Juvenile Justice Act Article 18-3

A judicial police officer or the judicial police, where there appears one of the following circumstances in conducting an investigation of a juvenile’s suspected criminal offense, may, without prior notification, directly apply to the judge of the competent juvenile court for a companion letter to enforce the appearance of the juvenile concerned:1. where the juvenile concerned has absconded or there are facts sufficient to justify the view that the said juvenile may abscond;2. where there are facts sufficient to justify the view that the juvenile concerned may destroy, forge, alter evidence, or conspire with a witness.3. where the offense the juvenile concerned is accused of an offense punishable by the death penalty or life imprisonment, or with a minimum punishment of imprisonment for not less than five years.
中文原文 少年事件處理法第18-3條
司法警察官或司法警察因調查少年觸犯刑罰法律之行為,有下列各款情形之一者,得不經通知,逕行報請該管少年法院法官核發同行書,強制少年到場:
一、逃匿或有事實足認為有逃匿之虞。
二、有事實足認為有湮滅、偽造、變造證據或串證之虞。
三、所觸犯之刑罰法律為死刑、無期徒刑或最輕本刑為五年以上有期徒刑之罪。

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