No. 21065
Promulgation Date 2025-10-01
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Relationship to other Acts)
Article 4 (Legal units)
Article 5 (Formulation of standards for legal units)
Article 6 (Prohibition on use of nonlegal units)
CHAPTER II TYPE APPROVAL AND TESTING FOR MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
Section 1 Registration of Business of Manufacturing Measuring Instruments
Article 7 (Registration of business of manufacturing measuring instruments)
Article 8 (Self-repair of measuring instruments)
Article 9 (Report on import business)
Article 10 (Grounds for disqualification for registration of manufacturing business)
Article 11 (Matters to be observed by manufacturers)
Article 12 (Report on discontinuance of business)
Article 13 (Cancelation of registration or designation or suspension of business)
Section 2 Type Approval for Measuring Instruments
Article 14 (Type approval)
Article 15 (Exemption from type approval)
Article 16 (Designation of type-approval bodies)
Article 17 (Matters to be observed by type-approval bodies)
Article 18 (Cancelation of designation of type-approval bodies)
Article 19 (Revocation of type approval)
Article 20 (Labeling of type approval number)
Article 21 (Alteration of type approval)
Article 22 (Correction of defective products)
Section 3 Verification of Measuring Instruments
Article 23 (Verification)
Article 24 (Re-verification)
Article 25 (Re-verification of repaired measuring instruments)
Article 26 (Designation of verification bodies)
Article 27 (Matters to be observed by verification bodies)
Article 28 (Cancelation of designation of verification bodies)
Article 29 (Labeling of verification marks)
Section 4 Regular Inspection of Measuring Instruments
Article 30 (Regular inspections)
Article 31 (Occasional inspections)
Article 32 (Designation of dealers capable of conducting regular self-inspection)
Article 33 (Cancelation of designation of dealers capable of conducting regular self-inspection)
Article 34 (Labeling of inspection marks)
Section 5 GENERAL MATTERS TO BE OBSERVED IN MEASUREMENT
Article 35 (Restrictions on transfer)
Article 36 (Restrictions on use)
Article 37 (Obligations to take precise measurements)
Article 38 (Labeling of maximum permissible error, )
Section 6 CALIBRATION OF MEASURING DEVICES
Article 39 (Calibration of measuring devices)
Article 40 (Autonomous calibration of measuring devices)
CHAPTER III MANAGEMENT OF PREPACKAGED PRODUCTS
Article 41 (Prepackaged products)
Article 42 (Correction for violation of net quantity labeling)
Article 43 Deleted.
Article 44 Deleted.
Article 45 Deleted.
Article 46 Deleted.
Article 47 Deleted.
Article 48 Deleted.
CHAPTER IV FOLLOW-UP MANAGEMENT
Article 49 (Reporting)
Article 50 (Investigations)
Article 51 (Publication of facts of violation)
Article 52 (Handling of illegal measuring instruments)
Article 53 (Judicial police power)
Article 54 (Consumer monitors)
Article 55 (Penalty surcharges)
Article 56 (Rewards for report)
CHAPTER V NURTURING OF MEASUREMENT INDUSTRY
Article 57 (Support for nurturing of measurement industry)
Article 58 (Implementation of pilot projects)
Article 59 (Surveys)
Article 60 (Support for international cooperation activities)
Article 61 (Comprehensive management of measurement information)
Article 62 (Request for measurement information)
CHAPTER VI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 63 (Succession of status)
Article 64 (Personnel management of public officials in charge of inspecting measuring instruments)
Article 65 (Korea Association of Standards and Testing Organizations)
Article 66 (Hearings)
Article 67 (Fees)
Article 68 (Delegation of authority)
Article 69 (Entrustment of business affairs)
Article 70 (Legal fiction as public officials for purposes of applying penalty provisions)
CHAPTER VII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 71 (Penalty provisions)
Article 72 (Penalty provisions)
Article 73 (Penalty provisions)
Article 74 (Attempted criminal)
Article 75 (Joint penalty provisions)
Article 76 (Administrative fines)
ADDENDA <Act No. 12694, Sep. 28, 1998>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 14661, Mar. 21, 2017>
ADDENDA <Act No. 15174, Dec. 12, 2017>
ADDENDA <Act No. 18997, Oct. 18, 2022>
ADDENDA <Act No. 19953, Jan. 9, 2024>
ADDENDA <Act No. 21065, Oct. 1, 2025>