I can’t figure the whole thing out about the difference in monetary values for fines, but @Feiren discussed the difference in a thread that dealt with another article of the Criminal Code:
I can’t guarantee that the above is accurate (but that’s not to discredit Feiren; I’m just posting a disclaimer so that I can weasel out of any problems that might arise from my post). While I’m at it, I can’t guarantee the accuracy of anything else in this post.
I tried to figure out the multiplier of 30 that Feiren mentioned, but I can’t get past the “Act Governing the Conversion of Currency Units Used in Existing Laws and Regulations into New Taiwan Dollars,” which gives a multiplier of three:
http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=G0380048
Feiren’s post makes sense, though. Maybe the multiplier of 30 comes from some other source.
Edited to add:
I don’t know if this law, which has been given the English name “Act of Criteria on Raise of Fines,” is the source that changes the multiplier from three to 30, but it looks as if it might be:
https://mojlaw.moj.gov.tw/LawContentE.aspx?LSID=FL010154
There’s more to that law than the above quote, and there may be some regulations that go into greater detail.
@Germantech, I didn’t mean to hijack your thread, but the old fine amounts have been a puzzling thing to me for some time, and this may help people to understand the fines. Or if it’s wrong, someone may correct it, and that may help people to understand them.