Criminal Code (Taiwan) UT

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Article 180

Article 181

Article 182

Article 183

Article 184

same punishment. An attempt to commit an offense specified in paragraph 1 is punishable. A person who endangers public safety by flooding that causes damage to a thing belonging to another not specified in one of the preceding articles shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years. A person who endangers public safety by flooding that causes damage to a thing belonging to him not specified in one of the two preceding articles shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years. A person who negligently endangers public safety by flooding that causes damage to a thing not specified in one of the preceding articles shall be sentenced to short-term imprisonment or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan. A person who endangers public safety by breaking a dike, destroying a lock, or damaging a water reservoir shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years. A person who negligently commits an offense specified in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to short-term imprisonment or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan. An attempt to commit an offense specified in paragraph 1 is punishable. A person who, during a fire, flood, hurricane, earthquake, explosion or any similar disaster, conceals or damages an instrument or apparatus, which are to be used for the protection against the disaster, or interferes with disaster control by other means shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than thirty thousand yuan. A person who overturns or, damages an occupied train, electric car, or another vehicle, vessel, or aircraft for public transport on water, on land, or in the air shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for not less than five years. A person who negligently commits an offense specified in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan. A person who in the performance of his occupation commits an offense specified in paragraph 1 by neglecting the degree of care required by such occupation shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than five hundred yuan. An attempt to commit an offense specified in paragraph 1 is punishable. A person who damages a railroad, lighthouse, or signal, or who uses other means to cause danger to the passage of a train, electric car, or another vehicle, vessel, or aircraft for public transport on water, on land, or in the air shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three years but not more than ten years. If the offense results in the overturning or destruction of the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft specified in the preceding paragraph, the offender shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1of the preceding article. A person who negligently commits an offense specified in paragraph 1 shall


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