The Forestry Act Article 52
Those who violate Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 of Article 50 and to whom any of the circumstances listed below shall be subject to imprisonment for at least one year but not more than seven years; in addition thereto, a penalty fine of from one million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$1,000,000) to twenty million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$20,000,000) shall be imposed:1. Offenses committed in a protection forest.2. Offenses committed by an individual obligated to protect the forest based on a consignment from an organization or another contract agreement.3. Offenses committed while exercising the right to harvest forest products.4. Offenses by more than two conspirators or the employment of other individuals therefor.5. The use of stolen goods as raw materials for producing charcoal, turpentine or other products, or for cultivating mushrooms.6. Those who use livestock, vessels, vehicles or other equipment for transporting stolen forest products.7. Those who excavate, destroy, incinerate or hide roots to cover up traces of crime.8. Those who use stolen forest yields as fuel, for mining of minerals, refining lime, or for manufacturing bricks, tiles and/or other articles.9. The felling, sawing, or excavating of living trees or other actions that damage tree growth.Those who attempt any of the above shall be subjected to penalty.Those who violate Paragraph 1 shall be subject to a penalty that is 50% higher if the product is precious wood.The aforementioned precious wood refers to species of trees with high economic or ecological value as defined by the central competent authorities.For offenses stipulated herein, articles used for the commitment of or preparation for the offense or articles derived from or acquired through the commitment of an offense shall be seized whether they belong to the offender or not.Violators or suspected violators of offenses listed in Article 50 and this Article may, with the permission of the prosecutors, have their penalties reduced or may be exempted from penalties if during the investigation process, they provide confessions about matters closely connected to the offense or evidence against other principal offenders or accomplices that enable prosecutors to prosecute the other principal offenders or accomplices involved in the offense.
中文原文 森林法第52條
犯第五十條第一項之罪而有下列情形之一者，處一年以上七年以下有期徒刑，併科贓額五倍以上十倍以下罰金：
一、於保安林犯之。
二、依機關之委託或其他契約，有保護森林義務之人犯之。
三、於行使林產物採取權時犯之。
四、結夥二人以上或僱使他人犯之。
五、以贓物為原料，製造木炭、松節油、其他物品或培植菇類。
六、為搬運贓物，使用牲口、船舶、車輛，或有搬運造材之設備。
七、掘採、毀壞、燒燬或隱蔽根株，以圖罪跡之湮滅。
八、以贓物燃料，使用於礦物之採取，精製石灰、磚、瓦或其他物品之製造。
前項未遂犯罰之。
第一項森林主產物為貴重木者，加重其刑至二分之一，併科贓額十倍以上二十倍以下罰金。
前項貴重木之樹種，指具高經濟或生態價值，並經中央主管機關公告之樹種。
犯本條之罪者，其供犯罪所用、犯罪預備之物或犯罪所生之物，不問屬於犯罪行為人與否，沒收之。
第五十條及本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。
一、於保安林犯之。
二、依機關之委託或其他契約，有保護森林義務之人犯之。
三、於行使林產物採取權時犯之。
四、結夥二人以上或僱使他人犯之。
五、以贓物為原料，製造木炭、松節油、其他物品或培植菇類。
六、為搬運贓物，使用牲口、船舶、車輛，或有搬運造材之設備。
七、掘採、毀壞、燒燬或隱蔽根株，以圖罪跡之湮滅。
八、以贓物燃料，使用於礦物之採取，精製石灰、磚、瓦或其他物品之製造。
前項未遂犯罰之。
第一項森林主產物為貴重木者，加重其刑至二分之一，併科贓額十倍以上二十倍以下罰金。
前項貴重木之樹種，指具高經濟或生態價值，並經中央主管機關公告之樹種。
犯本條之罪者，其供犯罪所用、犯罪預備之物或犯罪所生之物，不問屬於犯罪行為人與否，沒收之。
第五十條及本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。