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Meaning of the protection facility in Article 6(7) and activity support institutions
Supreme Court, Apr. 13, 2023, 2023Do2358 (judgment)
Case name: 성폭력범죄의처벌등에관한특례법위반(장애인유사성행위)[인정된죄명:성폭력범죄의처벌등에관한특례법위반(장애인피보호자간음)]·성폭력범죄의처벌등에관한특례법위반(장애인강제추행)[인정된죄명:성폭력범죄의처벌등에관한특례법위반(장애인피보호자간음)]·장애인복지법위반·부착명령
Official text on the National Law Information Center
Question
Does an activity support institution under the Disabled Persons' Activity Support Act fall within the 'facility for the protection, education etc. of persons with disabilities' in Article 6(7) of the Special Act on the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Violence Crimes?
Holding
It does. Article 6(7) of the Special Act on the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Violence Crimes aggravates the punishment where the head or a worker of such a facility commits the offences in paragraphs 1 to 6 of the same Article against a person with disabilities under that person's protection or supervision, because breaking that trust carries greater unlawfulness and blameworthiness. Read against the wording and legislative purpose of that paragraph, the term is not confined to residential or educational facilities operating in a defined space; it covers any facility whose business content or purpose, set by statute or contract, includes protection and education of persons with disabilities premised on a duty of care. An activity support institution designated by the State or a local government must provide activity assistance, visiting baths, visiting nursing, night protection and other activity support benefits, so it is such a facility.
Summary of the holding, verbatim
법령·계약 등에 따라 당해 시설의 업무 내용이나 목적에 장애인에 대한 보호의무를 전제로 한 보호·교육 등이 포함된 시설을 의미한다.
Unofficial English translation
It means a facility whose work content or purpose under statutes, contracts, etc. includes protection, education, etc. premised on a duty to protect persons with disabilities.
Disposition
Dismissed Stated in the decision
상고를 모두 기각한다.
Unofficial English translation
All appeals are dismissed.
Form of the test
Elements stated Stated in the decision
위 조항에서 정한 ‘장애인의 보호, 교육 등을 목적으로 하는 시설’이란 장애인의 거주시설 또는 교육시설과 같이 일정한 공간에서 장애인에 대한 보호·교육 등을 하는 시설에 한정되는 것이 아니라 법령·계약 등에 따라 당해 시설의 업무 내용이나 목적에 장애인에 대한 보호의무를 전제로 한 보호·교육 등이 포함된 시설을 의미한다.
Unofficial English translation
The term "facility for the purpose of protecting, educating, etc. persons with disabilities" as provided in the said Article is not limited to a facility that provides protection, education, etc. for persons with disabilities in a certain space, such as a residential facility or an educational facility for persons with disabilities, but means a facility whose work content or purpose under statutes, contracts, etc. includes protection, education, etc. premised on a duty to protect persons with disabilities.
Factors
- 장애인의 보호·교육 등을 목적으로 하는 시설의 종사자가 보호·감독의 대상인 장애인에 대한 신뢰를 깨고 성폭력범죄를 저지르는 경우에는 불법성과 비난 가능성이 더 크다는 점에서
- 법령·계약 등에 따라 당해 시설의 업무 내용이나 목적에 장애인에 대한 보호의무를 전제로 한 보호·교육 등이 포함된 시설을 의미한다
- 국가 또는 지방자치단체의 지정을 거쳐 일상생활과 사회생활을 하기 어려운 장애인의 자립생활을 지원하고 그 가족의 부담을 줄임으로써 장애인의 삶의 질을 높이기 위한 목적에서
- 활동보조·방문목욕·방문간호·야간보호 등 활동지원급여의 제공을 의무로 하는 기관인 이상
Unofficial English translation
• Where an employee of a facility for the purpose of protecting, educating, etc. persons with disabilities breaks the trust of a person with disabilities subject to protection and supervision and commits a sexual violence crime, the unlawfulness and blameworthiness are greater,
• It means a facility whose work content or purpose under statutes, contracts, etc. includes protection, education, etc. premised on a duty to protect persons with disabilities
• For the purpose of supporting the independent living of persons with disabilities who have difficulty leading daily and social lives, through designation by the State or a local government, and of reducing the burden on their families, thereby improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities,
• Inasmuch as it is an institution obligated to provide activity support benefits such as activity assistance, visiting bathing, visiting nursing, and night care,
Relation to precedent
States a new standard Read from the decision
이러한 성폭력처벌법 제6조 제7항의 문언 및 입법 취지에 비추어 보면
Unofficial English translation
In light of the wording and legislative purpose of Article 6 (7) of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes as described above,
Decisions referred to
해당 본문 참조
Burden of proof
Not addressed Not in the decision
Open question and revisit condition
Does an institution that provides only one kind of activity support benefit, such as night protection alone, still fall within the term 'facility for the protection, education etc. of persons with disabilities'?
A later decision applying Article 6(7) to another statutory care body, such as a visiting welfare facility or a short-term residence facility, would require this entry to be read again. So would an amendment to Article 6(7) of the Special Act or to the definition of an activity support institution in Article 2(vi) of the Disabled Persons' Activity Support Act.
Cross-family AI independent reading & axis check
6 of 8 axes matched GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI, codex CLI) · 2026-10-25
A reader from another model family (GPT-6 Astra), given the official text but not the primary reading, agreed on 6 of the 8 axes; the readings differed on axis 6 (relation to precedent), axis 8 (open question and revisit condition).
Axis 6 (Relation to precedent): Primary “States a new standard” vs Independent “Cannot be determined”
The primary reading treats the holding as setting out a new standard, while the independent reading did not determine whether it is new or follows earlier precedent, so the two differ on how the decision relates to prior cases.
