Police Personnel Management Act Article 36-1

Police personnel who suffer work-related injury, disability or death in the line of duty shall be entitled to preferential relief; for those who are totally disabled, their relief shall be paid in accordance with the standard of those who die in the line of duty. Police personnel who are totally disabled or die while performing their duties or died in the line of duty by violence or accidental harm, their relief shall be not less than twice the amount of relief for public officials who are disabled or die because of their duties.The regulations governing the scope of duties specified in the preceding Paragraph, the compensation recipients, amount of compensation, and other relevant matters shall be formulated by the Executive Yuan.Children of police personnel who are totally or partially disabled because of violence or accidental harm while carrying out their duties or die in the line of duty shall be provided with support until they reach adulthood. If they are still enrolled in a university or college after reaching adulthood, support shall continue until they graduate.For cases falling under the preceding Paragraph before the amended articles of this Act came into force on August 19, 2004, their children shall be provided with support from the date of the amendment taking effect.The recipients, methods, and other relevant matters regarding this support prescribed in the preceding two Paragraphs shall be formulated by the Executive Yuan.