Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure Under the Provisions of Article 2

①A judicial police officer must promptly inform a suspect who, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, is actually arrested in a case other than a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act Before Amendment by Article 2") (excluding a person for whom the procedure of referral to a public prosecutor was carried out before the day on which the provisions set forth in that item come into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "item (iv) Effective Date")) of the matters prescribed in Article 203, paragraph (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Act as Amended by Article 2"); provided, however, that this does not apply if the suspect has a defense counsel or the suspect is released.

②A public prosecutor must promptly inform a suspect who, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, is actually arrested in a case other than a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2 (excluding the suspect prescribed in the preceding paragraph and the following paragraph, and a suspect who has been informed pursuant to the provisions of Article 204, paragraph (3) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 205, paragraph (5) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2) of the matters prescribed in Article 204, paragraph (3) of the Act as Amended by Article 2; provided, however, that this does not apply if the suspect has a defense counsel or the suspect is released.

③A public prosecutor must promptly inform a suspect for whom, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, a detention warrant has been issued in a case other than a case prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Act Before Amendment by Article 2 that, if the suspect is unable to personally appoint a defense counsel due to indigence or any other grounds, the suspect may request a judge to appoint a defense counsel; that when requesting the judge to appoint the defense counsel, the suspect must submit a report on personal financial resources; and that when the suspect's Financial Resources are equal to or more than the base amount, the suspect must have first requested a bar association (meaning the bar association to which the request under Article 31-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as Amended by Article 2 is to be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 37-3, paragraph (2) of the Act as Amended by Article 2; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) to appoint the defense counsel; provided, however, that this does not apply if the suspect has a defense counsel or the suspect is released.