Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 172-2
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, with the intent to prevent a witness, expert witness, or interpreter from testifying, making an appraisal, or providing interpretation, or to compel them to provide testimony, appraisal, or interpretation in a particular manner, commits an offense against a witness, expert witness, or interpreter, or his or her spouse, lineal relative by blood, collateral relative by blood within the third degree of kinship, relative by marriage within the second degree of kinship, or head of the household, members of the house, person engaged with the witness, expert witness, or interpreter, or other persons with whom the witness, expert witness, or interpreter has a close relationship in status or life, shall be subject to the punishment prescribed for such an offense by increasing it up to one half.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第172-2條
意圖使證人、鑑定人、專家證人或通譯不為證言、鑑定或傳譯，或使其為一定之證言、鑑定或傳譯，對其本人或其之配偶、直系血親、三親等內旁系血親、二親等內姻親或家長、家屬、與其訂有婚約者或其他身分上或生活上有密切利害關係之人，實行犯罪行為者，依其所犯之罪，加重其刑至二分之一。