No. 19341
Promulgation Date 2023-04-11
Ministry of Personnel Management
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Categories of Public Officials)
Article 2-2 (Senior Executive Service)
Article 3 (Scope of Application)
Article 4 (Classification of Grades of Public Officials in General Service)
Article 5 (Definitions)
CHAPTER II CENTRAL PERSONNEL AGENCY
Article 6 (Central Personnel Agency)
Article 7 Deleted.
Article 8 Deleted.
Article 8-2 Deleted.
Article 8-3 (Request for Cooperation to Agencies Concerned)
Article 8-4 Deleted.
Article 9 (Establishment of Appeals Review Committee)
Article 10 (Qualifications and Appointment of Members of Appeals Review Committees)
Article 10-2 (Grounds for Disqualification of Members of Appeals Review Committees)
Article 11 (Guarantee of Status of Members of Appeals Review Committees)
Article 12 (Examination of Appeals Review Committees)
Article 13 (Right of Statement by Appellant)
Article 14 (Decisions of Appeals Review Committees)
Article 14-2 (Appointment of Temporary Members)
Article 15 (Effect of Decision)
Article 16 (Relation to Administrative Litigation)
Article 17 (Inspection of Personnel Management)
Article 17-2 (Reporting on Illegal or Unfair Personnel Administration)
Article 17-3 (Protection of Reporters of Whistleblowing Disclosure)
Article 18 (Statistical Reporting)
Article 19 (Personnel Records)
Article 19-2 (Computerization of Personnel Management)
Article 19-3 (Management of Candidates for Public Office)
Article 19-4 (Securing Professionalism in Personnel Management Affairs)
Article 20 (Delegation of Authority)
CHAPTER III POSITION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Article 21 (Establishment of Position Classification System)
Article 22 (Principles for Position Classification System)
Article 22-2 (Job Analysis)
Article 23 (Assignment of Positions to Class or Duty Grade)
Article 24 (Implementation of Position Classification System)
Article 25 Deleted.
CHAPTER IV APPOINTMENT AND EXAMINATION
Article 26 (Principles for Appointment)
Article 26-2 (Appointment under Reduced Hours of Duty)
Article 26-3 (Appointment of Foreigners and Dual Nationality Holders)
Article 26-4 (Appointment of Local Talent on Recommendation and Their Internship)
Article 26-5 (Public Officials Appointed for Fixed Terms of Office)
Article 26-6 (Prohibition of Discrimination)
Article 27 (Methods of Filling Vacancies)
Article 28 (Recruitment)
Article 28-2 (Transfers)
Article 28-3 (Change of Occupation)
Article 28-4 (Open Positions)
Article 28-5 (Publicly-Recruited Positions)
Article 28-6 (Appointment of Members of Senior Executive Service)
Article 29 (Probationary Appointment)
Article 30 Deleted.
Article 31 (Preferential Appointment of Successful Candidates in Competitive Examinations and Coordination in Filling of Vacancies)
Article 31-2 (Holding Confirmation Hearings Prior to Appointment of State Council Members)
Article 32 (Appointing Authorities)
Article 32-2 (Personnel Rotations)
Article 32-3 (Concurrent Holding of Office)
Article 32-4 (Dispatched Service)
Article 32-5 (Principles for Management of Assigned Positions)
Article 33 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 33-2 (Separate Sentence of Monetary Penalties)
Article 34 (Examination Administering Agency)
Article 35 (Principle of Equality)
Article 36 (Eligibility for Examination)
Article 36-2 (Additional Points in Recruitment Examinations for Public Service)
Article 37 (Public Announcement on Examinations)
Article 38 (List of Candidates for Appointment)
Article 39 (Procedures for Appointment of Candidates)
Article 40 (Promotions)
Article 40-2 (Method of Promotion)
Article 40-3 (Promotion Screening)
Article 40-4 (Special Promotion of Exemplary Public Official)
Article 41 (Method of Promotion Examinations)
Article 42 (Preferential Appointment of Person of Distinguished Service to State)
Article 43 (Filling of Vacancy Resulting from Leave of Absence, Dispatch, and Others)
Article 43-2 Deleted.
