Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 199

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 manufactures, delivers, or receives an instrument or material with the intention that it be used to counterfeit or alter a currently used coin, paper currency, or banknote or that it be used to reduce the weight of a currently used coin shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five year; in addition thereto, a fine of not more than thirty thousand dollars may be imposed.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第199條
意圖供偽造、變造通用之貨幣、紙幣、銀行券或意圖供減損通用貨幣分量之用,而製造、交付或收受各項器械、原料者,處五年以下有期徒刑,得併科三萬元以下罰金。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.