Code of Criminal Procedure Article 92

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.

When a person who has no authority to investigate an offense arrests without a warrant a person in flagrante delicto, he shall immediately hand the arrestee over to a public prosecutor, judicial police officer, or judicial policeman.A judicial police officer or judicial policeman who arrests without a warrant or receives a person in flagrante delicto shall immediately send the arrestee to a public prosecutor. If the offense committed is punishable with maximum punishment of imprisonment for no more than one year, or detention, or sole fine, or if the offense committed is one that prosecution may be instituted only upon complaint or request and that the time period to initiate such compliant or request has lapsed, then with the public prosecutor's approval, the arrestee needs not be sent to a public prosecutor.A person who arrests without a warrant a person in flagrante delicto as specified in section I shall be questioned concerning his full name, domicile or residence, and the reasons for the arrest.Note: Articles 1 through 343 were amended lastly on February 6, 2003.
中文原文 刑事訴訟法第92條
無偵查犯罪權限之人逮捕現行犯者,應即送交檢察官、司法警察官或司法警察。
司法警察官、司法警察逮捕或接受現行犯者,應即解送檢察官。
但所犯最重本刑為一年以下有期徒刑、拘役或專科罰金之罪、告訴或請求乃論之罪,其告訴或請求已經撤回或已逾告訴期間者,得經檢察官之許可,不予解送。
對於第一項逮捕現行犯之人,應詢其姓名、住所或居所及逮捕之事由。

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