Disaster Prevention and Protection Act Article 53
Punishment for anyone taking advantage of disasters to commit theft, fraud, offenses of kidnapping for ransom, plunder and robbery shall be increased up to one and a half in accordance with Criminal Law.Informants who report untrue information about disasters despite the fact that they perfectly know the information is untrue as specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 29 shall be fined from NT$300,000 to NT$500,000.Anyone who spreads rumors or untrue information about disasters and thus causes damage to the public or other people shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three years, detention or a fine not more than NT$1,000,000.If the commission of an offense specified in the preceding paragraph results in the death of others, the offender shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for not less than seven years; if it results in serious physical injury, the offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three years but not more than ten years.
中文原文 災害防救法第53條
乘災害之際而故犯竊盜、詐欺、恐嚇取財、搶奪、強盜之罪者，得依刑法之規定，加重其刑至二分之一。
明知為有關災害之不實訊息而為第二十九條第一項之通報者，科新臺幣三十萬元以上五十萬元以下罰金。
散播有關災害之謠言或不實訊息，足生損害於公眾或他人者，處三年以下有期徒刑、拘役或新臺幣一百萬元以下罰金。
犯前項之罪，因而致人於死者，處無期徒刑或七年以上有期徒刑；致重傷者，處三年以上十年以下有期徒刑。
明知為有關災害之不實訊息而為第二十九條第一項之通報者，科新臺幣三十萬元以上五十萬元以下罰金。
散播有關災害之謠言或不實訊息，足生損害於公眾或他人者，處三年以下有期徒刑、拘役或新臺幣一百萬元以下罰金。
犯前項之罪，因而致人於死者，處無期徒刑或七年以上有期徒刑；致重傷者，處三年以上十年以下有期徒刑。