Chapter 4. Fraud Crime Vctim Protection
Article 51
The central competent authority shall set up a 24-hour whistleblowir reporting system, an online reporting platform, or a hotline to provide consultation on fraud issues and facilitate referral to relevant agencies (institutions) or groups for psychological counseling, social relief, and other necessary assistance.
Article 52
Judicial personnel or judiciary policeofficers who discover that victims of fraud qualify for assistance under the Legal Aid Act must inform them of their right to apply for assistance and provide necessary support.
Article 53
The prosecutor or the court may make use of mediation and reconciliation procedures during the investigation or trial to make the defendant pay a certain amount of compensation to the victim of fraud crimes. For those who fail to compensate the victims, the prosecutor may require the court to consider the penalties discretionally and shall file an appeal when necessary.
If deferred prosecution is determined for the fraud crime case, the prosecutor shall first require the defendant to pay property or non-property damage compensation of equivalent funds to the victim.
Article 54
When a victim of fraud crimes sues the person who is responsible for compensation according to the law to request damage compensation or file an appeal according to the civil litigation procedures, the litigation fees are temporarily exempted, and the enforcement fees are temporarily exempted when applying for enforcement.
Regarding the litigation in the preceding paragraph, when the victim of fraud crimes applies for provisional attachment or provisional injunction to secure the enforcement, the guarantee provided under the order of the court according to the Code of Civil Procedure shall not be higher than 10% of the target amount or price requested.
The same guarantee provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to guarantees provided under court orders related to applications or provisional execution.
Article 55
If the main attacking or defending methods claimed by victims of fraud crimes are equivalent, one or more persons may be appointed to sue or to be sued on behalf of the appointed people and the appointed parties.
For the appointment of parties involved in the preceding paragraph, the requirements of appointing parties involved in the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis.