Code of Criminal Procedure Article 88
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.
A person in flagrante delicto may be arrested without a warrant by any person.A person in flagrante delicto is a person who is discovered in the act of committing an offense or immediately thereafter.A person is considered to be in flagrante delicto under one of the following circumstances:(1) He is pursued with cries that he is an offender;(2) He is found in possession of a weapon, stolen property, or other items sufficient to warrant a suspicion that he is an offender or his body, clothes and the like show traces of the commission of an offense sufficient to warrant such suspicion.Note: Articles 1 through 343 were amended lastly on February 6, 2003.
中文原文 刑事訴訟法第88條
現行犯，不問何人得逕行逮捕之。
犯罪在實施中或實施後即時發覺者，為現行犯。
有左列情形之一者，以現行犯論：
一、被追呼為犯罪人者。
二、因持有兇器、贓物或其他物件，或於身體、衣服等處露有犯罪痕跡，顯可疑為犯罪人者。
犯罪在實施中或實施後即時發覺者，為現行犯。
有左列情形之一者，以現行犯論：
一、被追呼為犯罪人者。
二、因持有兇器、贓物或其他物件，或於身體、衣服等處露有犯罪痕跡，顯可疑為犯罪人者。