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Article 252
 

(Unlawful Use of Broadcasts or Newspapers)


(1) Any person who violates the provisions of Article 82-7 (5), 94, 95 (1), 96, 98, or 99 shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for
not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding six million won. 


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012; Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012>


(2) Any person who violates the provisions of Article 71 (12) (including a case which applies mutatis mutandis in Articles 72 (4), 73 (4), 74 (2), 81
(8), 82 (4), and 137-2 (6) ) and the latter part of Article 82-2 (13) [including a case where applied mutatis mutandis in Article 82-3 (2) ], shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than two years or by a fine not exceeding four million won.


<Amended by Act No. 5537, Apr. 30, 1998; Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>