Code of Criminal Procedure Article 469
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 prosecutor shall, upon execution, summon a person announced a sentence of capital punishment other than a fine but not yet detained; if such a person fails to appear in court, he/she shall be arrested with a warrant. However, if there is a probable cause to believe that the person who is announced a death sentence, life imprisonment or imprisonment of more than two years is likely to abscond, he/she may be arrested with a warrant.The prosecutor may arrest the sentenced person as described in the first part of the preceding paragraph pursuant to Subparagraph 1 and Subparagraph 2 of Article 76 with a warrant without notice and put him/her on a wanted list pursuant to Article 84.