Police Duty Act Article 17
The duty planning and supervisory units shall set duty-arrangement standards which must adequately plan the grouping, alternation of duties, and length of shifts for line officers to perform rotationally and comply with the following rules:1. The duty hours must be circadian coverage without any lapses.2. Varied duties, alternately scheduled based on necessity, shall enable every officer to work rotating shifts on average.3. The active and passive duties shall be planned evenly to help officers recover spirit and physical strength.4. Mobilized police force shall often be adequately managed to fill in for absences and assist in handling unexpected situations.5. Every police officer must have time for further education or in-service training.The aforementioned arrangement of duties in the preceding paragraph shall follow the three-shift rotation system or other shift pattern if deemed adequate to meet actual needs. When operational units are only staffed with three to five police officers, the half-day alternation system may be adopted. If there are only two police officers, the whole-day alternation system shall apply also in these situations, midnight shift duties could take the form of standing by at the workplace.
中文原文 警察勤務條例第17條
勤務規劃監督機構對勤務執行機構服勤人員之編組、服勤方式之互換及服勤時間之分配，應妥予規劃，訂定勤務基準表，互換輪流實施，並注意下列事項：
一、勤務時間必須循環銜接，不留空隙。
二、勤務方式應視需要互換，使每人普遍輪流服勤。
三、分派勤務，力求勞逸平均，動靜工作務使均勻，藉以調節精神體力。
四、經常控制適當機動警力，以備缺勤替班，並協助突發事件之處理。
五、每人須有進修或接受常年訓練之時間。
前項勤務編配，採行三班輪替或其他適合實際需要之分班服勤。
如勤務執行機構人員置三人至五人者，得另採半日更替制；置二人者，得另採全日更替制；其夜間值班，均改為值宿。
一、勤務時間必須循環銜接，不留空隙。
二、勤務方式應視需要互換，使每人普遍輪流服勤。
三、分派勤務，力求勞逸平均，動靜工作務使均勻，藉以調節精神體力。
四、經常控制適當機動警力，以備缺勤替班，並協助突發事件之處理。
五、每人須有進修或接受常年訓練之時間。
前項勤務編配，採行三班輪替或其他適合實際需要之分班服勤。
如勤務執行機構人員置三人至五人者，得另採半日更替制；置二人者，得另採全日更替制；其夜間值班，均改為值宿。