1. The guidelines are promulgated by the Civil Aviation Administration, MOTC (hereinafter referred to as CAA) to implement the prohibition of releasing objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety in the area surrounding airport.
2. The guidelines are applicable to civilian airports and joint-use airports announced by MOTC in conjunction with Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of the Interior.
The scope of distance for the aforementioned prohibition of releasing objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety in the area surrounding the airports is the range formed by the arcs with the radiuses of 5 kms and using the center points of the two ends of airport runway as the centers extending the angles of 35 degrees to the right and to the left respectively, as well as the areas of 2.6 kms away from both the left side and right side of the runway central line.
In addition to the aforementioned range, in the rectangular scope formed by the lines of 10 kms extending from the areas of 5 kms away from the center points of the two ends of runway, and the lines of 3.4 kms extending from the areas of 2.6 kms which extend from the runway central line to the two sides, as well as at a height of 60 meters above the elevation of airport, the 2 release of objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety is prohibited.
3. The objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety mentioned in the guidelines refer to kites, sky lanterns, fireworks, balloons, or any other floating or moving objects which could affect flight safety.
4. Upon finding or being notified of any unapproved release of objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety within the announced range, the airport operators under the CAA shall handle such events on site with the Aviation Police Bureau jointly; a sanction will be imposed if any violations are verified.
Before the sanction is imposed by the airport operators, the violators should be granted the opportunity to express his/her opinion in writing.
5. Applications to CAA for releasing objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety, after the assessment indicates that the objects do not affect the flight safety and there is no aircraft activity in the airport, will be approved for release of objects such as kites, sky lanterns, fireworks, and balloons.
Appendix 1
Illustration of the scope of distances surrounding the airport where the release of objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety is prohibited

4.   The scope of distance of prohibition of releasing objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety in the area surrounding the airport is the range formed by the arcs with the radiuses of 5 kms and using the center points of the two ends of airport runway as the centers extending the angles of 35 degrees to the right and to the left respectively, as well as the areas 2.6 kms away from both the left side and right side of the runway central line. In addition to this scope, in the rectangular scope formed by the lines of 10 kms extending from the areas of 5 kms away from the center points of the two ends of runway, and the lines of 3.4 kms extending from the areas of 2.6 kms which extend from the runway central line to the two sides, as well as at a height of 60 meters above the elevation of airport, the release of objects that may be considered hazardous to flight safety is prohibited

Civil Aviation Act

Article 34
Any person in possession of animals, pigeons and other birds shall prevent the same from entering an airport, airfield or area of navigation aids. The operator of an airport, airfield or navigation aids may catch and kill those animals, pigeons and other birds that have entered any of these areas which may pose a clear danger to aviation safety. Where there is any potential threat of such entry, appropriate measures may be implemented at a certain distance from the outer boundary of an airport to prevent such entry

Article 101
Any person who endangers flight safety or aviation facilities by force, threat or other means shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding 7 years, detention or a fine of up to NT$900,000.

Such person who caused damage to aircraft or other facilities shall be subject to imprisonment from 3 to 10 years.

Such person who causes death to another is subject to the penalty of death, imprisonment for life or more than 10 years; subject to imprisonment from 5 to 12 years for causing serious injury to another.

Any person attempting to commit the crime described in paragraph 1 shall be punished.

Article 118
For any one of the following shall be subject to a fine from NT$300,000 to NT$1,500,000:

1. Violation of the provisions paragraph two of Article 33, paragraph 1 for failure to make improvement, dismantle, relocate, or to install obstacle lights and marking within a time limit.

2.  Violation of the provisions paragraph two of Article 33-1, paragraph 1 for not having installed obstacle lights and marking or maintaining the same for normal use.

3.   Violation of the provisions paragraph two of Article 34, paragraph 1 for intrusion of livestock found to have been set loose negligently by its owner.

4.   Violation of the provisions paragraph two of Article 34, paragraph 2 for raising pigeons or releasing objects considered hazardous to flight safety.

The owners concerned as referred to in Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding paragraph, after being fined and still not in compliance, shall continue to be fined until they carry out their obligations. As referred to in Subparagraph 4, the operator of an airport or airfield shall make compensation for any pigeon house already in existence within such certain distance prior to the said announcement if such house is dismantled and moved within the announced time limit. Any pigeon house not dismantled and moved within the time limit or re-built without proper authorization shall be subject to compulsory dismantling by the operator of an airport and the Aviation Police Bureau in conjunction with the local police authorities without any compensation.