No. 20878
Promulgation Date 2025-04-01
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 2-2 (Responsibilities of the State)
Article 2-3 (Narcotics control master plan)
Article 2-4 (Narcotics Countermeasure Council)
Article 2-5 (Establishment of guidelines for reporting narcotics cases and request for cooperation in compliance)
Article 2-6 (Linkage of narcotics addiction prevention education for youth with school education)
Article 3 (General prohibition of acts)
Article 4 (Prohibition of handling narcotics by persons other than persons handling narcotics)
Article 5 (Restrictions on handling narcotics)
Article 5-2 (Designation of temporary narcotics)
Article 5-3 (Narcotics Safety and Risk Management Deliberative Committee)
CHAPTER II PERMISSION
Article 6 (Permission for person handling narcotics)
Article 6-2 (Permission for exporting and importing or manufacturing precursors)
Article 7 (Issuance and registration of certificates of permission)
Article 8 (Prohibition of transfer of certificates of permission and reports on business closure)
CHAPTER III CONTROL OF NARCOTICS
Article 9 (Restrictions on giving or receiving)
Article 10 Deleted.
Article 11 (Reporting on handling narcotics)
Article 11-2 (Center for Narcotics Information Management)
Article 11-3 (Establishment, operation, and interlinkage of the narcotics information management system)
Article 11-4 (Provision of integrated narcotics information)
Article 11-5 (Processing and utilization of integrated narcotics information)
Article 11-6 (Restrictions on use of handled information for other than duty purposes and on provision thereof)
Article 12 (Dealing with narcotics involved in accident)
Article 13 (Disposal of narcotics possessed by disqualified persons)
Article 14 (Advertising)
Article 15 (Storage of narcotics)
Article 16 (Sealing)
Article 17 (Information printed on containers)
CHAPTER IV PERSONS HANDLING NARCOTICS
Article 18 (Permission for export and import of narcotics)
Article 19 Deleted.
Article 20 (Sale of imported narcotics)
Article 21 (Permission for manufacture of narcotics)
Article 22 (Sale of manufactured narcotics)
Article 23 Deleted.
Article 24 (Permission for use of raw materials of narcotics)
Article 25 Deleted.
Article 26 (Wholesale of narcotics)
Article 27 Deleted.
Article 28 (Retail of narcotics)
Article 29 Deleted.
Article 30 (Administration of narcotics)
Article 31 Deleted.
Article 32 (Information on prescriptions)
Article 33 (Managers of narcotics)
Article 34 (Control of narcotics)
Article 35 (Academic researchers handling narcotics)
Article 36 (Reporting by cannabis plant cultivators)
Article 37 (Restrictions on permission)
Article 38 (Obligations of control of person handling narcotics)
CHAPTER V NARCOTIC ADDICTS
Article 39 (Prohibition of use of narcotic drugs)
Article 40 (Treatment and protection of narcotic addicts)
Article 40-2 (Concurrent imposition of punishment and program attendance order)
Article 40-3 (Investigation before judgment)
CHAPTER VI SUPERVISION AND CONTROL
Article 41 (Entry, inspection, and collection)
Article 42 (Orders for destruction)
Article 43 (Business reports)
Article 44 (Revocation of permission and suspension of business)
Article 44-2 (Notification of violations)
Article 45 (Hearings)
Article 46 (Disposition on penalty surcharges)
Article 47 (Disposition of illegal narcotics)
Article 48 (Inspectors for narcotics)
Article 49 Deleted.
Article 50 (Education for persons handling narcotics and exporters and importers of precursors)
Article 51 (Control of precursors)
CHAPTER VI-2 PREVENTION OF NARCOTICS ADDICTION
Article 51-2 (Programs designed to prevent misuse or abuse of narcotics and to help social rehabilitation of narcotic addicts)
Article 51-3 (Narcotics Eradication Day)
Article 51-4 (Fact-finding surveys)
Article 51-5 (Honorary counselors for narcotics)
Article 51-6 (Establishment of the Korean Association Against Drug Abuse)
Article 51-7 (Investigation into use of narcotics with wastewater-based epidemiology)
Article 51-8 (Legal fiction as public official for purposes of applying penalty provisions)
CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 52 (Collection of data related to narcotics)
Article 52-2 (Hazard assessment)
Article 52-3 (International cooperation)
Article 53 (Disposal methods of confiscated narcotics)
Article 53-2 (Implementation of projects to collect and destroy narcotics for medical use at home)
Article 54 (Monetary rewards)
Article 55 (Fees)
Article 56 (Delegation of authority)
Article 56-2 (Special case of handling of narcotics for military use)
Article 57 (Application of other statutes)
Article 57-2 (Exclusion from application of certain provisions)
CHAPTER VIII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 58 (Penalty provisions)
Article 58-2 (Penalty provisions)
Article 59 (Penalty provisions)
Article 60 (Penalty provisions)
Article 61 (Penalty provisions)
Article 62 (Penalty provisions)
Article 63 (Penalty provisions)
Article 64 (Penalty provisions)
Article 65 Deleted.
Article 65-2 (Penalty provisions)
Article 66 (Concurrent impositions of suspension of qualification or sentence of fine)
Article 67 (Confiscation)
Article 68 (Joint penalty provisions)
Article 69 (Administrative fines)
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