(1) The Minister of Foreign Affairs may issue a certificate stating the purpose of travel in lieu of a passport (hereinafter referred to as "travel certificate") to a person prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as a person staying or residing abroad and a person to whom issuance or reissuance of a passport is denied or restricted or a person forced to be expelled from a foreign country. <Amended on Mar. 23, 2013; Jan. 5, 2021>

(2) The term of validity of a travel certificate shall be up to one year and shall become invalid when the purpose of issuing it is fulfilled.

(3) Articles 7, 7-2, 8 through 10, 12, 12-2, 12-3, 13, and 16 through 18 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the issuance and validity of travel certificates. <Amended on Oct. 19, 2009; Aug. 8, 2023>

No person shall be permitted to commit the following acts:

1. Entering false details in documents submitted to have a passport issued or reissued, or using other unlawful means to have a passport issued or reissued, or arranging to use unlawful means to have a passport issued or reissued;

2. Using a passport issued in the name of another person;

3. Transferring or lending a passport to have another person use the passport, or arranging the transfer or lending of a passport;

4. Taking over or borrowing a passport issued in the name of another person for the purpose of using it;

5. Providing or being provided with a passport as security for the fulfillment of an obligation.