Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 318

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 public official or one who has previously been a public official who discloses without reason commercial or industrial secrets of another that he knows or possesses because of his official position shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than sixty thousand dollars.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第318條
公務員或曾任公務員之人,無故洩漏因職務知悉或持有他人之工商秘密者,處二年以下有期徒刑、拘役或六萬元以下罰金。

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