Referendum Act Article 36

Any person who solicits, agrees to give, or gives a bribe or other illegitimate benefit to a voter in exchange for a promise that the voter will not vote or will vote in a particular way shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three years but not more than 10 years and may also be fined not less than NT$1 million but not more than NT$10 million.A person who prepares to commit the offense specified in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year.Any bribe prepared or used, or agreed to be given or given, for the purpose of committing the offense specified in Paragraph 1, whether it belongs to the offender or not, shall be confiscated.A person who commits the offense specified in Paragraph 1 or 2 shall have his/her sentence reduced or commuted if he/she surrenders to the authorities within six months of committing the offense. If such surrender leads to the apprehension of the proposer as the principal offender or an accomplice, the person who surrendered shall be exempt from punishment.A person who commits the offense specified in Paragraph 1 or 2 shall have his/her sentence reduced if he/she confesses during the investigation. If such confession leads to the apprehension of the proposer as the principal offender or an accomplice, the person who confessed shall have his/her sentence reduced or commuted.