Regulations on Food Safety and Sanitation Violation Report and Reward Article 5

In addition to the reward described in the previous article, the competent authority may grant at its discretion an additional prize in the amount of 100,000 to 2,000,000 NT dollars based on the content of the report and the informant’s contribution to the investigation when the violation report meets one of the following criteria. The maximum prize may be increased to 4,000,000 NT dollars when the informant is an employee or a former employee of the violator. 1. The report violations are one of the criminal acts specified in Paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 49 of the Act.2. Other major violations. The reward and prize described in the previous paragraph may be released to the informant either when the Order of the Administrative Sanction for the reported act is served or when the Prosecution Office indicts the violator. The competent authorities of the municipal/county/city governments shall allocate budget to pay out the monetary reward as specified in Paragraph 1. The Food Safety Protection Fund may provide subsidies at its discretion. The Food Safety Protection Fund provides subsidies to the central competent authority for paying out the monetary rewards as specified in Paragraph 1.
中文原文 食品安全衛生檢舉案件處理及獎勵辦法第5條
有下列情形之一者,除得發給前條獎金外,主管機關得視檢舉內容及對案件查獲之貢獻程度,另發給檢舉人新臺幣十萬元以上二百萬元以下之獎金;檢舉人現為或曾為被檢舉人之受僱人者,其獎金上限得提高至新臺幣四百萬元:
一、犯本法第四十九條第一項至第三項之罪。
二、其他重大違規情事。
前項獎金,得於該檢舉案件之行政罰鍰處分書送達或檢察機關起訴後發給之。
直轄市、縣(市)主管機關發給第一項獎金,由其編列預算支應;食品安全保護基金並得酌予補助。
中央主管機關發給第一項獎金,由食品安全保護基金補助之。

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