Annotated Republic of China Laws/Penal Act of Offenses Against National Currency/Article 1

Promulgated amendment on 1973-09-04

 * Article 1
 * In this Act,“national currency”means notes or coins issued by the Central Government or its authorized agency in the territory of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * The provisions of this Act apply to those notes and coins issued by the above-described agency before the promulgation of this Act.
 * Whoever, with intent to gain, smuggles silver, gold or any kind of new or old coins, shall be imprisoned for life or at least 5 years; in addition thereto, a fine of up to five times of the nominal or market value of the coins may be imposed.
 * Whoever, with intent to gain, destroys any kind of new or old coins and smuggles them, shall be subject to the same penalties.
 * An attempt to commit an offence specified in one of the two preceding paragraphs is also punishable.

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中華民國法律註解/妨害國幣懲治條例/第1條