韩国反腐败法(英文文本).docVIP

ANTI-CORRUPTION ACT Act No. 6494, Jul. 24, 2001 CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to serve to create the clean climate of the civil service and society by preventing and regulating the acts of corruption efficiently. Article 2 (Definitions) The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: 1. The term public institutions means institutions and organizations falling under any of the following items: (a) The administrative agencies of various levels under the Government Organization Act and the executive organs and local councils of local governments under the Local Autonomy Act; (b) The Superintendents of the Offices of Education, the district offices of education, and the boards of education under the Local Education Autonomy Act; (c) The National Assembly under the National Assembly Act, the courts of various levels under the Court Organization Act, the Constitutional Court under the Constitutional Court Act, the election commissions of various levels under the National Election Commission Act, and the Board of Audit and Inspection under the Board of Audit and Inspection Act; and (d) Organizations related to the public service under Article 3(1) 10 of the Public Service Ethics Act; 2. The term public officials means the persons falling under any of the following items: (a) The public officials under the State Public Officials Act and the Local Public Officials Act, and other persons who are recognized by other Acts as public officials in terms of qualifications, appointments, education and training, services, remunerations, status guarantee, etc; and (b) The heads of organizations related to the civil service provided for in subparagraph 1(d) above and the employees of such organizations; and 3. The term act of corruption means the act falling under any of the following items: (a) The act of any public officials abusing his position or authority or violating Acts and subordinate statutes in connection with his duties to s