ShunChiang
27-08-05, 01:20 AM
The information is about knife law in Taiwan.
The law is originally longer, because most of them are about guns and not related to knives. So it was summarized by my friend - JoeChen, the administrator of http://knifenut.idv.tw, the biggest knife forum in Taiwan. After I had his agreement, I try to summarize and translate the information about carrying or owning knives in Taiwan. Maybe there will be some problems when you read the information because of my poor English, please do not hesitate to let me know, I will try my best to explain them more clearly.
1.Illegal knives in Taiwan: Katana, Dagger, Walker sword, and knives prohibited by the government. (But they can be applied for commemorating, decorating, or using for legal entertainment.)
2.Carrying knives in these situations are Illegal:
a.at night
b.in the train station, harbor, airport or other public place.
c.carrying knives with some people
3.It can be fined ￡500 (I use ￡ instead of New Taiwan Dollars) or be detained for 3 days if carrying any kind of offend weapon without proper reason.
Only these three are related to owning or carrying knives in Taiwan. In fact, people who live in Taiwan can legally have any size of locking knives, switch blades, butterfly knives, or fixed blade (knives that I mentioned illegal above are exceptions.). But if you carry a knife with you in a public place, you have better to have a good reason. But the reason is not clearly defined by the government. For example, if you carry a locking knife with 3” or 4” blade length in Taipei Train Station, and it is found by a police officer, your reason is “Because you are collecting knives, you plan to show your collection to him.” I believe that is acceptable. But if you say that it is for self-defence, I think you will get into trouble. According to my experience, blade length is an important concern if you are carrying a knife, no matter it has locking system or not. For example, my mother in law likes to have a hike every morning with her retired colleagues. After hiking, she likes to have some fruit, so she always have her cold steel key ring locking knife with her backpack. The blade length is 1.5” or 2”. There is no problem even she goes shopping with the knife in the backpack.
These are the information that I know, if there is any detail problem, I will try my best to find some example then answer. The link below is the English version website of Taiwan National Police Agency Ministry of the Interior. There is other related law, maybe you will be interested in it.
Taiwan National Police Agency Ministry of the Interior
http://www.npa.gov.tw/,
The law is originally longer, because most of them are about guns and not related to knives. So it was summarized by my friend - JoeChen, the administrator of http://knifenut.idv.tw, the biggest knife forum in Taiwan. After I had his agreement, I try to summarize and translate the information about carrying or owning knives in Taiwan. Maybe there will be some problems when you read the information because of my poor English, please do not hesitate to let me know, I will try my best to explain them more clearly.
1.Illegal knives in Taiwan: Katana, Dagger, Walker sword, and knives prohibited by the government. (But they can be applied for commemorating, decorating, or using for legal entertainment.)
2.Carrying knives in these situations are Illegal:
a.at night
b.in the train station, harbor, airport or other public place.
c.carrying knives with some people
3.It can be fined ￡500 (I use ￡ instead of New Taiwan Dollars) or be detained for 3 days if carrying any kind of offend weapon without proper reason.
Only these three are related to owning or carrying knives in Taiwan. In fact, people who live in Taiwan can legally have any size of locking knives, switch blades, butterfly knives, or fixed blade (knives that I mentioned illegal above are exceptions.). But if you carry a knife with you in a public place, you have better to have a good reason. But the reason is not clearly defined by the government. For example, if you carry a locking knife with 3” or 4” blade length in Taipei Train Station, and it is found by a police officer, your reason is “Because you are collecting knives, you plan to show your collection to him.” I believe that is acceptable. But if you say that it is for self-defence, I think you will get into trouble. According to my experience, blade length is an important concern if you are carrying a knife, no matter it has locking system or not. For example, my mother in law likes to have a hike every morning with her retired colleagues. After hiking, she likes to have some fruit, so she always have her cold steel key ring locking knife with her backpack. The blade length is 1.5” or 2”. There is no problem even she goes shopping with the knife in the backpack.
These are the information that I know, if there is any detail problem, I will try my best to find some example then answer. The link below is the English version website of Taiwan National Police Agency Ministry of the Interior. There is other related law, maybe you will be interested in it.
Taiwan National Police Agency Ministry of the Interior
http://www.npa.gov.tw/,