Trade Secrets Act Article 13-3

Prosecution for a crime specified in Article 13-1 may be instituted only upon a complaint.The filing or withdrawal of a complaint against one of several co-offenders shall not be considered a filing or withdrawal of a complaint against the others.In case a civil servant or a former civil servant who knows or possesses others’ trade secrets within the scope of his/her authority or employment and intentionally commits a crime prescribed in the preceding 2 articles shall be sentenced to the punishment prescribed for such an offense by increasing it up to one half.