South Korea Act on Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases (가축전염병예방법) — Inbound Companion-Animal Quarantine on Arrival
Source: Act on Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases (가축전염병예방법), Republic of Korea, first-hand text from the Ministry of Government Legislation national law portal (law.go.kr), rendered via Seoul relay Playwright on 2026-07-24. Status: in force.
This Act governs inbound quarantine for people and their accompanied luggage/animals arriving from countries where contagious animal diseases (incl. rables) occur. Arriving persons from such countries must report to the head of the National Animal Quarantine Station at the port/airport and submit to questioning, inspection and disinfection of their person, luggage and accompanied items. The claims below are verbatim Korean sentences from the Act as published on law.go.kr.
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
⑤ 가축전염병 발생 국가에서 입국하는 사람은 대통령령으로 정하는 바에 따라 해당 국가에서의 체류 등에 관한 사항을 기재한 서류를 국립가축방역기관장에게 제출하여야 한다.(Article (5): a person entering from a country where a contagious animal disease occurs must submit, per Presidential Decree, documents stating matters such as their stay in that country, to the head of the National Animal Quarantine Station.)⑥ 제5항에도 불구하고 다음 각 호의 사람은 가축전염병 발생 국가에 체류하거나 해당 국가를 거쳐 입국하는 경우 도착하는 항구나 공항의 국립가축방역기관장에게 입국 사실 등을 신고하여야 하고, 신체ㆍ의류ㆍ휴대품 및 수하물에 대하여 도착하는 항구나 공항에서 국립가축방역기관장의 질문ㆍ검사ㆍ소독 등 필요한 조치에 따라야 하며,(Article (6): persons who stayed in or transited a disease country must report arrival to the Station head at the port/airport and comply with questioning, inspection and disinfection of their body, clothing, accompanied items and baggage.)가축전염병 발생 국가를 방문하려는 경우에는 출국하는 항구나 공항의 국립가축방역기관장에게 출국 사실 등을 신고하여야 한다.(A person intending to visit a disease country must report their departure facts to the Station head at the departing port/airport.)
Source: pdf-raw/kr-pet-travel/contagious_animal_disease_act.txt — first-hand Act on Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases text (law.go.kr), pulled 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright.