for Negligence)
Article 124 (Imposition and Collection of Fines for Negligence)
ADDENDA
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