Laws Information

法規資訊
Title: Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act
Am Date: 2018-06-13
Legislative History: Amendment to Articles 61、63 promulgated on June 13, 2018

Transaction

Amended

Article 61
In the event of any of the following situations, the driver licenses shall be revoked:
1. Being sentenced to prison for committing a crime using a car.
2. Refusing to be inspected by traffic police officers or personnel conducting traffic inspections pursuant to laws and regulations, or violating Paragraphs 1 of Article 60, and thereby causing injury or death.
3. Hitting and injuring on-duty traffic police officers or other personnel directing traffic.
4. Violating the regulations of the Road Traffic Safety Regulation in Article 33, thereby causing an accident resulting in death.
For any of the situations described in Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the above paragraph, the driver shall be fined between NT$90,000 to NT$150,000, and to be required to take road traffic safety lessons; Should a car driver violate Subparagraphs 2 or 3 of the above paragraph more than twice within 5 years, the driver shall be fined NT$150,000, and be required to take road traffic safety lessons.
Should a driver violate the Road Traffic Safety Regulation and Regulation in Article 33 while operating vehicles and thereby causing an accident resulting in injury, 3 traffic violation points shall be charged with. Should said accident result in serious injury, the driver’s license shall be suspended for 3 to 6 months.
In the situations described in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1, the car driver’s license may be temporarily withheld and the driver may be prohibited from driving until a court sentence is made.

Article 63
In the event of any of the following, the car driver shall be fined according to the respective regulations and charged with traffic violation points:
1. For any offenses specified in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 33; Paragraph 1 of Article 38; Article 40; Article 45; Subparagraphs 1 to 3 of Article 47; Article 48; Article 49, or Paragraph 1 and Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 2 of Article 60; the driver shall be given one traffic violation point.
2. For any offenses specified in Subparagraphs 1 to 4 of Paragraph 1 of Article 29, Paragraphs 1 ,2 and 4 of Article 29-2, or one of the circumstances described in Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 30, the driver shall be given 2 traffic violation points.
3. For any offenses specified in Article 43, Article 53, or Article 53-1, the driver shall be given 3 traffic violation points.
Should the driver’s license already be suspended or revoked under the above regulations, the car driver shall be exempted from a traffic violation points charge.
Should the car driver be charged with 6 or more traffic violation points within 6 months, his/her driver license shall be suspended for one month. Should the car driver violate any of the regulations as specified in Paragraph 1 after his/her driver’s license has been suspended twice within a year, said driver’s license shall be revoked.