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부패방지 및 국민권익위원회의 설치와 운영에 관한 법률 시행령, 대통령령 제36161호, 2026. 3. 3. 시행
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What the document holds
ACRC Act Enforcement Decree, consolidated version in force 3 Mar 2026 (Presidential Decree 36161, an amendment through the regulatory reform decree), full text with all addenda 2008-2026, three annexes and reason statement (about the regulatory committee, out of scope). Programme content: proxy reporting through a lawyer (art. 57(3)), awards up to KRW 500 million for all grounds (art. 71(2), from 19 Jul 2022; self-disclosure award deleted 2019), reward grounds now including fines and penalties (art. 72(1)5, reports from 17 Oct 2019), relief (구조금) rules (art. 74: wage cap 2x average wage, 36 months), reward schedule 30%-4% (annex 2), cap KRW 3 billion (art. 77(2)), no reward of KRW 300,000 or less (art. 77(3)), up-front payment of up to 50% (art. 79(2), from 19 Dec 2023), relief decisions within 90 days (art. 79(4)), transitional rules in the addenda. Already in the data: cap KRW 3 billion. Added: award cap KRW 500 million, minimum reward, up-front share, fines-included flag, relief deadline and wage limits, proxy filing, and a 2019 rule-change event. Out of scope throughout: the commission's organisation and complaint handling, protection procedures and their deadlines (60-day protection decisions, 7-day objections, etc.), penalty schedules (fines for negligence 과태료, non-compliance charges 이행강제금, surcharges on fraudsters 제재부가금), employment limits and citizen audit requests. Intermediate bands of the reward schedules are not separate rows (only top and bottom rates, as earlier passes did); the 1,000-won rounding rule is not recorded.
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Reward rules (9)
- Anonymous reports allowedcorruption reports (ACRC Act) through a lawyer without giving the reporter's identity (proxy reporting, Act art. 58-2)YesSince 19 Jul 2022 · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Cap on monthly pay used for lost-wage reliefrelief (구조금) under the ACRC Act: monthly average pay used for lost-wage relief may not exceed twice the average wage2 times average wageDate not stated · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Fines count toward the reward basecorruption rewards (ACRC Act): fines, petty fines, surcharges, fines for negligence and notices of disposition count toward the recovered amount, reports made from 17 Oct 2019YesSince 17 Oct 2019 · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Maximum awardmonetary award (포상금) for corruption reports, all grounds (ACRC Act decree), reports made from 19 Jul 2022KRW 500,000,000Since 19 Jul 2022 · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Maximum awardcorruption reports (ACRC Act)KRW 3,000,000,00020 Oct 2015 – 28 Sep 2026 · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Maximum period of lost wages coveredrelief (구조금) under the ACRC Act: maximum period of lost wages covered36 monthsDate not stated · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Minimum award amountcorruption rewards (ACRC Act): a reward computed at KRW 300,000 or less for an individual act of corruption is not paidKRW 300,000Date not stated · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Share of award that may be withheld until recovery startscorruption rewards (ACRC Act) decided on a legally settled recovery when nothing, or less than half of the reward, has yet been recovered: maximum share paid up front50%Since 19 Dec 2023 · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
- Time limit for a decisionrelief (구조금) applications under the ACRC Act: time to decide whether and how much to pay90 daysSince 17 Oct 2019 · Korea Law Information Center 2026South Korea · ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports
About the document
What it covers Version in force just before the flat-30% change: art. 77 and annex 2 (30%-4% schedule), cap KRW 3 billion.
Notes Official consolidated text as of this version, retrieved as XML from the law.go.kr open API (lawService, MST=283781); the same version is viewable at https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=283781. XML kept as the raw copy.
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