Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 51

In combining punishments for multiple offenses, the punishment for each offense shall be pronounced separately and executed in accordance with the following provisions:1. When multiple death sentences have been pronounced, only one death sentence shall be executed.2. When the most severe sentence pronounced is the death sentence, no other punishment except fines and ancillary punishments shall be executed.3. When multiple sentences of life imprisonment have been pronounced, only one life imprisonment sentence shall be executed.4. When the most severe sentence pronounced is life imprisonment, no other punishment except fines and ancillary punishments shall be executed.5. When multiple sentences of imprisonment have been pronounced, the period of punishment shall be fixed at not less than the longest period of these punishments and not more than the sum of the periods of these punishments, but shall not exceed thirty years.6. When multiple sentences of short-term imprisonment have been pronounced, the period of punishment to be executed shall be fixed in accordance with the preceding subparagraph but shall not exceed one hundred and twenty days.7. When multiple fines have been pronounced, the amount of the fine to be paid shall be fixed at not less than the largest of these fines and not more than the sum of these fines.8. When multiple deprivations of citizen’s rights for a definite period have been pronounced, only the longest one shall be executed.9. All the punishments fixed in accordance with subparagraphs 5 through 8 shall be executed together; provided the punishments to be executed are imprisonment for not less than three years and a short-term imprisonment, the short-term imprisonment shall not be executed.