Waste Disposal Act Article 46

Any person falling under any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not more than seven years, and may additionally be fined not more than NT$15 million:I. Arbitrary disposal of hazardous industrial waste.II. Failure by the responsible person of an enterprise or relevant personnel to store, clear, dispose of, or reuse waste in accordance with the methods prescribed by this Act, thereby likely to cause environmental pollution.III. Provision of land for the backfilling or piling of waste without permission from the competent authority.IV. Clearance, disposal, or reuse of waste without obtaining a permission document pursuant to Item 2 of Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 1 of Article 39 or Paragraph 1 of Article 41.V. Storage, clearance, disposal, or reuse of waste in a manner inconsistent with the reuse methods prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Article 39, or inconsistent with the contents of a waste clearance or disposal permission document obtained pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 41, thereby likely to cause environmental pollution.Where an offense referred to in the preceding paragraph is committed within ecologically sensitive areas or environmentally sensitive areas for resource utilization publicly announced by the central competent authority, the punishment shall be increased by up to one-half.