Last Change:
05/27/2025
Act on the Prevention of Commercial Sex Acts and Protection of Victims
Year: 2004
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Health, Liberty & security of person, Social protection, Documentation
Description
The purpose of this Act is to prevent commercial sex acts, protect victims of commercial sex acts and persons in commercial sex acts, and to assist them in the recovery from victimization, self-reliance, and self-support.
Selected provisions
(1) Support facilities for victims of commercial sex acts (hereinafter referred to as "support facilities") shall be categorized as follows:
1. General support facility: A facility for providing victims of commercial sex actswith accommodation and meals and assisting them in achieving self-reliance during a period of not more than one year;
2. Support facility for juveniles: A facility for providing victims of commercial sex acts under 19 years of age with accommodations and meals and assisting them for self-reliance through schooling, education, etc. until they become 19 years of age;
3. Support facility for foreigners: A facility for providing foreign victims of commercial sex acts with accommodations and meals during a period not exceeding three months (or the relevant period, in cases falling under Article 11 of the Act on the Punishment of Arrangement of Commercial Sex Acts, Etc.) and assisting them in returning home;
4. Group home facility for assistance in self-reliance: A facility for providing victims of commercial sex acts with accommodations, etc. and assisting them for self-reliance during a period not exceeding two years.
(2) The head of a general support facility may extend the period of support by not more than one year and six months, as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
(3) The head of a support facility for juveniles may extend the period of support by not more than two years, as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
(4) The head of a group home facility for assistance in self-reliance may extend the period of support by not more than two years, as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2) through (4), if a victim of commercial sex acts is a disabled person, as defined under Article 2 (2) of the Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, Remedy against infringement of their rights, Etc, the period of support may be extended as required for recovery from victimization, as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.