Article 43-3 Deleted.
Article 44 (Prohibition of Interfering with Examination or Appointment)
Article 45 (Prohibition of Malpractice concerning Personnel Affairs)
Article 45-2 (Measures against Persons Cheating in Recruitment Examinations for Public Service)
Article 45-3 (Revocation of Acceptance of Persons Involved in Misconduct in Recruitment)
CHAPTER V REMUNERATION
Article 46 (Principles of Determination on Remuneration)
Article 47 (Provisions concerning Remuneration)
Article 48 (Reimbursement of Actual Expenses)
Article 49 (Remuneration of Person Dispatched by Institution Other Than State Agencies)
CHAPTER VI EFFICIENCY
Article 50 (Human Resource Development)
Article 50-2 (Encouragement of Proactive Administration)
Article 51 (Rating of Service Records)
Article 52 (Matters to Be Implemented for Increasing Efficiency)
Article 53 (Proposal System)
Article 54 (Reward and Decoration System)
CHAPTER VII SERVICE
Article 55 (Oath)
Article 56 (Duty of Fidelity)
Article 57 (Duty of Obedience)
Article 58 (Prohibition of Deserting from Office)
Article 59 (Duty of Kindness and Impartiality)
Article 59-2 (Duty of Religious Neutrality)
Article 60 (Duty of Confidentiality)
Article 61 (Duty of Integrity)
Article 62 (When Receiving Honor from Foreign Government)
Article 63 (Duty to Maintain Dignity)
Article 64 (Prohibition of Pecuniary Business and Concurrent Office)
Article 65 (Prohibition of Political Activities)
Article 66 (Prohibition of Collective Activities)
Article 67 (Provisions for Delegation)
CHAPTER VIII GUARANTEE OF STATUS
Article 68 (Measures on Status against Will)
Article 69 (Ipso Facto Retirement)
Article 70 (Ex Officio Dismissal)
Article 70-2 (Examination of Qualifications)
Article 71 (Leave of Absence)
Article 72 (Period of Leave of Absence)
Article 73 (Effect of Leave of Absence)
Article 73-2 (Leave of Absence for Public Officials in Non-Career Service)
Article 73-3 (Release from Position)
Article 73-4 (Demotion)
Article 74 (Retirement Age)
Article 74-2 (Honorable Retirement)
Article 74-3 (Allowances following Voluntary Retirement of Public Officials in Extraordinary Civil Service)
CHAPTER IX GUARANTEE OF RIGHTS AND INTERESTS
Article 75 (Issuance of Explanatory Note on Grounds for Disposition)
Article 76 (Request for Review and Order to Supplement Successor)
Article 76-2 (Settlement of Grievance)
Article 76-3 (Settlement of Grievance of Public Official in Non-Career Service)
Article 77 (Social Security)
CHAPTER X DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Article 78 (Grounds for Disciplinary Action)
Article 78-2 (Disciplinary Additional Charges)
Article 78-3 (Request for Another Disciplinary Resolution)
Article 78-4 (Verification of Grounds for Disciplinary Disposition of Public Official Wanting to Retire and Restrictions on Retirement)
Article 79 (Types of Disciplinary Action)
Article 80 (Effect of Disciplinary Action)
Article 81 (Establishment of Disciplinary Committee)
Article 82 (Procedures for Disciplinary Action)
Article 83 (Relationship to Investigation Conducted by Board of Audit and Inspection)
Article 83-2 (Prescription of Grounds for Disciplinary Action and Imposing Disciplinary Additional Charges)
Article 83-3 (Disciplinary Action against Public Official in Non-Career Service)
CHAPTER XI PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 84 (Offense of Engaging in Political Activities)
Article 84-2 (Penalty Provisions)
CHAPTER XII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 85 Deleted.
Article 85-2 (Fees)
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