Laws Information

法規資訊
Title: Criminal Code of the Republic of China
Am Date: 2018-06-13

Chapter Article

Chapter  5 Offenses of Obstructing an Officer In Discharge of Duties
Article 135
A person who employs threats or violence against a public official who is engaged in the performance of his duties shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan.
A person who employs threats or violence with purpose to compel a public official to perform an act relating to his public duties, with purpose to obstruct the lawful performance of such public duties, or with purpose to cause such public officials to resign shall be subject to the same punishment.
If the commission of an offense specified in one of the two preceding paragraphs results in the death of a public official, the offender shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for not less than seven years; if it results in aggravated injury, the offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three years but not more than ten years.

Article 136
A person who participates in an open assembly at which an offense specified in the preceding article is committed shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan; a ringleader and a person who actually employs violence or threats shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than seven years.
If the commission of the offense results in death or aggravated injury to the public official, a ringleader and a person who actually employs violence or threats shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of the preceding article.

Article 137
A person who by fraud or other illegal means procures an incorrect result in an examination held pursuant to the Examination Law shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan.
An attempt to commit an offense specified in the preceding paragraph is punishable.

Article 138
A person who destroys, damages, conceals, or renders useless a document, plan, or another thing which has been possessed by a public official by reason of his office or which has been officially entrusted by such official to a third person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.

Article 139
A person who damages, removes, disfigures, or renders ineffective a seal or notice affixed by a public official shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan.

Article 140
A person who offers an insult to a public official during the legal discharge of his duties or publicly offers an insult with respect to the legal discharged of such duties shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than six months, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than one hundred yuan.
A person who publicly offers an insult to a public office shall be subject to the same punishment.

Article 141
A person who with purpose to insult a public official or a public office damages, removes, or disfigures a notice or proclamation posted in a public place shall be sentenced to short-term imprisonment or a fine of not more than one hundred yuan.