이러한 성폭력처벌법 제6조 제7항의 문언 및 입법 취지에 비추어 보면Axis 8 (Open question and revisit condition): Primary “Does an institution that provides only one kind of activity support benefit, such as night protection alone, still fall within the term 'facility for the protection, education etc. of persons with disabilities'?” vs Independent “What contractual obligations would suffice to bring a private disability-support provider without statutory designation within the same provision?”
The primary reading asks whether an institution providing only one benefit, such as night protection, qualifies, while the independent reading asks what contractual duties a private undesignated provider must have.
법령·계약 등에 따라 당해 시설의 업무 내용이나 목적에 장애인에 대한 보호의무를 전제로 한 보호·교육 등이 포함된 시설을 의미한다.Raw responses and comparison record: Protocol · Blind readings (JSONL) · Axis comparison (JSONL) · SHA-256 (JSON)
Lower-court contrast & scope of application
Lower-court reading vs. Supreme Court holding
Lower-court context: The Seoul High Court, in its judgment of 1 February 2023 ((Chuncheon) 2022No144, (Chuncheon) 2022JeonNo20, (Chuncheon) 2022BoNo8), upheld the first-instance judgment finding the defendant guilty, on the ground that the activity support institution the defendant belonged to was an activity support institution under the Disabled Persons' Activity Support Act and therefore a facility for the protection and education of persons with disabilities under Article 6(7). It also upheld the ten-year prison sentence and the order attaching a location tracking electronic device for seven years.
Supreme Court standard: The Supreme Court found no error. It held that the court below had not misread the law in Article 6(7) nor made a serious mistake of fact in finding that the institution was a facility of that kind, and that the sentence was not manifestly unjust given the defendant's age, conduct and surroundings, the relationship with the victim, the motive, means and result of each offence and the circumstances after them. It likewise found no misreading of the law on the risk of reoffending in ordering the electronic device, and dismissed all the appeals by unanimous agreement of the Justices.
Distinguishing conditions
- A facility whose business content or purpose, set by statute or contract, does not include protection or care of persons with disabilities premised on a duty of care.
- A body that is not designated as an activity support institution under the Disabled Persons' Activity Support Act and therefore carries no statutory duty to provide activity support benefits.
- An offence outside paragraphs 1 to 6 of Article 6 of the Special Act, since paragraph 7 aggravates only offences in those paragraphs committed against a person with disabilities under protection or supervision.
Record verification notes
Confirm on the file that the institution was in fact designated by the State or a local government as an activity support institution, and that the victim fell under this defendant's protection or supervision, since the aggravation turns on that relationship. Check that the offence of which he was convicted is one within paragraphs 1 to 6 of Article 6. Set the sentencing factors the Court listed against the ten-year sentence, and the finding of a risk of reoffending against the seven-year attachment order, before relying on this decision.
From the official text
Points at issue
성폭력범죄의 처벌 등에 관한 특례법 제6조 제7항에서 정한 ‘장애인의 보호, 교육 등을 목적으로 하는 시설’의 의미 및 장애인활동 지원에 관한 법률상 ‘활동지원기관’이 이에 해당하는지 여부(적극)
Unofficial English translation
The meaning of a "facility for the purpose of protecting, educating, etc. persons with disabilities" as provided in Article 6 (7) of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes, and whether an "activity support institution" under the Act on Assistance to Activities of Persons with Disabilities falls within such a facility (affirmative)
Summary of the holding
성폭력범죄의 처벌 등에 관한 특례법(이하 ‘성폭력처벌법’이라 한다) 제6조 제7항은 장애인의 보호, 교육 등을 목적으로 하는 시설의 장 또는 종사자가 보호·감독의 대상인 장애인에 대하여 같은 조 제1항부터 제6항까지의 죄를 범한 경우에 그 죄에 정한 형의 2분의 1까지 가중한다고 규정함으로써, 장애인의 보호·교육 등을 목적으로 하는 시설의 종사자가 보호·감독의 대상인 장애인에 대한 신뢰를 깨고 성폭력범죄를 저지르는 경우에는 불법성과 비난 가능성이 더 크다는 점에서 이에 대한 제재를 강화하였다. 이러한 성폭력처벌법 제6조 제7항의 문언 및 입법 취지에 비추어 보면, 위 조항에서 정한 ‘장애인의 보호, 교육 등을 목적으로 하는 시설’이란 장애인의 거주시설 또는 교육시설과 같이 일정한 공간에서 장애인에 대한 보호·교육 등을 하는 시설에 한정되는 것이 아니라 법령·계약 등에 따라 당해 시설의 업무 내용이나 목적에 장애인에 대한 보호의무를 전제로 한 보호·교육 등이 포함된 시설을 의미한다. 그러므로 장애인활동 지원에 관한 법률의 ‘활동지원기관(제2조 제6호)’이 국가 또는 지방자치단체의 지정을 거쳐 일상생활과 사회생활을 하기 어려운 장애인의 자립생활을 지원하고 그 가족의 부담을 줄임으로써 장애인의 삶의 질을 높이기 위한 목적에서 활동보조·방문목욕·방문간호·야간보호 등 활동지원급여의 제공을 의무로 하는 기관인 이상(제1조, 제2조, 제16조, 제20조, 제22조), 법령에 따라 장애인에 대한 보호의무를 전제로 보호·간호 등을 업무 내용으로 하는 시설로서 성폭력처벌법 제6조 제7항의 ‘장애인의 보호, 교육 등을 목적으로 하는 시설’에 해당한다.
Order
상고를 모두 기각한다.
Unofficial English translation
All appeals are dismissed.
Provisions referred to
성폭력범죄의 처벌 등에 관한 특례법 제6조 제7항, 장애인활동 지원에 관한 법률 제1조, 제2조, 제16조, 제20조, 제22조
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