To deter the spread of bootleg rice wine, at the end of 2002 the Executive Yuan proposed emergency amendments to the law governing tobacco and alcohol, increasing the penalty for illegal production of alcohol from a maximum of one year in prison to a maximum of three years, with a fine of up to NT $ 3 million.
為了遏止假米酒氾濫，行政院於去年底緊急通過菸酒管理法部分條文修正草案，將產製私酒處一年以下有期徒刑的規定提高為三年，罰金最高可處新台幣三百萬元。