The Communication Security and Surveillance Act Article 5

An interception warrant may be issued, if there is sufficient evidence that the accused or the suspect is involved in one of the following crimes, which may severely endanger national security, economic order or social order, and that there is reasonable belief that the content of his/her communication is relevant to the case being investigated, and that it is difficult or there are no other methods to collect or investigate the evidence:1. The offenses are punishable with a minimum of a three-year fixed-term imprisonment.2. Offenses as stipulated in Article 100, Paragraph 2 preparing to commit civil disturbance, Article 101, Paragraph 2 preparing to commit civil disturbance with force, or Article 106, Paragraph 3; Article 109, Paragraphs 1 and 4 and the attempted offense in Paragraph 1; Article 121; Article 122, Paragraph 3; Article 131; Article 142; Article 143; Article 144; Article 145; Article 201-1; Article 256, Paragraph 1 and the attempted offense; Article 257, Paragraph 1 and the attempted offense; Article 298, Paragraph 2 and the attempted offense; Article 300; Article 302, Paragraphs 1 and 3; Article 302-1, Paragraphs 1 and 3; Article 319-1, Paragraphs 2 and 3 and the attempted offense in these two paragraphs; Article 319-2; Article 319-3; Article 319-4; Article 339; Article 339-3; Article 339-4 or Article 346 of the Criminal Code.3. Offenses of corruption for breach of official duty as stipulated in Article 11, Paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Anti-Corruption Act.4. Offenses as stipulated in Article 2, Paragraphs 1 and 2, or Article 3 of the Smuggling Penalty Act.5. Offenses as stipulated in Article 82, Paragraphs 1 and 4, or Article 83 Paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act.6. Offenses as stipulated in Article 173 Paragraph 1 of the Securities and Exchange Act.7. Offenses as stipulated in Article 112, Paragraph 5 or Article 113 of the Futures Trading Act.8. Offenses as stipulated in Article 12, Paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 and the attempted offense in these paragraphs 1 and 2, or Article 13, Paragraph 2 and 4 and the attempted offense in Paragraph 2 of the Firearms, Ammunition, and Knives Control Act.9. Offenses as stipulated in Article 102, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 of the Public officials Election And Recall Act.10. Offenses as stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 47-1 or Paragraphs 1and 2 of Article 47-2 of the Farmers Association Act.11. Offenses as stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 50-1, or Paragraphs 1and 2 of Article 50-2 of the Fishermen Association Act.12. The offenses prescribed in Article 32, Paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 and the attempted offense in these three paragraphs, Article 36, Paragraphs 1 and 4 and the attempted offense in these two paragraphs, Article 38, Paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act.13. Offenses as stipulated in Articles 19 to 21 of the Money Laundering Control Act, or Articles 8 and 9 of the Counter-Terrorism Financing Act.14. Offenses as stipulated in Article 3, back section of Paragraph 1, Articles 4 and 6 or Article 11, Paragraph 3 of the Organized Crime Prevention Act.15. Offenses as stipulated in Article 14, Paragraph 2; Article 17, Paragraph 3; Article 18, Paragraph 3; Article 19, Paragraph 3; Article 20, Paragraph 5; Article 22, the front section of Paragraph 1, Paragraph 4; Article 23, Paragraph 3; Article 24, Paragraph 2 and the attempted offense in this paragraph, Paragraph 4; Article 58, Paragraph 5, or Article 63, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the Armed Forces.16. Offenses as stipulated in Article 13-2, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Trade Secrets Act.17. Offenses as stipulated in Article 52, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Forestry Act.18. The offense as stipulated in Article 46 of the Waste Disposal Act.19. Offenses as stipulated in Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3 of Article 7 and the attempted offense in these two paragraphs of the National Security Act.20. Offenses as stipulated in Articles 3 and 4 of Anti-Infiltration Act.21. Offenses as stipulated in Articles 29, 30, 31 and 33 of the Human Trafficking Prevention Act.22. Offenses as stipulated in Article 44 of the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act.The interception warrant mentioned in the preceding Paragraph shall be applied for, during the investigation, by the prosecutor upon receiving applications from judicial police authorities, or applied by the prosecutor ex officio to the court concerned for issuance. The application shall specify the case numbers starting with the words “Zheng” and “Tang” and information delineated in Article 11, and the reasons, along with relevant documents. If the target of interception is not a user of a telecommunications service, it should be specified in the application. Relevant documents and investigation information about the residence of the target of interception should also be attached, specifying that there is sufficient reason to believe that the contents of communications are related to the case, that prior investigation has been conducted in another manner without success, or that it is reasonably clear that investigation in another manner will not achieve the purpose or creates material risk. The prosecutor should respond within four hours after accepting the application. If the case is complex, the deadline may be extended for four hours with the consent of the Chief Prosecutor. The court should reply within 48 hours after receiving the application case as approved by and transferred from the prosecutor. If the case is in trial proceedings, the warrant should be issued ex officio by the judge. The judge may also enter appropriate instructions to the enforcement officers on the interception warrant.If the application as referred to in the preceding Paragraph is inconsistent with the legal procedure, lacks reason, is not specified or not sufficiently specified, it shall be denied by the court. The decision to deny an application by the court shall not be challenged.The enforcement agency shall file at least one report every 15 days during the period of communication surveillance, describing the progress of conducting the surveillance, and/or if there is the necessity to continue implementing the surveillance. The prosecutor or the judge that issued the interception warrant may also order the enforcement agency to submit a report at any time. If a situation arises where the surveillance should not be conducted continuously, the judge shall consider, by free evaluation based on the rules of experience and logic, withdrawing the issued interception warrant.The application for interception warrant shall be limited to the same target, under the same case number starting with the words “Zheng” and “Tang” or related cases. An application may be filed to seek several interception warrants.
