The Forestry Act Article 53
Anyone who sets fire to another’s forest shall be subject to from three years to ten years of imprisonment.Anyone who sets fire to his or her own forest shall be subject to up to two years of imprisonment or short-term imprisonment. This sentence may be commuted to a penalty fine of up to three hundred thousand New Taiwan Dollars (NT$300,000). Should the fire destroy another’s forest, the perpetrator shall be subject to from one year to five years of imprisonment.Anyone whose accidental fire destroys another’s forest shall be subject to up to two years of imprisonment or short-term imprisonment. This sentence may be commuted to a penalty fine of up to three hundred thousand New Taiwan Dollars (NT$300,000).Anyone whose accidental fire destroys his or her own forest and, as a consequence, destroys another’s forest, shall be subject to up to one year of imprisonment or short-term imprisonment. This sentence may be commuted to a penalty fine of up to one hundred and eighty thousand New Taiwan Dollars (NT$180,000).Anyone who attempts any of the above shall be subject to penalty.
中文原文 森林法第53條
放火燒燬他人之森林者，處三年以上十年以下有期徒刑。
放火燒燬自己之森林者，處二年以下有期徒刑、拘役或科新臺幣三十萬元以下罰金；因而燒燬他人之森林者，處一年以上五年以下有期徒刑。
失火燒燬他人之森林者，處二年以下有期徒刑、拘役或科新臺幣三十萬元以下罰金。
失火燒燬自己之森林，因而燒燬他人之森林者，處一年以下有期徒刑、拘役或科新臺幣十八萬元以下罰金。
第一項未遂犯罰之。
放火燒燬自己之森林者，處二年以下有期徒刑、拘役或科新臺幣三十萬元以下罰金；因而燒燬他人之森林者，處一年以上五年以下有期徒刑。
失火燒燬他人之森林者，處二年以下有期徒刑、拘役或科新臺幣三十萬元以下罰金。
失火燒燬自己之森林，因而燒燬他人之森林者，處一年以下有期徒刑、拘役或科新臺幣十八萬元以下罰金。
第一項未遂犯罰之。