Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 162

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 sets free or facilitates the escape of a person, having be legally arrested or taken into custody, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years.A person who commits an offense specified in the preceding paragraph by damaging a part of the place of confinement or an instrument, or by means of violence or threats shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months but not more than five years.A person who participates in an open assembly at which an offense specified in paragraph 1 is committed by threats or violence shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than five years but not more than twelve years; a ringleader and any person who actually employs violence threats shall be sentenced to life imprisonment, or imprisonment for not less than seven years.An attempt to commit an offense specified in one of the three preceding paragraphs is punishable.A spouse, relative by blood within the fifth degree of relationship, or relative by marriage within the third degree of relationship who commits the offense of facilitating escape specified in paragraph 1 may have his punishment reduced.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第162條
縱放依法逮捕拘禁之人或便利其脫逃者,處三年以下有期徒刑。
損壞拘禁處所械具或以強暴脅迫犯前項之罪者,處六月以上五年以下有期徒刑。
聚眾以強暴脅迫犯第一項之罪者,在場助勢之人,處五年以上十二年以下有期徒刑;首謀及下手實施強暴脅迫者,處無期徒刑或七年以上有期徒刑。
前三項之未遂犯罰之。
配偶、五親等內之血親或三親等內之姻親,犯第一項之便利脫逃罪者,得減輕其刑。

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