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July 2018

The Criminal Code was amended so that as long as pollution is caused by a manufacturer due to its discharge of toxicants, the manufacturer should be punished, and it is not required to reach the extent of endangering public safety (Taiwan)

July 2018

For an external incident which accidentally happens on a section of road at a time outside of the regular inspection schedule, if the handling by the administrative agency concerned does not exceed a reasonable period of time, it should not be concluded that there is any management deficiency (Taiwan)

July 2018

A district prosecutors office may collect and process personal information for case investigation, which is part of performance of its statutory duties; and a school's provision of required personal information to assist with criminal investigation by a prosecution agency falls within the scope of necessity for furthering public interest (Taiwan)

July 2018

The Court Organizational Law was amended to specifically stipulate that an indictment shall be publicly disclosed after the public disclosure of the first instance criminal decision (Taiwan)

July 2018

The Legislative Yuan adopted and enacted the Information and Communications Security Administration Law (Taiwan)

July 2018

Since agreed-upon mutual transfer of property rights other than money is different from an intent to seek profits, the approach of mutual transfer of inventory followed by subsequent return of an equal quantity of narcotics cannot be found to have an intent to seek profits simply because of any likelihood to generate profits (Taiwan)