Code of Criminal Procedure Article 44-1

This English translation was last updated on 2020-01-15, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-05-13. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.

The entire proceeding on the trial date shall be recorded in audio, and if necessary, in video.If parties, agent, defense attorney, or assistant has suspicion about mistakes or missing in trial records, he may make a motion prior to the next court session, or within seven days thereafter in the case the court argument has been completed, to request the playing of the audio or video records for the purpose of comparing and correcting the contents thereof. With the court's approval, the persons named in the preceding sentence may within the time period specified by the court, reduce the contents of the examination of the accused, private prosecutor, witness, expert witness, or interpreter and their statements to writing, based on the contents of the audio or video records recorded at the trial date, and present them to the court.The contents of the documents specified in the last sentence of the preceding section, after affirmed by the clerk and deemed to be proper, may be made an appendix to the trial records. In such a case, the provision of Article 48 shall apply mutatis mutandis to it.Note: Articles 1 through 343 were amended lastly on February 6, 2003.
中文原文 刑事訴訟法第44-1條
審判期日應全程錄音;必要時,並得全程錄影。
當事人、代理人、辯護人或輔佐人如認為審判筆錄之記載有錯誤或遺漏者,得於次一期日前,其案件已辯論終結者,得於辯論終結後七日內,聲請法院定期播放審判期日錄音或錄影內容核對更正之。
其經法院許可者,亦得於法院指定之期間內,依據審判期日之錄音或錄影內容,自行就有關被告、自訴人、證人、鑑定人或通譯之訊問及其陳述之事項轉譯為文書提出於法院。
前項後段規定之文書,經書記官核對後,認為其記載適當者,得作為審判筆錄之附錄,並準用第四十八條之規定。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.