Prison Act Article 25
Correctional officers may use batons, knives, firearms, and other weapons approved by the Ministry of Justice to implement necessary measures under any of the following circumstances:1. An inmate uses violence or coercion to threaten the lives, physical safety or freedom of others or there is sufficient evidence of imminent act of violence or threat.2. An inmate is in possession of an object that enables him/her to engage in the act of violence or threat and the inmate refuses to obey order to drop such an object.3. An inmate assembles a crowd for riot or commits other disruptive acts and refuses to obey order to stop;4. An inmate escapes or attempts to escape and refuses to stop when ordered;5. The equipment or facilities of the prison is plundered or damaged or there are sufficient facts indicating the likelihood of equipment or facilities being damaged.Correctional officers may use firearms only when their lives or the lives of others are in imminent danger, and the use of firearms may not be excessive.Regulations governing the types, timing and method of use, and other requirements for batons, knives, firearms, and weapons specified in the two preceding paragraphs shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Justice.
中文原文 監獄行刑法第25條
有下列情形之一，監獄人員得使用法務部核定之棍、刀、槍及其他器械為必要處置：
一、受刑人對於他人之生命、身體、自由為強暴、脅迫或有事實足認為將施強暴、脅迫時。
二、受刑人持有足供施強暴、脅迫之物，經命其放棄而不遵從時。
三、受刑人聚眾騷動或為其他擾亂秩序之行為，經命其停止而不遵從時。
四、受刑人脫逃，或圖謀脫逃不服制止時。
五、監獄之裝備、設施遭受劫奪、破壞或有事實足認為有受危害之虞時。
監獄人員使用槍械，以自己或他人生命遭受緊急危害為限，並不得逾必要之程度。
前二項棍、刀、槍及器械之種類、使用時機、方法及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由法務部定之。
一、受刑人對於他人之生命、身體、自由為強暴、脅迫或有事實足認為將施強暴、脅迫時。
二、受刑人持有足供施強暴、脅迫之物，經命其放棄而不遵從時。
三、受刑人聚眾騷動或為其他擾亂秩序之行為，經命其停止而不遵從時。
四、受刑人脫逃，或圖謀脫逃不服制止時。
五、監獄之裝備、設施遭受劫奪、破壞或有事實足認為有受危害之虞時。
監獄人員使用槍械，以自己或他人生命遭受緊急危害為限，並不得逾必要之程度。
前二項棍、刀、槍及器械之種類、使用時機、方法及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由法務部定之。