Legal Measures on Prevention of Car Theft: A Case Study of Forgery on Car Documents

Abstract

The purposes of this research article were: 1) to study theories of criminal law concerning car theft and thought about forgery on car documents, 2) to study legal problems on practical impact that cannot apply to the suppression of offenders and 3) to study measures and guidelines for solving occurred problems by amending laws in order to make them more efficiency. This study was conducted by documentary research.

The results revealed that: 1) Car theft offence related to forgery on car documents was an offence that should be punished according to the criminal law; 2) Problem about offence of the forgery on vehicle identification number (VIN), the first paragraph of Article 264 of the criminal law was enacted that any offences on editing or modifying documents were not regarded as forgery on documents and this will be utilized by offenders as a legal loophole. Moreover, according to Article 334 of the criminal law, the punishment for offenders who commit car theft with offence of theft was not suitable for severe damages affecting social and economy, therefore, the high punishment should be enacted in line with the purpose of criminal punishment; 3) the first paragraph of Article 264 of the criminal law should be amended by adding a clause as “...or editing or modifying...”and the imprisonment rate in such article should be increased for car theft offenders that regarded as causing of high damage.