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Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases - Article 41

Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases|第 41 條|動植物防檢疫|Act|In Force

第 五 章|農業部|v1.0

Last Amended: 2019-12-13

Content

Any person who imports quarantine objects that are prohibited from being imported under Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1 of Article 33 without authorization is sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 7 years; in addition to that, a fine of not more than 3,000,000 New Taiwan Dollars may be imposed. Regardless of the ownership of quarantine objects mentioned in the preceding Paragraph, they may be confiscated by the import/export animal quarantine authorities before the Court of First Instance is announced. In the case that a representative of a juridical person, or an agent, employee, or other person engaged in the relevant business activities of a juridical or natural person commits the violations as stipulated in Paragraph 1 in the performance of their duties, in addition to punishing the offender(s), a criminal fine as referred to in Paragraph 1 is also imposed upon the juridical or natural person concerned. However, if the representative of the juridical person or ordinary person has tried the best efforts to prevent crimes from happening, the juridical persons or ordinary persons are exempted from the punishment.

Penalty

擅自輸入第三十三條第一項第一款規定禁止輸入之應施檢疫物者,處七年以下有期徒刑,得併科新臺幣三百萬元以下罰金。 前項禁止輸入之應施檢疫物,不問屬於何人所有,輸出入動物檢疫機關得於第一審法院宣告沒收前逕予沒入。 法人之代表人、法人或自然人之代理人、受雇人或其他從業人員,因執行業務,犯第一項之罪者,除處罰其行為人外,對該法人或自然人亦科以第一項之罰金。但法人之代表人或自然人對於犯罪之發生,已盡力為防止行為者,對該法人或自然人,不予處罰。

Related Regulations - Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases

  • Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases - Article 34(第 34 條)
  • Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases - Article 42(第 42 條)
  • Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases - Article 40(第 40 條)
  • Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases - Article 41-1(第 41-1 條)
  • Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases - Article 43(第 43 條)
  • Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Diseases - Article 44(第 44 條)