Act Governing Retirement of and Bereavement Compensation for Employees of Post and Telecommunications Enterprises under the MOTC Article 18
The term “death due to a work-related cause” mentioned in the Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article refers to a person who has been certified by the serving agency and has one of the following clauses:1. Death due to risking dangers or on the battlefield in the line of duty.2. Death due to the hazards from performing official functions.3. Death due to the danger encountered or illnesses suffered during a business trip4. Death due to the accidents occurring in the office.The term “risking dangers” mentioned in Subparagraph 1 of preceding Paragraph refers to those who experience dangerous accidents but still strive to perform such duties to death, regardless of personal safety; the term “death on the battlefield in the line of duty” refers to those who died from performing their duties at war or supporting the military mission on the battlefield.The term “death due to hazards from performing official functions” mentioned in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 refers to death due to violence or accidental danger while performing duties; or death due to accidental danger on the way to and from the office.The term “death due to the danger encountered or illnesses suffered during a business trip” mentioned in Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 refers to those who were assigned by the serving agency to execute certain missions starting from the set-off to the completion of the mission and until the return to the office or the residence, and there shall be proximate causation between the encountered danger or the illness and the business trip.The term “death due to the accidents occurring in the office” mentioned in Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 1 refers to accidents or sudden illnesses occurring at places where official duties are handled during office hours or within designated working hours, and the accident or illness directly causes the death on the spot, or directly results in death on the way to the hospital from the office, or the person who is directly sent to the hospital from the office and continues to be hospitalized and died.
中文原文 交通部郵電事業人員退休撫卹條例第18條
前條第一項第一款所稱因公死亡，係指經服務機關證明，具有下列情形之一者：
一、因冒險犯難或戰地殉職。
二、因執行職務發生危險以致死亡。
三、因公差遇險或罹病以致死亡。
四、在辦公場所發生意外以致死亡。
前項第一款所稱冒險犯難，係指遭遇危難事故，奮不顧身執行公務以致殉職；所稱戰地殉職，係指在戰地交戰時執行職務或支援作戰任務而殉職。
第一項第二款所稱執行職務發生危險以致死亡，係指於執行職務時因遭受暴力或意外危險以致死亡；或於辦公往返途中遇意外危險以致死亡。
第一項第三款所稱因公差遇險或罹病以致死亡，係指經服務機構指派，執行一定之任務，其時程之計算係自出發以迄完成指派任務返回辦公場所或住（居）所止，且其遭遇危險或罹病，必須與公差具有因果關係。
第一項第四款所稱在辦公場所發生意外以致死亡，係指在處理公務之場所，於辦公時間內或指定之工作時間內，因處理公務而發生意外事故或猝發疾病，且由該意外事故或疾病直接使之當場死亡，或自該場所直接送醫途中死亡，或自該場所直接送醫繼續住院不治死亡者。
一、因冒險犯難或戰地殉職。
二、因執行職務發生危險以致死亡。
三、因公差遇險或罹病以致死亡。
四、在辦公場所發生意外以致死亡。
前項第一款所稱冒險犯難，係指遭遇危難事故，奮不顧身執行公務以致殉職；所稱戰地殉職，係指在戰地交戰時執行職務或支援作戰任務而殉職。
第一項第二款所稱執行職務發生危險以致死亡，係指於執行職務時因遭受暴力或意外危險以致死亡；或於辦公往返途中遇意外危險以致死亡。
第一項第三款所稱因公差遇險或罹病以致死亡，係指經服務機構指派，執行一定之任務，其時程之計算係自出發以迄完成指派任務返回辦公場所或住（居）所止，且其遭遇危險或罹病，必須與公差具有因果關係。
第一項第四款所稱在辦公場所發生意外以致死亡，係指在處理公務之場所，於辦公時間內或指定之工作時間內，因處理公務而發生意外事故或猝發疾病，且由該意外事故或疾病直接使之當場死亡，或自該場所直接送醫途中死亡，或自該場所直接送醫繼續住院不治死亡者。