Anyone who infringes the provision of Subparagraph 1 of Article 55 shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years,anyone who infringes the provision of Subparagraph 2 of Article 55 shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years,and anyone who infringes the provision of Subparagraph 3 of Article 55 shall be punished according to penal provisions in the relevant laws.

Anyone who utilizes the opportunity of campaign, electioneering or recall to gather a mob to destroy the social order by insurrection shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years,and the principal plotter shall be condemned to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years.
Anyone attempting to commit the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be punished.

Anyone who enforces or intimidates the civil servants performing duty according to law to encumber the election or recall shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years.
Anyone who commits the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph and thus causes the death of a civil servant shall be condemned to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years;if it causes severe injury to a civil servant, the person shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years.

For those who gather a mob and commit the crime prescribed in the preceding article,the onsite accessories shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment or penal servitude of not more than three years or fined a sum of not more than NT$300,000,and the principal plotter and the persons who assault or intimidate personally shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years.
If the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph causes the death of a civil servant,the principal plotter and the persons who assault and intimidate personally shall be condemned to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years;if it causes severe injury to a civil servant,the person shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than twelve years.

Anyone who makes a candidate or a person qualified for a candidate agree to abandon the campaign or to perform certain campaign activities by asking for expected promises or delivering bribes or other undue benefits to the aforesaid party shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years and may be fined a sum of not less than NT$2,000,000 and not more than NT$20,000,000 in addition.
Any candidate or any person qualified for a candidate who asks for expected promises or accepts bribes or other undue benefits and thereupon promises to abandon the campaign or perform certain campaign activities shall also be punished in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph.
Anyone planning to commit the crimes referred to in the preceding two paragraphs shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year.
The bribes prepared or used to ask for expected promises or to be delivered,whether owned by the offender or not, shall be confiscated.

Anyone who commits any of the following actions by assault, intimidation or any other illegal method shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years:
1.Encumbering others’ campaign or making others abandon campaign for election.
2.Encumbering others' raising or agreeing a proposal of recall,or making others raise or agree a proposal of recall.
Anyone attempting to commit the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be punished.

A person who with purpose to render a candidate elected falsely makes census registration to obtain the right to vote and votes shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years..
A person who with purpose to influence the outcome of a recall makes census registration to obtain the right to vote and votes shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.
An attempt to commit an offense specified in one of the preceding two paragraphs is punishable.

Anyone who makes a person with the right to vote agree to not exercise the right to vote or exercise it in a certain manner by asking for expected promises or delivering bribes or other undue benefits to the aforesaid party shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years and may be fined a sum of not less than NT$1,000,000 and not more than NT$10,000,000 in addition.
Anyone planning to commit the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year.
The bribes prepared or used to ask for expected promises or to be delivered,whether owned by the offender or not,shall be confiscated
The punishment condemned for a person committing the crime prescribed in Paragraph One or Two and surrendering within six months from the occurrence shall be alleviated or exempted;the punishment condemned may be exempted where a candidate is found to be a principal offender or an accomplice thereupon.
The punishment condemned for a person committing the crime prescribed in Paragraph One or Two and confessing in the process of investigation shall be alleviated;the punishment condemned may be alleviated or exempted where a candidate is found to be a principal offender or an accomplice thereupon.

Anyone who makes a person with the right to vote agree to not exercise the right to vote or exercise it in a certain manner by asking for expected promises or delivering bribes or other undue benefits to the aforesaid party in the election of the chairperson and vice chairperson of a municipal or county(city) council,the chairperson and vice chairperson of a township(city) or an indigenous district congress shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years and may be fined a sum of not less than NT$ 2,000,000 and not more than NT$ 20,000,000 in addition.
Any of persons with the right to vote in the election prescribed in the preceding paragraph who asks for expected promises or accepts bribes or other undue benefits and thereupon promises to not exercise the right to vote or exercise it in a certain manner shall also be punished in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph.
Anyone planning to commit the crimes prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs shall be condemned to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year.
The bribes prepared or used to ask for expected promises or to be delivered,where owned by the offerder or not,shall be confiscated.
The punishment condemned for a person committing the crime prescribed in Paragraph 1 or 2 and surrendering within six months from the occurrence shall be alleviated or exempted;the punishment condemned may be exempted where a candidate is found to be a principal offender or an accomplish thereupon.The punishment condemned for a person confessing in the process of investigation shall be alleviated;the punishment condemned may be alleviated or exempted where a candidate is found to be a principal offender or an accomplice thereupon.

