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August 2017

Article 197 of the Civil Code applies mutatis mutandis to non-property damage and consolation claims asserted on the ground of the obligor's nonperformance, which will lapse if not asserted in two years beginning with the claimant's knowledge of the damage and compensation obligor(Taiwan)

August 2017

The confiscation or recovery of criminal proceeds seeks to disgorge actual criminal proceeds; and even in case of a joint offense by over two individuals, they shall be liable for the amount of their respective proceeds and it is not true that they shall be joint and severally liable(Taiwan)

August 2017

Evidence favorable to a defendant refers to such evidence that objectively has certain connections with the criminal facts determined in the decision, supports a finding favorable to the defendant and affects the subject of the decision(Taiwan)

August 2017

The object of a money laundering act is limited to monetary or property interest obtained by others due to a material criminal act and does not include the monetary or property interest obtained by any material criminal act of the actor (Taiwan)

August 2017

Amendments to the Administrative Procedure Law(Taiwan)

August 2017

Although issuing a land use zoning certificate has characteristics of exercising government power, still if a party cannot prove the specific causal relationships between the issuance of such certificate and damage, the right to claim damages hardly exists(Taiwan)