Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 259

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 intention of making a profit gives another a morphine injection or supplies a place for him to smoke or take opium or one of its compounds shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than seven years; in addition thereto, a fine of not more than thirty thousand dollars may be imposed.An attempt to commit an offense specified in the preceding paragraph is punishable.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第259條
意圖營利,為人施打嗎啡或以館舍供人吸食鴉片或其化合質料者,處一年以上七年以下有期徒刑,得併科三萬元以下罰金。
前項之未遂犯罰之。

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