Nuclear Emergency Response Act Article 31-2

Paragraph 31-2.1Any person, who endangers the proper operation of core information and communication systems of any nuclear reactor facility by any of the following methods, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than seven years; in addition thereto, a fine of not more than ten million New Taiwan Dollars may be imposed.(1) Without cause, gains access to its computer or related equipment by entering its account password, cracking the protective measures for using the computer, or exploiting any vulnerability of the computer system.(2) Without cause, interferes, through the use of computer programs or other electromagnetic methods, with its computer or related equipment.(3) Without cause, obtains, deletes, or alters any magnetic record of its computer or related equipment.Paragraph 31-2.2Any person who makes computer programs specifically for oneself or another to commit any offense specified in the preceding paragraph is also subject to the penalty provisions thereof.Paragraph 31-2.3Any person who intends to endanger national security or social stability and commits an offense under the preceding paragraph, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three year but not more than ten years ; in addition thereto, a fine of not more than fifty million New Taiwan Dollars may be imposed.Paragraph 31-2.4Any person who commits the offenses specified in the preceding three paragraphs resulting in a nuclear accident, shall be subject to the punishment prescribed for such an offense by increasing it up to one-half; if death results from the commission of the offense, the offender shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or with imprisonment for not less than seven years, and in addition thereto a fine of not more than one hundred million New Taiwan Dollars may be imposed; if aggravated injury results, the offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than five years but not more than twelve years, and in addition thereto a fine of not more than eighty million New Taiwan Dollars may be imposed.Paragraph 31-2.5An attempt to commit an offense specified in paragraphs 1 to 3 is punishable.