The Plant Variety and Plant Seed Act Article 26
The protection of a variety right shall not extend to any of the acts in the following Subparagraphs:1. Acts done by an individual for non-profit purposes;2. Acts done for experimental or research purposes;3. Acts done for the purpose of breeding other varieties, but not including acts for the purpose of breeding dependent varieties set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article;4. Acts done by farmers of keeping, for the farmer's own use, plant seeds of a variety protected by a variety right or of the harvested material obtained from plant seeds of dependent varieties as set forth in Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article;5. Acts, at a farmer's request and for the purpose of providing the farmer with propagating material, of engaging in the conditioning and nursing of harvested material obtained from the propagating material of a variety protected by a variety right, or of its dependent variety;6. Acts done of domestically selling or otherwise circulating any material of a variety protected by a variety right, or its dependent variety, as undertaken voluntarily by or with the consent of the holder of the variety right, but not including acts of further propagation of such protected variety; or7. Acts done with respect to any material derived from the material set forth in the preceding Subparagraph, but not including acts of further propagation of such protected variety.Subparagraphs 4 and 5 of the preceding Paragraph shall apply only to plant species published by the central competent authority for the purposes of ensuring food safety.The "material" as referred to in Paragraph 1 means any propagating material, harvested material, and products made directly from the harvested material, of a variety. Such harvested material shall include entire or parts of the plant.Acts done under Subparagraphs 6 and 7 of Paragraph 1 shall not include acts of exporting propagating material of such protected variety to a country that does not protect the plant genus or species to which the variety belongs, provided that this provision shall not apply where the purpose is for final consumption.
中文原文 植物品種及種苗法第26條
品種權之效力，不及於下列各款行為：
一、以個人非營利目的之行為。
二、以實驗、研究目的之行為。
三、以育成其他品種為目的之行為。
但不包括育成前條第一項之從屬品種為目的之行為。
四、農民對種植該具品種權之品種或前條第一項第一款、第二款從屬品種之種苗取得之收穫物，留種自用之行為。
五、受農民委託，以提供農民繁殖材料為目的，對該具品種權之品種或其從屬品種之繁殖材料取得之收穫物，從事調製育苗之行為。
六、針對已由品種權人自行或經其同意在國內銷售或以其他方式流通之該具品種權之品種或其從屬品種之任何材料所為之行為。
但不包括將該品種作進一步繁殖之行為。
七、針對衍生自前款所列材料之任何材料所為之行為。
但不包括將該品種作進一步繁殖之行為。
為維護糧食安全，前項第四款、第五款之適用，以中央主管機關公告之植物物種為限。
第一項所稱之材料，指植物品種之任何繁殖材料、收穫物及收穫物之任何直接加工物，其中該收穫物包括植物之全部或部分。
第一項第六款及第七款所列行為，不包括將該品種之可繁殖材料輸出至未對該品種所屬之植物屬或種之品種予以保護之國家之行為。
但以最終消費為目的者，不在此限。
一、以個人非營利目的之行為。
二、以實驗、研究目的之行為。
三、以育成其他品種為目的之行為。
但不包括育成前條第一項之從屬品種為目的之行為。
四、農民對種植該具品種權之品種或前條第一項第一款、第二款從屬品種之種苗取得之收穫物，留種自用之行為。
五、受農民委託，以提供農民繁殖材料為目的，對該具品種權之品種或其從屬品種之繁殖材料取得之收穫物，從事調製育苗之行為。
六、針對已由品種權人自行或經其同意在國內銷售或以其他方式流通之該具品種權之品種或其從屬品種之任何材料所為之行為。
但不包括將該品種作進一步繁殖之行為。
七、針對衍生自前款所列材料之任何材料所為之行為。
但不包括將該品種作進一步繁殖之行為。
為維護糧食安全，前項第四款、第五款之適用，以中央主管機關公告之植物物種為限。
第一項所稱之材料，指植物品種之任何繁殖材料、收穫物及收穫物之任何直接加工物，其中該收穫物包括植物之全部或部分。
第一項第六款及第七款所列行為，不包括將該品種之可繁殖材料輸出至未對該品種所屬之植物屬或種之品種予以保護之國家之行為。
但以最終消費為目的者，不在此限。