Witness Protection Act Article 14
Any defendant or suspect who committed or allegedly committed the criminal offenses set forth in Article 2 helps prosecutor to prosecute other principal offenders or accomplices by providing material testimonyor evidence, his or her sentence shall be reduced or exempted with prosecutor's prior approval.After considering the seriousness of the criminal offense committed by the defendant or suspect, the injuries suffered by the victim, the importance of the serious crime prevention and the significance ofthe public interests, the prosecutor may assent to drop the charges against a defendant or suspect who is not a principal offender or an accomplice in the criminal offenses set forth in Article 2 but helps the prosecutor to prosecute other accomplices committinga more serious offense by providing material testimony regarding the accessory before the fact, accessory during the fact and accessory after the fact.If any defendant or suspect, who is not a principal offender or an accomplice in the criminal offenses set forth in Article 2 but helps the prosecutor to prosecute other accomplices committing a more seriousoffense by providing material testimony regarding the accessory before the fact, accessory during the fact and accessory after the fact, is prosecuted, his or her sentence may be reduced or exempted with prosecutor’s prior approval.The provisions set forth in Articles 255 to 260 of the Criminal Procedure Act shall apply mutates mutandis to paragraph 2.
中文原文 證人保護法第14條
第二條所列刑事案件之被告或犯罪嫌疑人,於偵查中供述與該案案情有重要關係之待證事項或其他正犯或共犯之犯罪事證,因而使檢察官得以追訴該案之其他正犯或共犯者,以經檢察官事先同意者為限,就其因供述所涉之犯罪,減輕或免除其刑。
被告或犯罪嫌疑人雖非前項案件之正犯或共犯,但於偵查中供述其犯罪之前手、後手或相關犯罪之網絡,因而使檢察官得以追訴與該犯罪相關之第二條所列刑事案件之被告者,參酌其犯罪情節之輕重、被害人所受之損害、防止重大犯罪危害社會治安之重要性及公共利益等事項,以其所供述他人之犯罪情節或法定刑較重於其本身所涉之罪且經檢察官事先同意者為限,就其因供述所涉之犯罪,得為不起訴處分。
被告或犯罪嫌疑人非第一項案件之正犯或共犯,於偵查中供述其犯罪之前手、後手或相關犯罪之網絡,因而使檢察官得以追訴與該犯罪相關之第二條所列刑事案件之被告,如其因供述所涉之犯罪經檢察官起訴者,以其所供述他人之犯罪情節或法定刑較重於其本身所涉之罪且曾經檢察官於偵查中為第二項之同意者為限,得減輕或免除其刑。
刑事訴訟法第二百五十五條至第二百六十條之規定,於第二項情形準用之。
被告或犯罪嫌疑人雖非前項案件之正犯或共犯,但於偵查中供述其犯罪之前手、後手或相關犯罪之網絡,因而使檢察官得以追訴與該犯罪相關之第二條所列刑事案件之被告者,參酌其犯罪情節之輕重、被害人所受之損害、防止重大犯罪危害社會治安之重要性及公共利益等事項,以其所供述他人之犯罪情節或法定刑較重於其本身所涉之罪且經檢察官事先同意者為限,就其因供述所涉之犯罪,得為不起訴處分。
被告或犯罪嫌疑人非第一項案件之正犯或共犯,於偵查中供述其犯罪之前手、後手或相關犯罪之網絡,因而使檢察官得以追訴與該犯罪相關之第二條所列刑事案件之被告,如其因供述所涉之犯罪經檢察官起訴者,以其所供述他人之犯罪情節或法定刑較重於其本身所涉之罪且曾經檢察官於偵查中為第二項之同意者為限,得減輕或免除其刑。
刑事訴訟法第二百五十五條至第二百六十條之規定,於第二項情形準用之。