Regulations Governing the Handling of Mail Article 37
The following documents or materials are forbidden in the mail:1.Items that, due to their nature or the manner in which they are packed, may be harmful to postal employees or may soil or damage items of mail or postal equipment.2.Metal fasteners used to seal items of mail with sharp edges that could cause difficulties in the processing of mail.3.Flammable, explosive or other dangerous materials. Exceptions are perishable biological substances with special packaging sent between government-registered organizations with special transportation permission issued by competent authorities.4.Live animals — apart from bees, silkworms, leeches, parasites or beneficial insects sent between government-registered organizations or parcels sent to Japan containing harmless earthworms without soil.5.Radioactive materials.6.Opium, morphine and other narcotics. Exceptions include insured or value-declared mails sent by those that hold special transportation permission from competent authorities or those who provide statements in writing from judicial organs or judicial police institutions proving that these articles are being sent between such domestic bodies to be used as evidence in judicial proceedings; as well as packages that are sent abroad in the form of insured mails to be used in medicine or scientific research for which the approval of the country of destination has been obtained.7.Documents or materials that are obscene or immoral in character. Exceptions include registered mails sent by those providing statements in writing from judicial organs or judicial police institutions proving that these articles are being sent between such bodies to be used as evidence in judicial proceedings.8.Documents or materials that are prohibited for importation or circulation in the country of destination.9.Documents or materials that are prohibited to be sold and manufactured by the government. Exceptions are those sent as registered mails by those providing statements in writing from judicial organs or judicial police institutions proving that the items are being sent between such bodies to be used as evidence in judicial proceedings.10.Lottery tickets and flyers related to lottery tickets. Exceptions are those sent in registered mails that have been issued with a government permit or those that have been issued without a government permit but are to be used as evidence in judicial proceedings and are being sent between judicial organs or judicial police institutions.11.Other contraband stipulated by law.
中文原文 郵件處理規則第37條
下列文件或物品，禁止交寄：
一、物品之性質或其封裝有傷害郵政服務人員或污損郵件或郵政設備之虞者。
二、封口用之金屬扣鈕有鋒利之邊緣，致妨害郵件處理者。
三、易燃、易爆裂或其他危險物品。
但立案機構以特殊方法封裝互寄之易壞生物學物料，經相關主管機關核發運輸憑照者，不在此限。
四、活生動物。
但蜜蜂、蠶、水蛭、由立案機構互寄之寄生蟲或為消除害蟲之蟲類、寄往日本之包裹內裝不夾泥土之無害活紅蚯蚓者，不在此限。
五、放射性物品。
六、鴉片、嗎啡及其他麻醉物品。
但經相關主管機關核發運輸憑照或司法機關、司法警察機關備文證明係供訴訟證據之用，並作保價或報值郵件在國內互寄，或作保價郵件寄往國外供醫藥或科學之用，經寄達國准許者，不在此限。
七、猥褻妨害風化之文件或物品。
但由司法機關或司法警察機關備文證明係供訴訟證據之用，作掛號郵件互寄者，不在此限。
八、寄達國禁止輸入或流通之文件或物品。
九、政府禁止發售及製造之文件或物品。
但由司法機關或司法警察機關備文證明係供訴訟證據之用，作掛號郵件互寄者，不在此限。
十、彩票及與彩票有關之廣告傳單。
但經政府特許發行或未經特許發行而由司法機關或司法警察機關按掛號郵件互寄作為訴訟證據之用者，不在此限。
十一、其他法令規定之違禁品。
一、物品之性質或其封裝有傷害郵政服務人員或污損郵件或郵政設備之虞者。
二、封口用之金屬扣鈕有鋒利之邊緣，致妨害郵件處理者。
三、易燃、易爆裂或其他危險物品。
但立案機構以特殊方法封裝互寄之易壞生物學物料，經相關主管機關核發運輸憑照者，不在此限。
四、活生動物。
但蜜蜂、蠶、水蛭、由立案機構互寄之寄生蟲或為消除害蟲之蟲類、寄往日本之包裹內裝不夾泥土之無害活紅蚯蚓者，不在此限。
五、放射性物品。
六、鴉片、嗎啡及其他麻醉物品。
但經相關主管機關核發運輸憑照或司法機關、司法警察機關備文證明係供訴訟證據之用，並作保價或報值郵件在國內互寄，或作保價郵件寄往國外供醫藥或科學之用，經寄達國准許者，不在此限。
七、猥褻妨害風化之文件或物品。
但由司法機關或司法警察機關備文證明係供訴訟證據之用，作掛號郵件互寄者，不在此限。
八、寄達國禁止輸入或流通之文件或物品。
九、政府禁止發售及製造之文件或物品。
但由司法機關或司法警察機關備文證明係供訴訟證據之用，作掛號郵件互寄者，不在此限。
十、彩票及與彩票有關之廣告傳單。
但經政府特許發行或未經特許發行而由司法機關或司法警察機關按掛號郵件互寄作為訴訟證據之用者，不在此限。
十一、其他法令規定之違禁品。