Administrative Penalty Act Article 42

Before rendering a sanction, the administrative agency shall allow the person to be punished an opportunity to present his views, except for any of the following circumstances:1. Where the person to be punished has been offered the opportunity to present his views by a notification given in pursuance of article 39 of the Administrative Procedure Act;2. Where a hearing has been held ex officio or pursuant to article 43 hereof;3. Where the sanction is one of the same type made en masse;4. Where the situation is so pressing that offering of an opportunity to present his views will obviously be against the public interest;5. Where limitation of the statutory period would make it obviously impossible for him to act accordingly even if an opportunity to present his views were given;6. Where the facts based on which the sanction is imposed are objectively clear enough to be firmly established; or7. Where it is otherwise prescribed by law.