Judges Act Article 49

Judges who are in any of the circumstances stipulated in various subparagraphs of Paragraph 2 of Article 30 shall be subject to disciplinary action when such action is deemed necessary.The provisions in Paragraph 2 of Article 30 concerning the individual case evaluation of judges and provisions in Article 50 concerning the discipline shall also apply to judges transferred to serve as judicial administrative personnel, of retirement, or of resignation for other reasons on their conduct before the transfer, retirement or resignation.No legal opinion on the application of law shall be taken into consideration as the basis of the cause for the disciplinary action against judges.The conduct of the judge that is subject to disciplinary action shall not be disciplined twice for the same conduct. The original disciplinary disposition shall become invalid once the Disciplinary Chamber of the Judiciary has rendered the adjudication with disciplinary action, without disciplinary action or dismissal of the case which has become final and binding for the same conduct.The act of the judge that is subject to disciplinary action has already been punished with criminal or administrative penalties may also be subject to disciplinary action for the same act. The same provision shall apply to the same act of the judge that is not punished with criminal or administrative penalties. However, the disciplinary action shall not be necessary for circumstances of minor violations, which would appear evidently unfair if put under the disciplinary action.Disciplinary actions under any of the following circumstances shall be ruled to be dismissed:1. The same conduct has already been subject to the final disciplinary judgment.2. No discipline is deemed to be necessary once a declaration to deprive citizens' rights is finalized.3. The statute of limitations in accordance with Article 52 on the enforcement of disciplinary action has elapsed. 4. Being in circumstances referred to in the proviso of the preceding paragraph.