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Life imprisonment is one of the five primary punishments stated in the Criminal code of Taiwan. All prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment are also automatically sentenced to deprivation of citizens' rights for life, which bars the subject from working as a public servant or running for public office. An inmate must serve at least 25 years before being eligible for parole.

As with the death penalty, life imprisonment cannot be sentenced to minor offenders (under 18) or elders over 80, and any such cases automatically receive reduced sentences.

Since there are no longer any crimes with mandatory death penalty, as a consequence all crimes punishable by death are also eligible for life imprisonment.

Crimes with life imprisonment as minimum sentence

Military law

• The following crimes apply only if the offender is a member of the Armed Forces during the time of the act:
  1. Ringleading rebellion through rioting or colluding with foreign entities
  2. Disclosing military secrets to enemies
  3. Disobeying combat orders at frontline
  4. Commander deserting or moving garrisons without order resulting in adversities
  5. Disobeying superior orders during wartime
  6. Ringleading assault or intimidation against superiors during wartime
  7. Unauthorized manufacturing, transporting, or selling of military weapons or ammunition with intent to commit crimes
  8. Falsifying military orders during wartime resulting in adversities
• The following crimes also apply to civilians during wartime:
  1. Handing over troops, equipment or supplies to enemies
  2. Spying for enemies
  3. Unauthorized semaphoring or signalling to enemies
  4. Aiding enemies in assaulting state military bases
  5. Subordinate compelling surrender
  6. Stealing or releasing captured aircraft, vessels or captives for enemies
  7. Damaging military sites, equipment or supplies during wartime

Civilian law

1. Ringleading rebellion with force
2. Ringleading rebellion through rioting
3. Colluding with foreign entities with intent to instigate war against the state
4. Colluding with foreign entities with intent to subject state territory to other countries
5. Serving in enemy troops or aiding enemies in combating with the state or its allies
6. Compelling soldiers to surrender or recruiting for enemies
7. Compelling soldiers to abandonment, disorder or desertion
8. Aircraft hijacking resulting in death
9. Sexual-assault-murder
10. Robbery-murder
11. Piracy-murder
12. Public servant abusing authority to compel drug trafficking
13. Kidnap-murder
14. Murdering the victim after compelling underage prostitution or pornography
15. Manufacturing, transporting, or selling Category one narcotics
16. Public servants abusing authority to manufacture, transport, or sell Category two narcotics
17. Public servants abusing authority to compel usage of Category one narcotics
18. Unauthorized manufacturing, transporting, selling, lending or renting of firearms or ammunition with intent to commit crimes
19. Ringleading obstruction of conscription with weapons

Other crimes allowing for life imprisonment

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2023)

Notes

1. A very rare case where the only eligible sentence is life imprisonment; All other crimes on this list are also punishable by death.

References

• "Criminal Code of the Republic of China". Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 2023-09-24.

1. Article 33
2. Paragraph 1, Article 37
3. Paragraph 2, Article 36
4. Paragraph 1, Article 77
5. Article 63
6. Paragraph 1, Article 100
7. Paragraph 1, Article 101
8. Paragraph 1, Article 103
9. Paragraph 1, Article 104
10. Paragraph 1, Article 105
11. Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1, Article 107
12. Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 1, Article 107
13. Article 226-1
14. Article 332
15. Article 334
16. Article 261
17. Article 348

• "Criminal Code of the Armed Forces". Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 2023-09-24.

1. Article 3
2. Paragraph 1, Article 15
3. Paragraph 2, Article 20
4. Paragraph 1, Article 27
5. Paragraph 2, Article 42
6. Paragraph 2, Article 47
7. Paragraph 2, Article 50
8. Paragraph 2, Article 65
9. Paragraph 2, Article 66
10. Article 2
11. Paragraph 1, Article 17
12. Paragraph 2, Article 17
13. Paragraph 3, Article 17
14. Paragraph 4, Article 17
15. Paragraph 5, Article 17
16. Paragraph 6, Article 17
17. Paragraph 3, Article 58

• "Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act". Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 2023-09-24.

1. Paragraph 1, Article 4
2. ^ Paragraph 1, Article 15

1. Paragraph 1, Article 100, "Civil Aviation Act". Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 2023-09-24.
2. Paragraph 1, Article 37, "Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act". Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 2023-09-24.
3. Paragraph 3, Article 7, "Controlling Guns, Ammunition and Knives Act". Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 2023-09-24.
4. Paragraph 3, Article 17, "Punishment Act for Violation to Military Service System". Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 2023-09-24.

• Life imprisonment by country
• Law of Taiwan