In the event of any of the following acts, imprisonment of no less than one year but no more than seven years and a fine of no more than NT$700,000 may be imposed on related persons when such acts are deemed to harm the general public or others:
1. Purchase or sale of passport
2. Use of passport to offset debts or liabilities
3. Forgery or alteration of passport
4. Use of a forged and altered passport referred to in the preceding Subparagraph

In the event of any one of the following acts, imprisonment of no more than seven years and a fine of no more than NT$700,000 may be imposed on related persons:
1. When deemed to harm the general public or others: intention to provide a fraudulent identity for use in a passport application; or forgery, alteration, or illegal obtainment of a National Identification Card, Household Registration Transcript, Household Certificate, ROC nationality certificate, Overseas Chinese Identity Certificate, document proving the ROC nationality of at least one parent, birth certificate of the applicant, or other ROC nationality certification documents
2. Use of forged, altered, or illegally obtained ROC nationality certification documents for passport applications
3. Intention to provide a fraudulent identity for use in a passport application through provision of ROC nationality certification documents specified in Subparagraph 1 to others, or submission of fraudulent reports of loss of such documents
4. Use of fraudulent identity in passport applications

In the event of any one of the following acts, imprisonment of no more than five years, detention, and/or a fine of no more than NT$500,000 may be imposed on related persons:
1. Provision of passport to others, or submission of false reports of passport loss to facilitate illegal use by others
2. Fraudulent use of passport issued to another person

Imprisonment of no more than three years, detention, and/or a fine of no more than NT$300,000 may be imposed on those who illegally seize another person’s passport or use a passport as collateral for debts or liabilities, when such acts are deemed to harm the general public or others.

If the acts described in Articles 29 to 32 are committed outside ROC territory, they shall be punished in accordance with this Act regardless of whether the law where the acts are committed stipulate related punishment.