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05/27/2025

Court Organization Act

Year: 1945

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Documentation

Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1945/en/149699?prevDestination=search&prevPath=/search?keywords=Court+Organization+Act&order=desc&page=1&sm_country_name%5B%5D=Republic+of+Korea+%28the%29&sort=score&result=result-149699-en
Description

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe the organization of courts exercising the judicial power under the Constitution.

 

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Please describe the judicial system in the state.
Selected provisions
Article 11 - Highest Court

The Supreme Court shall be the highest court.

Article 29 - Chief Judges of District Courts

(1) A chief judge shall be appointed for each district court.

(2) The chief judge of a district court shall be appointed from among judges.

(3) The chief judge of a district court shall be in charge of judicial administrative affairs of the court, its branch court, Si/Gun court, and registry, and shall direct and supervise public officials under his or her control.

(4) When the office of a chief judge of a district court becomes vacant, or he or she is unable to perform his or her duties by any inevitable reason, his or her competence shall be exercised by the chief presiding judge or senior presiding judge in the order of priority. <Amended on Mar. 24, 2020>

(5) Article 26 (2) and (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a district court. <Newly Inserted on Mar. 24, 2020>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2014]

Article 37 - Chief Judges of Family Courts

(1) A chief judge shall be appointed for each family court.

(2) The chief judge of a family court shall be appointed from among judges.

(3) The chief judge of a family court shall be in charge of judicial administrative affairs of the family court and its branch courts and shall direct and supervise public officials under his or her control: Provided, That if only one branch court is established under the proviso of Article 3 (2), the chief judge of the family court shall direct and supervise affairs concerning family cases, juvenile protection, and registration of family relationship of such branch court.

(4) Article 26 (5) and (6), and Article 29 (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a family court. <Amended on Mar. 24, 2020>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2014]

Article 39 - Branch Courts

(1) A chief judge shall be appointed for the branch court of a family court.

(2) The chief judge of a branch court shall be in charge of the judicial administrative affairs of the branch court under the direction of the chief judge of the family court to which he or she belongs, and shall direct and supervise the public officials under his or her control.

(3) Article 27 (3), Article 30 (2), and Article 31 (2) and (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the branch court of a family court. <Amended on Mar. 24, 2020>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2014]