Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 138
This English translation was last updated on 2025-08-01, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-07-22. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
A person who destroys, damages, conceals, or renders useless a document, plan, or another thing which has been possessed by a public official by reason of his office or which has been officially entrusted by such official to a third person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第138條
毀棄、損壞或隱匿公務員職務上掌管或委託第三人掌管之文書、圖畫、物品，或致令不堪用者，處五年以下有期徒刑。