Functional Sericulture Industry Fosterage and Support Act. Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 2009 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock Keyword Farming Apiculture/sericulture Public health Local government Agricultural development Animal production Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of this Act is to plan increase in income of farm households and to contribute to national health and economic development through the promotion and development of the functional sericulture industry by prescribing matters necessary for the continuous development of the functional sericulture industry and for the establishment of stable foundation for sericulture. The text consists of 12 articles as follows: Purpose (1); Definition (2); Responsibilities of State and Local Governments (3); Relationship to Other Statutes (4); Establishment of Comprehensive Plans (5); Fact-Finding Surveys (6); Performance of Functional Sericulture Duties by Local Governments (7); Promotion of Technology Development (8); Assistance to Functional Sericulture Industry (9); Management of Functional Silkworm Cultivating Households (10); Delegation and Entrustment of Authority (11); Legal Fiction as Public Officials for Purposes of Applying Penalty Provisions (12). Full text English Website elaw.klri.re.kr