Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 169
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 with the intention to cause another to receive penal or disciplinary punishment falsely accuses him before a competent public official shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than seven years.A person with the intention to cause another to receive penal or disciplinary punishment forges, alters or uses forged or altered evidence shall be subject to the same punishment.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第169條
意圖他人受刑事或懲戒處分，向該管公務員誣告者，處七年以下有期徒刑。
意圖他人受刑事或懲戒處分，而偽造、變造證據，或使用偽造、變造之證據者，亦同。
意圖他人受刑事或懲戒處分，而偽造、變造證據，或使用偽造、變造之證據者，亦同。