For the nomination of candidates for various public officials within the political party referred to in Article 2 implemented by the political party, from the day when the nomination operation is publicized and during the period specified for operating nomination,any of the candidates within the political party who performs any of the actions prescribed in Paragraphs One and Two of Article 97 shall be punished in accordance with the provisions prescribed in Paragraphs One and Two of Article 97;anyone performing any of the actions prescribed in Paragraph One of Article 99 to a person with the right to vote shall be punished in accordance with the provision prescribed in Paragraph One of Article 99.
Anyone planning to commit the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year.
The bribes prepared or used to ask for expected promises or to be delivered,whether owned by the offender or not,shall be confiscated;the bribes accepted by the person shall be confiscated.
The punishment condemned for a person committing the crime prescribed in Paragraph One or Two and surrendering within six months from the occurrence shall be alleviated or exempted;the punishment condemned may be exempted where a principal offender or an accomplice is found thereupon.
The punishment condemned for a person committing the crime prescribed in Paragraph One or Two and confessing in the process of investigation shall be alleviated;the punishment condemned may be exempted where a principal offender or an accomplice is found to be thereupon.
Anyone who undertakes the affairs referred to in Paragraph One to seek profit shall be punished in accordance with the provision of Article 103.
Anyone attempting to commit the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be punished.
The provision prescribed in Article 115 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the nomination of candidates for various public officials within the political party implemented by the political party.
The political party shall publicize the matters regarding the nomination operation and publish the matters regarding the commencing and terminating time, operation flow and recognition of candidates and persons qualified for voting within the political party in accordance with the provision prescribed in Paragraph One.Each political party shall report to the Ministry of the Interior for examination within five days after publicizing the nomination operation.

Anyone who conducts any of the following actions shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than seven years,and be fined a sum of not less than NT$1,000,000 and not more than NT$10,000,000 in addition:
1.Making a member of an association or institution in the electoral district not exercise the right to vote or exercise in a certain manner by asking for expected promises or offering properties or other undue benefits in the name of donation.
2.Making a person that has a right to propose or countersign a proposal of recall not raise or agree the proposal,or raise or agree a certain proposal of recall by asking for expected promises or offering properties or other undue benefits.
Anyone who plans to commit the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year.
The bribes prepared,used to ask for expected promises or to be delivered,whether owned by the offender or not,shall be confiscated.

Anyone who undertakes the affairs referred to in Paragraphs One and Two of Article 97,Paragraph One of Article 99,Paragraphs One and Two of Article 100 or the Subparagraphs of Paragraph One of Article 102 to seek profit shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three year and not more than ten years,and may be fined a sum of not less than NT$1,000,000 and not more than NT$10,000,000 in addition.
Anyone attempting to commit the crime prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be punished.

A person who gambles in a public place or a place open to the public on the outcome of an election or recall shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than six months,short-term detention,or a fine of not more than NT$100,000.
The same shall apply to gambling via telecommunication equipment,electronic communication,internet,or other similar means on the outcome of an election or recall.
The provisions of the proceeding two paragraphs shall not apply to the item of gambling which is provided for temporary amusement.
A person who, with the intention of making a profit on the outcome of an election or recall,furnishes a place to gamble or assembles person to gamble shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years;in addition thereto,a fine of not more than NT$500,000 may be imposed.

Anyone who disseminates rumors or spreads false sayings by text,picture,audio tape,video tape, speech or any other method for the purpose of making a candidate elected or not elected or making the proposal of recall adopted or vetoed and thus causing damages to the public or others shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years.
Anyone who commits the crime of disseminating, broadcasting or otherwise making available to the public the deepfake sound,image or electronic recordings of a candidate,a person being recalled from office or a leading proposer of recall,shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than seven years.
Any person who,with the intention of making a profit,commits the crimes prescribed in the preceding two subparagraphs shall,in accordance with the provisions of each such paragraph,have his sentence increased by one half;in addition thereto,a fine of not not less than NT$2 million and not more than NT$10 million may be imposed.

The heads of central and local government agencies at all levels or their agents,and persons instructed by them who violate the provisions of Article 50 shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years.
For those committing the crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph,after the sentence has been confirmed,the agency to which they belong may recover the expenses incurred;if two or more persons commit the crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph jointly,they shall be jointly and severally liable.

