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Korean Criminal Procedure Act has amended fifteen times since enacted in 1954. 9 but it preserved its fundamental forms. As a result, Korean criminal procedural system has been estimated it did not come up to the developed countries' level.
However, through the critical amendment of Criminal Procedure Act in 2007, it strengthens the control measures against exigent arrest by expressly stipulating the "ask the arrest warranty without unnecessary delay provision" in the act. Furthermore, it provides the mandatory recording of investigation, introduction of evidence disclosure system and reduction of exceptional provisions of hearsay rule to promote due process of search procedure.
With this effort, this paper assures that this amendment makes the criminal procedure to improve efficiency as well as guarantee human rights and due process.