Regulations Governing the Forcible Deportation of the People of the Mainland Area and the Residents of Hong Kong and Macau Article 5

When the Mainland boats, with no permission, have entered the restricted or banned waters of the Taiwan Area, and the crew members on board of the boats, after having been detained for investigation by the competent authorities and discovered to be in any of the circumstances prescribed in all subparagraphs of paragraph 1 of Article 18 of the Cross-Strait Act or paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Hong Kong and Macau Act, they shall be dealt with in accordance with the following provisions:The seized boats shall, in accordance with provisions, be given back and the competent authorities shall transfer related information of the case to the NIA and assist it in the compulsory exit of detained crew members by the original boats.In case the seized boats shall, in accordance with the law, be confiscated, the competent authorities shall transfer related information of the case to the NIA and assist it in the compulsory exit of detained crew members by boat pool or in accordance with the provisions of Article 15.In case the boats are not seized but the crew members shall be detained for investigation, the detained crew members shall, in accordance with the preceding subparagraph, be subjected to compulsory exit.The crew members prescribed in the preceding Article shall, if they have been involved in criminal cases, be first dealt with in accordance with related provisions.