Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 176
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 intentionally or negligently causes the destruction of a thing specified in one of the three preceding articles by means of gunpowder, steam, electricity, gas, or another explosive substance shall be punished mutatis mutandis in accordance with the provisions relating to fire caused intentionally or negligently.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第176條
故意或因過失，以火藥、蒸氣、電氣、煤氣或其他爆裂物，炸燬前三條之物者，準用各該條放火、失火之規定。