Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 218

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 forges a public seal or the impression of a public seal shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.A person who uses without authority a public seal or the impression of a public seal and causes injury to the public or another shall be subject the same punishment.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第218條
偽造公印或公印文者,處五年以下有期徒刑。
盜用公印或公印文足以生損害於公眾或他人者,亦同。

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