CRIMINAL ACT (PART II INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONS) [See entire ACT]

CHAPTER XVII CRIMES CONCERNING OPIUM

Article 198 (Manufacture, etc. of Opium, etc.)

A person who manufactures, imports, or sells opium, morphine, or its composite or who possesses it for the purpose of sale, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years.

Article 199 (Manufacture, etc. of Opium Smoking Instrument)

A person who manufactures, imports, or sells an instrument for smoking opium or who possesses it for the purpose of sale shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years.

Article 200 (Opium Importation by Customs Official)

A customs official who imports or permits importation of opium, morphine, or its composite or an instrument for smoking opium, shall be punished by imprisonment for at least one year.

Article 201 (Smoking Opium and Provision of Place)

(1) A person who ingests opium or receives a morphine injection, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years.
(2) The preceding paragraph shall apply to a person who profits by providing a place for smoking opium or for injecting morphine.

Article 202 (Attempts)

Attempts to commit any of the crimes of the preceding four Articles shall be punished.

Article 203 (Habitual Crimes)

A person who habitually commits any of the crimes of the preceding five Articles shall be punished by aggravating the penalty by up to one half of the penalty specified in the relevant Article.

Article 204 (Suspension of Qualifications and Imposition of Fine)

In the case of Articles 198 through 203, the suspension of qualifications for not more than ten years, or a fine not exceeding twenty million won may be concurrently imposed.

Article 205 (Possession of Opium, etc.)

A person who possesses opium, morphine, its composite or an instrument for smoking opium, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding five million won.

Article 206 (Confiscation, Subsequent Collection)

Opium, morphine, its composite, or an instrument for smoking opium, having been used for any crime in this Chapter, shall be confiscated. If it is impossible to confiscate such item, the equivalent price thereof shall be collected.

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