Attorney Regulation Act Article 12

Local bar associations shall agree upon all applications for admission except under any of the following circumstances in respect of the applicant:1. Any of the circumstances set forth in Paragraph 1 of Article 5 hereof;2. The applicant has allegedly committed a crime of corruption, bribery, embezzlement, fraud or breach of trust, for which the maximum principal punishment is an imprisonment of not less than five years, or an offense for which the minimum principal punishment is an imprisonment of not more than one year, and the said crime is indicted by a public prosecutor. However, this restriction does not apply, if the verdict of the case in question is pronounced as, or changed to, not guilty, or if the said crime does not fall under the list in this subparagraph.3. It has not been five years since the end of any serious violation by the applicant of the Attorneys' Code of Ethics except for the circumstances stated in the preceding two subparagraphs;4. It has not been five years since the end of any serious violation by the applicant of the Civil Service Act or the Civil Servants' Code of Ethics during his or her period of service as a civil servant except for the circumstances stated in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 hereof;5. The applicant serves as any civil servant other than the special temporary positions of the central or any local authority. However, this restriction does not apply, if the person has been a public attorney or unless otherwise specially provided for in other laws; or6. The applicant has been a general member of other local bar association.After accepting any application for admission by an applicant, local bar associations shall review and decide whether to approve the application and notify the result to the applicant within 30 days of such acceptance. Any failure by local bar associations to make such decision within the stated period shall be deemed to make a decision in favor of the applicant's admission.Where any document for such application submitted by the applicant is found lacking and may be supplemented, the local bar association shall order the applicant to supplement the application, and the period for such supplement shall not be counted in the review period stated in the preceding paragraph.Where any failure of the local bar association to carry out such review is due to any act of God or other force majeure events, the review period referred to in Paragraph 2 hereof shall be suspended automatically until the local bar association resume such review.