Anyone who infringes upon the provision of Paragraph Two of Article 63 or Paragraph Two of Article 88 or conforms to any of the circumstances prescribed in the Subparagraphs of Paragraph One of Article 65 and does not leave the station after being ordered to leave shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment or penal servitude of not more than two years, or fined a sum of not more than NT$200,000.

Anyone who infringes upon the provision of Paragraph Three of Article 65 shall be fined a sum of not less than NT$30,000 and not more than NT$300,000.
Anyone who infringes upon the provision of Paragraph Four of Article 65 shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years and fined a sum of not more than NT$500,000.

Where any of the following circumstances occurs in the proceeding of election or recall, the onsite accessories shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment or penal servitude of not more than one year or fined a sum of not more than NT$100,000; the principal plotter and the persons who conducts the action shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years:
1.Gathering a mob to surround the working place,office(s) or domicile/residence of any candidate,person being recalled,proposer or joint singer of the proposal of recall,or the personnel involved.
2.Encumbering the campaign activities of a candidate,recalled person’s performing duty or the proceeding of recall by proposers or joint signers or the personnel by assaults, intimidation or any other illegal method.

Anyone who carries the received ballot for election or recall outside the place of voting shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment or penal servitude of not more than one year or fined a sum of not more than NT$15,000.
Anyone who induces others to vote or not to vote by discord and yelling or intervention within 30m around the polling station and continues the aforesaid actions after being stopped by the security guards shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment or penal servitude of not more than one year or fined a sum of not more than NT$15,000.

Anyone who withholds, destroys,hides,replaces or captures the voting box,the ballots for election or recall,the list of electors,the report form of voting,the report form of ballot counting,the statistics of ballot counting,or the tool used to vote for the purpose of encumbering or disturbing the voting or ballot counting shall be condemned to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years

Anyone who infringes upon the registration and establishment of offices and their personnel, number of offices,quota or elegibility prescribed in Articles 44 and 45,Paragraphs One and Two of Article 52 and Paragraphs Two and Three of Article 86 shall be fined a sum of not less than NT$100,000 and not more than NT$1,000,000.
Any broadcast TV enterprises which infringes on the provision prescribed in Paragraph One,Two or Three of Article 49 shall be fined a sum of not less than NT$200,000 and not more than NT$2,000,000.
Anyone who violates the provisions prescribed in Paragraph Two of Article 51 regarding the matters or contents to be contained or described in advertisements,or the provisions in Paragraph Five of Article 51-3,shall be fined a sum of not less than NT$200,000 and not more than NT$2,000,000, or twice the cost of the advertisement.
Anyone who violates the provisions prescribed in Article 51-1,Paragraph One and Two of Article 51-2 regarding the matters or contents to be recorded in advertisements shall be fined a sum of not less than NT$200,000 and not more than NT$10,000,000,or twice the cost of the advertisement.
Anyone who fails to stop publication,restrict browsing,remove or take down the website in violation of Article 51-3,Paragraph Four,shall be fined a sum of not less than NT$200,000 and not more than NT$10,000,000,and shall be ordered to make improvements within a certain period of time.If the improvements are not made within that period,the penalty may be imposed on a per-event basis.
Anyone who violates the provisions prescribed in Article 53 or Article 56 shall be punished in accordance with the following provisions;in addition,anyone who fails to comply with the provisions prescribed in Article 56 shall be punished in the following manner:
1.Political parties,candidates,the leading proposer of recall,the person being recalled,and their employees,agents or users:a fine of not less than NT$200,000 and not more than NT$2 million.
2.Persons other than those mentioned in the preceding subparagraph:a fine of not less than NT$100,000 and not more than NT$1 million.
The employees,agents or users of the candidate,the leading proposer of recall or the person being recalled,who infringes on the registration and establishment of offices and their personnel, number of offices,quota or eligibility prescribed in Articles 44,Paragraphs One,Three of Article 52, Article 53,Article 56,or Paragraphs Two,Three of Article 86,the candidate,the leading proposer of recall or the person be recalled shall be punished as well.
Any political party,juridical person or association other than juridical person that violates the provisions prescribed in Paragraph One or Three of Article 52,the representative or actors of the political party,juridical person or association other than juridical person shall be punished as well in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph One;violates the provisions prescribed in Article 53 or Article 56,the representative or actors of the political party,juridical person or association other than juridical person shall be punished as well in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph Six.
Any person who commissions a newspaper,magazine, radio or television broadcaster,Internet service provider or other media provider to publish a campaign or recall advertisements or commissions a newspaper to disseminate propaganda in violation of the provisions prescribed in of Paragraph Two of Article 56 shall be punished.According to this provision,both the commissioner and the commissionee shall be punished.If the commissioner or commissionee is a political party,juridical person or unincorporated group,its representatives and actors shall be punished.
Anyone who places anything other than the ballot for election or recall into a voting box,or tears up the received ballot by intention shall be fined a sum of not less than NT$5,000 and not more than NT$50,000.