中文原文 通訊保障及監察法第5條
有事實足認被告或犯罪嫌疑人有下列各款罪嫌之一,並危害國家安全、經濟秩序或社會秩序情節重大,而有相當理由可信其通訊內容與本案有關,且不能或難以其他方法蒐集或調查證據者,得發通訊監察書:
一、最輕本刑為三年以上有期徒刑之罪。
二、刑法第一百條第二項之預備內亂罪、第一百零一條第二項之預備暴動內亂罪或第一百零六條第三項、第一百零九條第一項及其未遂犯、第四項、第一百二十一條、第一百二十二條第三項、第一百三十一條、第一百四十二條、第一百四十三條、第一百四十四條、第一百四十五條、第二百零一條之一、第二百五十六條第一項及其未遂犯、第二百五十七條第一項及其未遂犯、第二百九十八條第二項及其未遂犯、第三百條、第三百零二條第一項、第三項、第三百零二條之一第一項、第三項、第三百十九條之一第二項、第三項及該二項之未遂犯、第三百十九條之二、第三百十九條之三、第三百十九條之四、第三百三十九條、第三百三十九條之三、第三百三十九條之四或第三百四十六條之罪。
三、貪污治罪條例第十一條第一項、第四項關於違背職務行為之行賄罪。
四、懲治走私條例第二條第一項、第二項或第三條之罪。
五、藥事法第八十二條第一項、第四項或第八十三條第一項、第四項之罪。
六、證券交易法第一百七十三條第一項之罪。
七、期貨交易法第一百十二條第五項或第一百十三條之罪。
八、槍砲彈藥刀械管制條例第十二條第一項、第二項及該二項之未遂犯、第四項或第十三條第二項及其未遂犯、第四項之罪。
九、公職人員選舉罷免法第一百零二條第一項第一款之罪。
十、農會法第四十七條之一第一項或第四十七條之二第一項、第二項之罪。
十一、漁會法第五十條之一第一項或第五十條之二第一項、第二項之罪。
十二、兒童及少年性剝削防制條例第三十二條第一項、第三項、第四項及該三項之未遂犯、第三十六條第一項、第四項及該二項之未遂犯、第三十八條第一項、第三項及第四項之罪。
十三、洗錢防制法第十九條至第二十一條或資恐防制法第八條、第九條之罪。
十四、組織犯罪防制條例第三條第一項後段、第四條、第六條或第十一條第三項之罪。
十五、陸海空軍刑法第十四條第二項、第十七條第三項、第十八條第三項、第十九條第三項、第二十條第五項、第二十二條第一項前段、第四項、第二十三條第三項、第二十四條第二項及其未遂犯、第四項、第五十八條第五項、第六十三條第一項之罪。
十六、營業秘密法第十三條之二第一項、第二項之罪。
十七、森林法第五十二條第一項、第二項之罪。
十八、廢棄物清理法第四十六條之罪。
十九、國家安全法第七條第二項、第三項及該二項之未遂犯之罪。
二十、反滲透法第三條、第四條之罪。
二十一、人口販運防制法第二十九條、第三十條、第三十一條、第三十三條之罪。
二十二、詐欺犯罪危害防制條例第四十四條之罪。
前項通訊監察書,偵查中由檢察官依司法警察機關聲請或依職權以書面聲請該管法院核發。
聲請書應記載偵、他字案號及第十一條之事項,其監察對象非電信服務用戶,應予載明;並檢附相關文件及監察對象住居所之調查資料,釋明有相當理由可信其通訊內容與本案有關,且曾以其他方法調查仍無效果,或以其他方法調查,合理顯示為不能達成目的或有重大危險情形。
檢察官受理聲請案件,應於四小時內核復;如案情複雜,得經檢察長同意延長四小時。
法院於接獲檢察官核轉受理聲請案件,應於四十八小時內核復。
審判中由法官依職權核發。
法官並得於通訊監察書上對執行人員為適當之指示。
前項聲請不合法定程序、不備理由、未經釋明或釋明不足者,法院應予駁回。
其聲請經法院駁回者,不得聲明不服。
執行機關應於執行監聽期間內,每十五日至少作成一次以上之報告書,說明監聽行為之進行情形,以及有無繼續執行監聽之需要。
檢察官或核發通訊監察書之法官並得隨時命執行機關提出報告。
法官依據經驗法則、論理法則自由心證判斷後,發現有不應繼續執行監聽之情狀時,應撤銷原核發之通訊監察書。
通訊監察書之聲請,應以單一監察對象為限,同一偵、他字或相牽連案件,得同時聲請數張通訊監察書。

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