No. 20835
Promulgation Date 2025-03-25
Korea Heritage Service
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Basic principle)
Article 4 (Responsibilities of the State and local governments)
Article 5 (Responsibilities of Successors of Intangible Cultural Heritage)
Article 6 (Relationship to other statutes)
CHAPTER II FORMULATION AND PROMOTION OF POLICIES ON INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Article 7 (Formulation of master plans for intangible cultural heritage)
Article 8 (Formulation and implementation of action plans)
Article 8-2 (Reports on National Assembly)
Article 9 (Establishment of Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee)
Article 10 (Matters to be deliberated upon by Committee)
Article 11 (Preparation and disclosure of minutes)
CHAPTER III DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Article 12 (Designation of national intangible cultural heritage)
Article 13 (Designation of national intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding)
Article 14 (Public notice of designation of national intangible cultural heritage and time when designation takes effect)
Article 15 (Cancellation of designation or recognition)
Article 16 (Revocation of designation of national intangible cultural heritage)
CHAPTER IV RECOGNITION OF HOLDERS AND GROUP HOLDERS
Article 17 (Recognition of holders)
Article 18 (Recognition of honorary holders)
Article 19 (Recognition of instructors for successor training)
Article 19-2 (Grounds for disqualification of successors)
Article 20 (Public notice and notification of recognition)
Article 21 (Revocation of recognition as successors)
Article 21-2 (Inquiries into criminal records to confirm grounds for disqualification and grounds for revoking recognition)
Article 22 (Regular inspections)
Article 23 (Matters subject to reporting)
Article 24 (Administrative orders)
CHAPTER V SUCCESSOR TRAINING AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Article 25 (Protection and development of national intangible cultural heritage)
Article 26 (Certificates of completion of successor training)
Article 27 (Successor scholarship recipients)
Article 28 (Obligations to make public presentations of national intangible cultural heritage)
Article 29 (Collection of admission fees)
Article 30 (Selection of schools for successor training)
CHAPTER VI CITY/DO INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Article 31 (Establishment of City/Do intangible cultural heritage committee)
Article 32 (Designation of City/Do intangible cultural heritage)
Article 33 (Matters to report)
Article 34 (Assignment of experts)
Article 35 (Provisions applicable mutatis mutandis)
Article 36 (Intangible cultural heritage of five North Korean Dos)
CHAPTER VII PROMOTION OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Article 37 (Support for transmission)
Article 38 (Support for education about intangible cultural heritage)
Article 39 (Support for events)
Article 40 (Support for development of traditional craftsmanship)
Article 41 (Certification of traditional craft products among intangible cultural heritage)
Article 42 (Cancellation of certification)
Article 43 (Transmitted craft bank)
Article 43-2 (Preferential purchase of transmitted crafts)
Article 44 (Support for business startup, manufacturing, and distribution)
Article 45 (Support for international exchanges of intangible cultural heritage)
Article 46 (Korea Intangible Cultural Heritage Promotion Center)
CHAPTER VIII IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNESCO CONVENTION
Article 47 (Establishment of International Information and Networking Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia-Pacific Region under auspices of UNESCO)
Article 47-2 (International cooperation for protection of intangible cultural heritage)
CHAPTER IX SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 48 (Investigations and documentation)
Article 49 (Intellectual property protection of intangible cultural heritage)
Article 50 (Honorable treatment of holders)
Article 51 (Prohibition of using similar titles)
Article 52 (Hearings)
Article 53 (Investigations by relevant experts)
Article 54 (Delegation and entrustment of authority)
Article 55 (Legal fiction as public officials in application of penalty provisions)
CHAPTER X PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 56 (Violations of administrative orders)
Article 57 (Violations of hindering management)
Article 58 (Administrative fines)
ADDENDA <Act No. 13248, Mar. 27, 2015>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 14434, Mar. 20, 2016>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 15173, Mar. 12, 2017>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 16056, Mar. 24, 2018>
ADDENDA <Act No. 17404, Jun. 9, 2020>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 17583, Dec. 8, 2020>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 17708, Mar. 22, 2020>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 18766, Sep. 18, 2022>
ADDENDA <Act No. 19588, Aug. 8, 2023>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 19795, Oct. 31, 2023>
ADDENDA <Act No. 20309, Feb. 13, 2024>
ADDENDA <Act No. 20835, Mar. 25, 2025>