The punishment condemned for a person who commits the crime prescribed in Paragraph Two of Article 97 or the crime prescribed in Paragraph One of Article 143 of the Criminal Code and surrenders within three months after committing the crime shall be exempted; the punishment condemned for a person who surrenders after the aforesaid three-month period shall be alleviated or exempted;the punishment condemned for a person confesses in the process of investigation or in the juridical procedure shall be alleviated.
Anyone who cooks up facts to surrender as prescribed in the preceding paragraph for the purpose of making others subject to criminal disposition shall be punished in accordance with the penal provisions set forth in the Criminal Code on the crime of false accusation.

The political party recommending any candidate who commits the crimes referred to in the provisions prescribed in Articles 94-96,Paragraphs One and Two of Article 97,Paragraph One of Article 98-1 or the attempted offense,Article 99,Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph One of Article 102 or the planned offense, Article 109 and the crimes prescribed in Article 142 or Articles 145-147 of the Criminal Code with the determined judgement shall be fined a sum of not less than NT$500,000 and not more than NT$5,000,000 in accordance with the number of determined candidates.The same applies to candidates who have been nominated by a political party and have been convicted of the crimes prescribed in Paragraphs One and Two of Article 97.
Any candidate recommended by a political party who commits the crimes against another candidate or nominated by a political party,other candidate or nominated by a political party prescribed in Articles 271,277,278,302,302-1,304,305,346-348 of the Criminal Code or the Special Act of the Criminal Code with the determined judgement shall be punished in accordance with the provision prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

If there are provisions of severer punishment for the crime prescribed in this Chapter in other laws,such provisions shall apply.
If any of the personnel handling election and recall affairs commits any of the crimes prescribed in this Chapter intentionally by using the power, opportunity or method on duty of the position,the punishment shall be aggravated by a half.
A person who commits any of the crimes prescribed in this Chapter or the crime of encumbering voting prescribed in Chapter 6 of the Subprovisions of the Criminal Code and is thus sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment shall be deprived of public rights in addition.

If an in-service civil servant already registered as a candidate commits any of the following actions, the election commission shall,after the circumstance is confirmed through investigation, notify the competent authority in charge of the civil servant to suspend him/her from performing duty first and handle the case according to law:
1.Refusal to provide assistance or dispatch personnel at the request of the election commission without any due reason.
2.Interference in the personnel or operating affairs of the election commission.
3.Employment or embezzlement of public money as campaign funds in a nominal way.
4.Requiring a subordinate association or an association under his/her direction or supervision and the principal of the association involved to support him/her in campaign.
5.Utility of the authority to maneuvers the personnel without cause and to make personnel arrangement for campaign in advance.

For the election and recall of central public officials,the Prosecutor General of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office shall lead the prosecutors of specific levels,or for the election and recall of local public officials,the Prosecutor General of the Prosecutors Office shall lead the subordinate prosecutors to inspect and investigate in diverse districts, monitor and supervise the election and recall,actively prosecute the criminal cases of encumbering the election or recall,and accept the accusation, prosecution or surrender of such cases made by the government agencies,associations or individuals and investigate immediately and handle the cases with necessary measures.
The prosecutors may command the juridical police to conduct the investigation of the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Act Governing Dispatch of Juridical Police.

For the crime prescribed in this Chapter or the crime of encumbering voting set forth in Chapter 6 of the Criminal Code,the court hearing the case shall adjudicate it conclusively within six months

An electee who participates in the respective election to obtain status of public official,commits the crimes set forth in Paragraphs One to Three of Article 97,Paragraphs One and Two of Article 99,Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph One of Article 102 or the planned offense,or Article 103 who had registered as the candidate during the campaign period,or electee of local representatives who commits the crimes set forth in Paragraphs One to Three of Article 100,and is thus sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment without probation shall be suspended from the position or powers on the day of the determined judgement certes.
The person whose position or powers is suspended in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph shall resume his/her position by the expiration of the tenure if the innocence is commuted.