Statutes of the Republic of Korea

No. 17689
Promulgation Date 2020-12-22
Supreme Court of Korea

ALL

PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 (Purpose)

Article 2 (Competence of Courts)

Article 3 (Categories of Courts)

Article 4 (Justices of Supreme Court)

Article 5 (Judges)

Article 6 (Acting Judges)

Article 7 (Exercise of Judgment Authority)

Article 8 (Binding Force of Judgment of Higher Court)

Article 9 (Judicial Administrative Affairs)

Article 9-2 (Judges' Council)

Article 10 (Secretariat of Each Court, etc.)

PART II SUPREME COURT

Article 11 (Highest Court)

Article 12 (Seat)

Article 13 (Chief Justice of Supreme Court)

Article 14 (Judgment Authority)

Article 15 (Indication of Justice's Opinion)

Article 16 (Composition and Decision-Making Method of Supreme Court Justices' Council)

Article 17 (Matters to Be Decided by Supreme Court Justices' Council)

Article 18 (Delegated Matters)

Article 19 (The National Court Administration)

Article 20 (The Judicial Research and Training Institute)

Article 20-2 (The Judicial Policy Research Institute)

Article 21 (The Court Officials Training Institute)

Article 22 (The Court Library)

Article 23 (Secretariat of Chief Justice of Supreme Court, etc.)

Article 24 (Judicial Researchers)

Article 25 (Judicial Policy Advisory Committee)

Article 25-2 (Judges Personnel Committee)

PART III COURTS

CHAPTER I HIGH COURTS

Article 26 (Chief Judges of High Courts)

Article 27 (Chambers)

Article 28 (Judgment Authority)

CHAPTER II PATENT COURT

Article 28-2 (Chief Judge of Patent Court)

Article 28-3 (Divisions)

Article 28-4 (Judgment Authority)

CHAPTER III DISTRICT COURTS

Article 29 (Chief Judges of District Courts)

Article 30 (Divisions)

Article 31 (Branch Courts)

Article 31-2 (Jurisdiction of Family Branch Courts)

Article 32 (Judgment Authority of Collegiate Panel)

Article 33 (Si/Gun Courts)

Article 34 (Jurisdiction of Si/Gun Courts)

Article 35 (Request for Formal Judgment against Summary Judgment)

Article 36 (Registry Offices)

CHAPTER IV FAMILY COURTS

Article 37 (Chief Judges of Family Courts)

Article 38 (Divisions)

Article 39 (Branch Courts)

Article 40 (Judgment Authority of Collegiate Panel)

CHAPTER V ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

Article 40-2 (Chief Judge of Administrative Court)

Article 40-3 (Divisions)

Article 40-4 (Judgment Authority)

CHAPTER VI BANKRUPTCY COURT

Article 40-5 (Chief Judge of Bankruptcy Court)

Article 40-6 (Divisions)

Article 40-7 (Judgment Authority of Collegiate Panel)

PART IV JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Article 41 (Appointment of Judicial Officers)

Article 41-2 (Committee of Recommendation of Supreme Court Justice Candidates)

Article 42 (Qualification for Appointment)

Article 42-2 Deleted.

Article 42-3 (Restriction on Competence)

Article 42-4 Deleted.

Article 43 (Grounds for Disqualification)

Article 44 (Assignment to Position)

Article 44-2 (Rating of Service Record, etc.)

Article 45 (Term of Office, Reappointment, and Age Limit)

Article 45-2 (Reappointment of Judges)

Article 46 (Guarantee of Judicial Officers' Status)

Article 47 (Retirement due to Mental and Physical Impediment)

Article 48 (Discipline)

Article 49 (Prohibited Matters)

Article 50 (Dispatched Service)

Article 50-2 (Prohibition, etc. of Dispatch of Judicial Officers)

Article 51 (Leave of Absence)

Article 52 (Concurrent Offices, etc.)

PART V PERSONNEL OF COURTS

Article 53 (Personnel of Courts)

Article 53-2 (Law Clerks)

Article 54 (Judicial Assistant Officials)

Article 54-2 (Technical Examiners)

Article 54-3 (Investigation Officers)

Article 55 (Execution Officers)

Article 55-2 (Court Security Management Unit)

PART VI TRIALS

CHAPTER I COURT SESSIONS

Article 56 (Places of Sessions)

Article 57 (Opening of Trials to Public)

Article 58 (Maintenance of Order in Court)

Article 59 (Prohibition of Videotape Recording, etc.)

Article 60 (Request for Dispatch of Police Officials)

Article 61 (Court-Ordered Confinement, etc.)

Article 62 (Language in Court)

Article 62-2 (Oral Proceedings in Foreign Languages and Establishment of Exclusive Panel of Judges)

Article 63 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)

Article 64 (Court Guards)

CHAPTER II CONFERENCES

Article 65 (Non-Opening of Conferences to Public)

Article 66 (Methods of Conference)

PART VII ORGANS OF SUPREME COURT

CHAPTER I NATIONAL COURT ADMINISTRATION

Article 67 (Minister of the National Court Administration, etc.)

Article 68 (Appointment)

Article 69 (Right to Attend National Assembly, etc.)

Article 70 (Defendant of Administrative Litigation)

Article 71 (Organization)

Article 71-2 (Inspector General for Judicial Ethics)

CHAPTER II THE JUDICIAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE

Article 72 (Judicial Trainees)

Article 72-2 (Purposes of Legal Training of Judicial Trainees)

Article 73 (Organization)

Article 74 (Director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute, etc.)

Article 74-2 (Status, etc. of Teaching Faculty)

Article 74-3 (Visiting Professors)

Article 74-4 (Dispatch of Some Staff to Serve as Professor)

Article 74-5 (Administrative Council of the Judicial Research and Training Institute)

Article 75 (Secretariat)

Article 76 (Delegated Matters)

CHAPTER III THE JUDICIAL POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Article 76-2 (Organization)

Article 76-3 (President, etc.)

Article 76-4 (Position, etc. of Research Fellows, etc. Who Are Not Judicial Officers)

Article 76-5 (Visiting Researchers)

Article 76-6 (Steering Committee of the Judicial Policy Research Institute)

Article 76-7 (Publication of Reports and Reporting to the National Assembly)

Article 76-8 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)

Article 76-9 (Delegated Matters)

CHAPTER IV THE COURT OFFICIALS TRAINING INSTITUTE

Article 77 (Organization)

Article 78 (Director, etc.)

Article 79 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)

Article 80 (Delegated Matters)

CHAPTER V THE SUPREME COURT LIBRARY

Article 81 (Organization)

PART VIII SENTENCING COMMISSION

Article 81-2 (Establishment of Sentencing Commission)

Article 81-3 (Composition of Commission)

Article 81-4 (Duties of Chairperson)

Article 81-5 (Meetings of Commission)

Article 81-6 (Setting, etc. of Sentencing Criteria)

Article 81-7 (Effect, etc. of Sentencing Criteria)

Article 81-8 (Cooperation, etc. of Related Agencies)

Article 81-9 (Clerical Work Body)

Article 81-10 (Publication of Annual Reports)

Article 81-11 (Obligation of Confidentiality, etc.)

Article 81-12 (Delegation Provisions)

PART IX EXPENSES OF COURTS

Article 82 (Expenses of Courts)

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