Act Governing the Use of Police Weapons Article 4

While performing duties, the police may use police knives or firearms in the following circumstances:1. When an extreme mishap is imminent and it is urgent to maintain the public order.2. When the uproar is reaching the point of causing social disorder.3. When the person to be arrested or detained by law resists arrest or escapes, or anyone helps him/her resist the arrest or escape.4. When either the land, building, tools and supplies, vehicles, boats, aircrafts under police’s protection or people’s lives, bodies, freedom, or properties is endangered or under threat.5. When the police’s lives, bodies, freedom or equipment are endangered or threatened, or there is sufficient evidence to believe that the foresaid parts will be endangered.6. When a person carrying a weapon is believed to cause trouble, and he/ she refuses to be at the police’s command after being ordered to drop the weapon.7. If there is no alternative to the use of deadly force to stop the situations prescribed in the Subparagraph 1 and 2 of the preceding article.Other approved weapons prescribed in the Paragraph 2 of Article 1 may also be used in the circumstances prescribed in the preceding Paragraph, when necessary.In the circumstances prescribed in Subparagraph 4 or Subparagraph 5 of Paragraph 1, police officers who carry out their duties but fail to use police weapons effectively may use other items--which shall be regarded as “police weapons” while in use--that are sufficient to achieve the needed results.In the circumstances prescribed in Paragraph 1, police officers in the process of carrying out their duties and who deem criminal suspects or perpetrators as having one of the following behaviors that may endanger the lives or bodies of police officers or others are entitled to use their firearms and fire directly:1. When attacking or harming others, holding a hostage or threatening police officers or others with lethal weapons, dangerous objects or vehicles.2. When sufficient evidence shows that he/she possesses a deadly weapon or dangerous object with the intent of attacking police officers or others.3. When attempting to seize a police officer’s gun or other equipment that may cause harm or casualties.4. Other acts that threaten the lives or bodies of police officers or others in urgent situations.
中文原文 警械使用條例第4條
警察人員執行職務時,遇有下列各款情形之一者,得使用警刀或槍械:
一、為避免非常變故,維持社會治安時。
二、騷動行為足以擾亂社會治安時。
三、依法應逮捕、拘禁之人拒捕、脫逃,或他人助其拒捕、脫逃時。
四、警察人員所防衛之土地、建築物、工作物、車、船、航空器或他人之生命、身體、自由、財產遭受危害或脅迫時。
五、警察人員之生命、身體、自由、裝備遭受強暴或脅迫,或有事實足認有受危害之虞時。
六、持有兇器有滋事之虞者,已受警察人員告誡拋棄,仍不聽從時。
七、有前條第一款、第二款之情形,非使用警刀、槍械不足以制止時。
前項情形於必要時,得併使用第一條第二項所定其他器械。
發生第一項第四款、第五款之情形,警察人員執行職務,無法有效使用警械時,得使用其他足以達成目的之物品,該物品於使用時視為警械。
第一項情形,警察人員執行職務時,認犯罪嫌疑人或行為人有下列各款情形之一,將危及警察人員或他人生命或身體時,得使用槍械逕行射擊:
一、以致命性武器、危險物品或交通工具等攻擊、傷害、挾持、脅迫警察人員或他人時。
二、有事實足認持有致命性武器或危險物品意圖攻擊警察人員或他人時。
三、意圖奪取警察人員配槍或其他可能致人傷亡之裝備機具時。
四、其他危害警察人員或他人生命或身體,情況急迫時。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.