Annotated Republic of China Laws/Penal Act of Offenses Against National Currency/Article 1
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Penal Act of Offenses Against National Currency Republic of China Law from Mainland Era to Taiwan Article 1 |
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Promulgated full amendment on 1943-10-18
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Promulgated amendment on 1973-09-04
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- Article 1[1]
- In this Act,“national currency”means notes or coins issued by the Central Government or its authorized agency in the territory of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- The provisions of this Act apply to those notes and coins issued by the above-described agency before the promulgation of this Act.
- Whoever, with intent to gain, smuggles silver, gold or any kind of new or old coins, shall be imprisoned for life or at least 5 years; in addition thereto, a fine of up to five times of the nominal or market value of the coins may be imposed.
- Whoever, with intent to gain, destroys any kind of new or old coins and smuggles them, shall be subject to the same penalties.
- An attempt to commit an offence specified in one of the two preceding paragraphs is also punishable.
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[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Penal Act of Offenses Against National Currency: Article 1". Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China. Ministry of Justice (Taiwan). 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2016-09-07.