{"topic_id":"kr_animal_protection_penalties","category":"kr-animal-protection","context":"---\ntopic_id: kr_animal_protection_penalties\ncategory: kr-animal-protection\ntitle: \"Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — criminal penalties for cruelty and violation\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — criminal penalties for cruelty and violation — first-hand Korean statute/rule text (law.go.kr / MFDS), pulled 2026-07-24\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt\nsource_type: kr_law_text\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 612\nverification: translated_summary\n\u0001note: \"Native-language (KO) provisions quoted verbatim from source; English sentences are editorial translation/summary, not verbatim source substrings.\"\nsource_document: \"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Animal Protection Act\"\n  title: \"Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — criminal penalties for cruelty and violation\"\n  url: \"https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?menuId=1&query=%EB%8F%99%EB%AC%BC%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8%EB%B2%95\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-24\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:jp-kr-gov\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n# Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — criminal penalties for cruelty and violation\n\nThe Animal Protection Act's penalty provisions (벌칙) attach criminal sanctions to prohibited conduct — chiefly cruelty, abuse, and related violations. This topic records two penalty articles, reproduced verbatim in Korean (C1-matched to the source file) followed by an English translation.\n\n> Source: `pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt` — first-hand official Korean text, retrieved 2026-07-24 (W24 Korea first pass).\n\n## Article 97 — Penalty (벌칙)\n\nArticle 97 imposes imprisonment or a fine for the cruel killing or abuse acts prohibited under Article 10 and related violations. Paragraph (1) sets a maximum of 3 years' imprisonment or a fine up to KRW 30,000,000 for violations including Article 10(1) (each subparagraph), Article 10(3)(2) or 10(4)(3), and causing a person's death by violating Article 16(1), 16(2)(1), or 21(1) (each subparagraph). Paragraph (2) sets a maximum of 2 years' imprisonment or a fine up to KRW 20,000,000 for violations including Article 10(2) or 10(3)(1)/(3)/(4), abandonment of a dangerous dog (맹견) by an owner under Article 10(4)(1), Article 10(4)(2) violations, and causing bodily injury by violating Article 16(1), 16(2)(1), or 21(1).\n\n```\n제97조(벌칙) ① 다음 각 호의 어느 하나에 해당하는 자는 3년 이하의 징역 또는 3천만원 이하의 벌금에 처한다.\n\n1. 제10조제1항 각 호의 어느 하나를 위반한 자\n\n2. 제10조제3항제2호 또는 같은 조 제4항제3호를 위반한 자\n\n3. 제16조제1항 또는 같은 조 제2항제1호를 위반하여 사람을 사망에 이르게 한 자\n\n4. 제21조제1항 각 호를 위반하여 사람을 사망에 이르게 한 자\n\n② 다음 각 호의 어느 하나에 해당하는 자는 2년 이하의 징역 또는 2천만원 이하의 벌금에 처한다.\n\n1. 제10조제2항 또는 같은 조 제3항제1호ㆍ제3호ㆍ제4호의 어느 하나를 위반한 자\n\n2. 제10조제4항제1호를 위반하여 맹견을 유기한 소유자등\n\n3. 제10조제4항제2호를 위반한 소유자등\n\n4. 제16조제1항 또는 같은 조 제2항제1호를 위반하여 사람의 신체를 상해에 이르게 한 자\n\n5. 제21조제1항 각 호의 어느 하나를 위반하여 사람의 신체를 상해에 이르게 한 자\n\n6.\n```\n\n**English translation:** Article 97 (Penalty): (1) A person falling under any of the following is punished by imprisonment of up to 3 years or a fine of up to KRW 30,000,000 — 1. one who violates any subparagraph of Article 10(1); 2. one who violates Article 10(3)(2) or 10(4)(3); 3. one who violates Article 16(1) or 16(2)(1) and causes a person's death; 4. one who violates any subparagraph of Article 21(1) and causes a person's death. (2) A person falling under any of the following is punished by imprisonment of up to 2 years or a fine of up to KRW 20,000,000 — 1. one who violates Article 10(2) or any of 10(3)(1)/(3)/(4); 2. an owner, etc. (소유자등) who abandons a dangerous dog (맹견) in violation of Article 10(4)(1); 3. an owner, etc. who violates Article 10(4)(2); 4. one who violates Article 16(1) or 16(2)(1) and causes bodily injury; 5. one who violates any subparagraph of Article 21(1) and causes bodily injury. 6. [source body truncated]\n\n## Article 98 — Penalty (벌칙)\n\nArticle 98 imposes a fine or imprisonment on a person who, after being ordered to complete a course (이수명령) under Article 100(1) and receiving a warning under the Act on Protection and Observation etc. (보호관찰 등에 관한 법률) or the Act on Execution of Sentence and Treatment of Inmates (형의 집행 및 수용자의 처우에 관한 법률), again without just cause fails to follow the completion-order instructions. Where combined with a fine, the penalty is a fine up to KRW 5,000,000; where combined with a prison sentence of imprisonment or heavier, it is imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine up to KRW 10,000,000.\n\n```\n제98조(벌칙) 제100조제1항에 따라 이수명령을 부과받은 사람이 보호관찰소의 장 또는 교정시설의 장의 이수명령 이행에 관한 지시에 따르지 아니하여 「보호관찰 등에 관한 법률」 또는 「형의 집행 및 수용자의 처우에 관한 법률」에 따른 경고를 받은 후 재차 정당한 사유 없이 이수명령 이행에 관한 지시를 따르지 아니한 경우에는 다음 각 호에 따른다.\n\n1. 벌금형과 병과된 경우에는 500만원 이하의 벌금에 처한다.\n\n2. 징역형 이상의 실형과 병과된 경우에는 1년 이하의 징역 또는 1천만원 이하의 벌금에 처한다.\n```\n\n**English translation:** Article 98 (Penalty): where a person who received a completion-order (이수명령) under Article 100(1) fails without just cause to follow the completion-order instructions after a warning under the Act on Protection and Observation etc. (보호관찰 등에 관한 법률) or the Act on Execution of Sentence and Treatment of Inmates (형의 집행 및 수용자의 처우에 관한 법률), the following apply: 1. where combined with a fine, a fine of up to KRW 5,000,000; 2. where combined with an active prison sentence of imprisonment or heavier, imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to KRW 10,000,000.\n\n## Source\n\n`pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt` — first-hand official Korean text, retrieved 2026-07-24 (W24 Korea first pass).\n","sources":["Animal Protection Act — Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — criminal penalties for cruelty and violation (retrieved 2026-07-24)"],"source":{"authority":"Animal Protection Act","title":"Animal Protection Act (동물보호법) — criminal penalties for cruelty and violation","url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?menuId=1&query=%EB%8F%99%EB%AC%BC%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8%EB%B2%95","retrieved":"2026-07-24","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt"},"source_document":"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act)","source_file":"pdf-raw/kr-animal-protection/animal_protection_act.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":612,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}