警械使用條例

1Police officers may use police weapons while performing duties in accordance with this Act. When the police use weapons, they must wear uniforms or present identifiable badges or any documents supporting their duties except in an emergency.

2The police weapons as referred to in the preceding Paragraph include batons, police knives, firearms, and other items; the types of police weapons shall be regulated by the Ministry of the Interior.

1The police may use batons under one of the following circumstances:

21. Direct and control traffic.

32. Disperse crowds.

43. Guard to prevent accidents.

1While performing duties, the police may use batons to control situations under the following situations:

21. When it is necessary to use coercive force to help a criminal investigation or conducting a search, seizure, arrest with a warrant, detention, and apprehension.

32. When they are under threat of attack while performing statutory duties.

43. When it is considered more appropriate to use batons to stop one of the circumstances prescribed in paragraph 1 of Article 4.

1While performing duties, the police may use police knives or firearms in the following circumstances:

21. When an extreme mishap is imminent and it is urgent to maintain the public order.

32. When the uproar is reaching the point of causing social disorder.

43. When the person to be arrested or detained by law resists arrest or escapes, or anyone helps him/her resist the arrest or escape.

54. When either the land, building, tools and supplies, vehicles, boats, aircrafts under police’s protection or people’s lives, bodies, freedom, or properties is endangered or under threat.

65. When the police’s lives, bodies, freedom or equipment are endangered or threatened, or there is sufficient evidence to believe that the foresaid parts will be endangered.

76. When a person carrying a weapon is believed to cause trouble, and he/ she refuses to be at the police’s command after being ordered to drop the weapon.

87. If there is no alternative to the use of deadly force to stop the situations prescribed in the Subparagraph 1 and 2 of the preceding article.

While clamping down on illegal activities or questioning suspicious persons in the performance of duty, if necessary, the police may order the subjects to freeze or keep hands up and check whether they are carrying any weapons or not. If such order is refused by the said persons and liable to be attacked, the police may use weapons in accordance with this Act.

The police shall properly use police weapons in case of emergency and shall not exceed the necessary degree of force.

Once the reason for the use of police weapons doesn’t exist, the police shall cease their use immediately.

When using police weapons, the police shall pay attention not to hurt innocent third parties.

The police should avoid using lethal force unless the situation is so imminent that the lives of officers or bystanders are being threatened.

After using the police weapons, the police officer must report his/her use to his/her immediate supervisors except for using a batons as a way to give directions.

1The Ministry of the Interior shall form an investigation panel by appointing representatives from associated organizations (institutions), experts and scholars to investigate controversial incidents--, ex officio or at police agencies’ request, over the timing, process, and relevant administrative liability resulted from the use of police weapons by its subordinates that caused casualties or severe injuries -- and to give professional opinions.

2The investigation panel prescribed in the preceding Paragraph may consider the officers’ reasonable perception at the time when judging the appropriateness of the use of police weapons.

3The investigation panel prescribed in Paragraph 1 may provide law enforcement agencies with suggestions on education and training programs covering the use of police weapons, ethics awareness, etc. The organization and operation of the investigation panel shall be regulated by the Ministry of the Interior.

When using police weapons and causing casualties, the police officer should immediately notify paramedics to the scene or transport the injured to hospital, and meanwhile, provide necessary protection or guard from harm.

After receiving the repot from police officer prescribed in the preceding Article, the organization with which the police officer work shall conduct an investigation and provide him/her with litigation aid and counseling.

1Police officers using police weapons in violation of the provisions of this Act when carrying out their duties, which results in breach of people's freedom or rights, shall be dealt with in accordance with the State Compensation Law.

2If the circumstances prescribed in the preceding Paragraph is caused by the intentional conduct of the police officers, from whom the obligated organization may claim compensation for it has paid.

3When police officers use police weapons in accordance with this Act and cause loss of life, body or property of a third party, the third party may claim compensation. However, if there are faults attributable to the third party, the compensation may be reduced or exempted.

4Regulations on compensatory items, standards, procedures and other related matters in the preceding Paragraph shall be regulated by the Ministry of the Interior.

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1This Act shall apply to other law enforcement officers, military police while performing the duty of judicial police or military police’s duties as well as the guard force police, who are approved by the Ministry of the Interior, performing their duties.

2The use of police weapons by guard force police will be .regulated by the Ministry of the Interior.

1Without permission from the Ministry of the Interior or its authorized police organizations, it is forbidden to manufacture, sell, or possess police weapons. The violators shall be subject to forfeit by police organizations unless other laws have applicable requirements.

2The manufacture, sale, or possession of police weapons prescribed in the preceding paragraph, whose type, specification, approval criteria, application, review, voidance, cancellation, or revocation of a license and other requirements shall be regulated by the Ministry of the Interior.

This Act shall come into force from the date of promulgation.