Police Act
2002-06-12
手機睡眠
語音選擇
Article 1
This Act is established in accordance with Article 108 Paragraph 1 Subparagraph 17 of the Constitution of the Republic of China.
Article 2
The mission of the police is obligated to maintain public order, protect social security, prevent all hazards, and promote public welfare according to applicable laws.
Article 3
The central government shall establish and implement police organizational structure, personnel affairs, education, uniforms, duty systems, and other national police legal systems, or have special municipal and county (city) governments implement the same.
Special municipal and county (city) governments shall respectively establish and implementenforcement details for special municipal police policy, security-related service, and country (city) security-related service.
Special municipal and county (city) governments shall respectively establish and implementenforcement details for special municipal police policy, security-related service, and country (city) security-related service.
Article 4
The Ministry of the Interior shall be in charge of national police administration. It shall guide and supervise the enforcement of police policy at the special municipal level and security-related service at the special municipal and country (city) levels.
Article 5
The Ministry of the Interior shall establish the National Police Agency, which shall handle national police administration and the following police operations throughout the nation:
1. Special police operations relating to central government protection, emergency response preparations, and local public order maintenance.
2. Foreign affairs police operations relating to the protection of aliens and security cases.
3. Border police operations relating to border control and frontier police deployment.
4. Criminal investigation police operations relating to crime prevention and assistance in the investigation of major offenses against internal rebellion and external aggression.
5. Maritime police operations relating to the protection of rivers or lakes spanning several provinces and safeguarding territorial waters.
6. Various professional police operations relating to the protection of state-owned business facilities such as railway, aviation, mining, forestry, fishing, and salt enterprises.
1. Special police operations relating to central government protection, emergency response preparations, and local public order maintenance.
2. Foreign affairs police operations relating to the protection of aliens and security cases.
3. Border police operations relating to border control and frontier police deployment.
4. Criminal investigation police operations relating to crime prevention and assistance in the investigation of major offenses against internal rebellion and external aggression.
5. Maritime police operations relating to the protection of rivers or lakes spanning several provinces and safeguarding territorial waters.
6. Various professional police operations relating to the protection of state-owned business facilities such as railway, aviation, mining, forestry, fishing, and salt enterprises.
Article 6
The special police indicated in Subparagraph 1 of the preceding article shall be subject to the command and supervision of the local executive head when they are sent to the locality to perform duties. The criminal investigation police mentioned in Subparagraph 4 shall also be subject to the command and supervision of local prosecutors. The various professional police in Subparagraph 6 may be configured by competent authorities in charge of individual businesses to reflect operational needs subject to prior approval from the Ministry of the Interiorand shall be subject to the command and supervision of their respective competent authority.
Article 7
(Deleted)
Article 8
Special municipal governments shall establish special municipal police departments, while county (city) governments shall establish county (city) police departments to take care of police administration and operations within their respective jurisdictions.
Article 9
The police exercise the following powers according to applicable laws:
1. Issue of police orders.
2. Penalty for violating a police order.
3. Assistance in crime investigation.
4. Perform searches, seizures, and arrests with or without a warrant.
5. Administrative execution.
6. Use of police weapons.
7. Public order maintenance, vice control, traffic, disease control, fire service affairs, disaster rescue, special business, illegal construction business establishments, clamping down on environment polluters and illegal vendors, household visitation, and foreign affairs that require the involvement of the police.
8. Other matters enforceable according to applicable laws.
1. Issue of police orders.
2. Penalty for violating a police order.
3. Assistance in crime investigation.
4. Perform searches, seizures, and arrests with or without a warrant.
5. Administrative execution.
6. Use of police weapons.
7. Public order maintenance, vice control, traffic, disease control, fire service affairs, disaster rescue, special business, illegal construction business establishments, clamping down on environment polluters and illegal vendors, household visitation, and foreign affairs that require the involvement of the police.
8. Other matters enforceable according to applicable laws.
Article 10
When the orders or decisions made by the police are unlawful or inadequate, the people may seek administrative remedies according to applicable laws.
Article 11
Police official ranks follow a separate rank and position system, which are Police General, Police Superintendent, and Police Sergeant.
Article 12
Basic-level police personnel follow the officer system, whose implementation procedure is to be established by the Ministry of the Interior.
Article 13
The appointment of police administrative personnel is limited to those who have received police education or have qualified through the central civil service system. The appointment procedure shall be established separately.
Article 14
In the event that criminal investigation police are found to have failed to perform their duties mandated by prosecutors, their supervisors shall be reported by the prosecutors and punished according to applicable laws.
Article 15
The central government shall set up police universities and police junior colleges to provide related education.
Article 16
The central government shall plan budgets for local police departments based on the conditions of respective localities.
When the budget for a police department mentioned in the preceding paragraph is insufficient, subsidies may be applied to the central government.
When the budget for a police department mentioned in the preceding paragraph is insufficient, subsidies may be applied to the central government.
Article 17
The central government shall establish equipment criteria for police departments at all levels.
Article 18
The Ministry of the Interior shall establish regulations governing the central allocation of arms ammunition among police departments at all levels, police universities, and police colleges.
Article 19
Enforcement Rules of this Act shall be established by the Ministry of the Interior.
Article 20
This Act shall come into force on the date of promulgation.