The Banking Act of The Republic of China Article 125-8

Any person who damages the normal functions of the core information and communications system of a financial information service enterprise engaging in funds transfer and account clearing between financial institutions through one of the following means shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one (1) year and not more than seven (7) years, and may also be fined a criminal fine of not more than ten million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$10,000,000):1. Without cause, accessing its computer or related equipment by entering its account and password, cracking the protective measures for using the computer, or exploiting the loophole of the computer system.2. Without cause, interfering with its computer or related equipment through the use of computer programs or other electromagnetic methods.3. Without cause, obtaining, deleting, or altering the electromagnetic record of its computer or related equipment.The same applies to any person who supplies computer programs specifically for themselves or others to commit the offenses in the preceding paragraph.Any person who intends to endanger national security or social stability and commits the offenses in the preceding two paragraphs shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three (3) years and not more than ten (10) years, and may also be fined a criminal fine of not more than fifty million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$50,000,000).Where the criminal acts in the preceding three paragraphs jeopardize the stability of the financial market, their sentences shall be increased by onehalf.An attempt to commit offenses in Paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be punishable.