Life imprisonment in Taiwan

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.

Military law

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