Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 240
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 abducts a minor under the age of twenty to leave his or her family or guardian, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years.A person who abducts a married person to leave his or her family, shall be subject to the same punishment.A person who for purpose of gain or for purpose of causing an abducted person to submit to an obscene act or to sexual intercourse commits the offense specified in one of the two preceding paragraphs shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months but not more than five years; a fine, in addition thereto, of not more than five hundred thousand dollars may be imposed.An attempt to commit an offense specified in the three preceding paragraphs is punishable.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第240條
和誘未成年人脫離家庭或其他有監督權之人者，處三年以下有期徒刑。
和誘有配偶之人脫離家庭者，亦同。
意圖營利，或意圖使被誘人為猥褻之行為或性交，而犯前二項之罪者，處六月以上五年以下有期徒刑，得併科五十萬元以下罰金。
前三項之未遂犯罰之。
和誘有配偶之人脫離家庭者，亦同。
意圖營利，或意圖使被誘人為猥褻之行為或性交，而犯前二項之罪者，處六月以上五年以下有期徒刑，得併科五十萬元以下罰金。
前三項之未遂犯罰之。