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A study on the review period of acts on the fast-track

  • Public Land Law Review
  • Abbr : KPLLR
  • 2019, 88(), pp.237-256
  • Publisher : Korean Public Land Law Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law
  • Received : October 31, 2019
  • Accepted : November 20, 2019
  • Published : November 28, 2019

Hong Wan Sik 1

1건국대학교

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ABSTRACT

The 18th National Assembly passed the amendment to the National Assembly Act, which is aimed at preventing violence in the parliament. According to the National Assembly Act §85-2(Expeditious Processing of Agendas), the committee shall finish the examination on any bill for expeditious processing within 180 days from the date of designation of the bill, and the Legislation and Judiciary Committee shall finish the examination of systems and wording of any bill for expeditious processing within 90 days from the date of designation of the bill. And when any bill for expeditious processing fails to be presented to the plenary session within 60 days from the date on which the bill is deemed referred to the plenary session, it shall be presented to the plenary session which first opens after the expiration of the aforementioned period. The Legislation and Judiciary Committee matters under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Government Legislation, the Board of Audit and Inspection, regarding administrative affairs of the Constitutional Court, regarding judicial administration of courts and military courts, regarding impeachment. When a legislative bill has been examined or drafted by a committee, it shall be referred to the Legislation and Judiciary Committee for examination of the system and wording of each legislative bill for an Act or Regulation of the National Assembly. The special parliamentary committees on judiciary and political reform held their respective plenary meetings and approved the designation of those bills as fast-track measures. The National Assembly can designate a bill that fails to get bipartisan support for a long period as a fast-track proposal if three-fifths of lawmakers in a parliamentary committee approve the move. This is designed to prevent a certain proposal from remaining pending for too long. Once a bill is put on a fast track, it can be automatically put to a vote at a plenary session even when relevant committees fail to deliberate or approve it within a given period. At maximum, it will take 330 days for the fast-track bill to be voted on if rival political parties fail to reach a bipartisan agreement during their negotiations.

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