Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act Article 13

A statement made by a child or a youth during an investigation (conducted) by a prosecutor investigator, a judicial police officer, or a judicial police, which has been especially proven credible, and which is essential to prove the facts of a criminal offense, may be admitted as evidence, despite any of the following conditions occurs to the said child or the said youth during a trial:1.the said child or the said youth is unable to make a statement due to physical or psychological trauma;2.when appearing before the court, the said child or the said youth, due to physical or psychological stress, is unable to make a complete statement or refuses to make a statement during questioning or examination; or3.the said child or the said youth cannot be summoned or fails to appear after being summoned because the said child or the said youth is not in the Taiwan area or the whereabouts of the said child or the said youth is unknown.