①When the court has issued a protective ruling, if the court examines a witness, expert, interpreter, or translator, or if the accused makes a voluntary statement; and if, upon hearing the opinions of the public prosecutor and the accused or defense counsel, the court finds that there is a risk that matters allowing trade secrets to be identified will be included in the examinations or statements of the witness, expert, interpreter, or translator, in questions for the accused, or in statements of the accused, and that disclosing such matters in open court would significantly hinder the business activities of the victim, the accused, or others based on trade secrets, and if the court finds it unavoidable to do so in order to prevent this, the court may conduct the examination or questioning of the accused, as prescribed in Article 311, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, on a day other than a trial date.

②The provisions of Article 157, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 158, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 159, paragraph (1), Article 273, paragraph (2), Article 274, and Article 303 of the Code of Criminal Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the proceedings for asking for a statement of the accused under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "the accused or defense counsel" in Article 157, paragraph (1), Article 158, paragraph (3), and Article 159, paragraph (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure is to be replaced with "defense counsel, the co-defendants, or their defense counsel"; the phrase "the accused and defense counsel" in Article 158, paragraph (2) of the same Code is to be replaced with "defense counsel, the co-defendants, and their defense counsel"; the phrase "the trial date" in Article 273, paragraph (2) of the same Code is to be replaced with "the date of the proceedings for asking statements of the accused under the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act"; the phrase "the trial date" in Article 274 of the same Code is to be replaced with "the date, time, and location of the proceedings for asking statements of the accused under the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act"; the phrase "documents or electronic or magnetic records which contain or record the results of the examination of witnesses or other persons, inspections, seizure (including orders to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to those ordering provision by the method set forth in Article 102-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (a))), search, and orders to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to those ordering provision by the method set forth in (b) of that item) (including having electronic or magnetic records provided by such an order), and objects seized and electronic or magnetic records provided by an order to provide electronic or magnetic records (limited to those ordering provision by the method set forth in (b) of that item)" in Article 303 of the same Code is to be replaced with "documents which contain the results of the proceedings for asking statements of the accused under the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act"; and the phrase "documentary or material evidence" in the same Article is to be replaced with "documentary evidence".