In order to curb drunk driving, the Legislative Yuan will read three times on the 24th to amend the Road Traffic Management Penalty Ordinance, the Criminal Law and the Criminal Law of the Land, Navy and Air Force, and increase the penalties for drunk driving and related provisions on administrative penalties. The Presidential Office issued a presidential decree on the 28th, and the drunk driving law came into effect today.
On the 24th, the Legislative Yuan revised the Road Traffic Management Penalty Regulations, the Criminal Law, and some provisions of the Criminal Law of the Land, Navy and Air Force, increasing the criminal responsibility for drunk driving without causing an accident from a fixed-term imprisonment of less than 2 years to a fixed-term imprisonment of less than 3 years. The name, photos and facts of the violation of the second drink-driving repeat offender within 10 years may be published, and the maximum penalty for conjoined sitting in the same group will be increased to NT$15,000.
The Constitution clearly stipulates that following the Legislative Yuan bills are passed, they will be transferred to the President and the Executive Yuan, and the President should announce them within 10 days of receipt.
The Presidential Office issued a presidential decree on the 28th, announcing the regulations on road traffic management penalties, criminal law, and criminal law on land, sea, and air force signed by President Tsai Ing-wen and countersigned by Executive President Su Zhenchang and others.
According to the central regulations and standards law, if the law stipulates that it will take effect on the date of promulgation or publication, it will take effect on the third day from the date of promulgation or promulgation.
According to the presidential decree issued by the Presidential Office on the 28th, the new regulations on drinking and driving came into effect today, and more stringent drinking and driving regulations will be applied to public driving.
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