Pawnshop Act Article 4
Any person, before opening the business of running a pawnshop, shall apply with an application form to the local competent authority for establishment. However, none of the pawnshop branches are allowed to be established.The application form prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be specified with the following particulars:1. The name of the company or business.2. The name of the pawnbroker.3. The location of the operation site and the storeroom where pledged items are stored and its security equipment.4. Aggregate liability insurance limits and a summary of the insurance policy.5. Registered capital.The name prescribed in Subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph shall include the word “Pawnshop.”The number of pawnshops approved to be established is based on the criterion that an additional pawnshop may be established each time when the local population increases by 30,000 people for the first year, and 20,000 people from the second year in the municipality, county (city) after this Act is enforced. The pawnshops whose establishment has already been approved by the competent authority prior to the enforcement of this Act, however, will not be included in the calculation.The application for establishment, as prescribed in Paragraph 1, shall be reviewed and approved by the local competent authority before issuing an establishment approval.The applicant who has been granted an establishment approval shall complete the establishment by a given deadline and report to the local competent authority for inspection. If the inspection is satisfactory, a pawnshop permit will be issued to the applicant, who shall complete company or business registration within six months after obtaining the permit.If the inspection is unsatisfactory and the applicant fails to make improvements and apply for re-inspection by a given deadline, the establishment approval shall be revoked by the local competent authority.If the establishment, business registration, or improvements of the pawnshop as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs cannot be completed by a given deadline on a justifiable cause, the applicant may apply for an extension with specific excuses to the local competent authority, but the extension is limited to only one time.If the pawnbroker fails to comply with Paragraph 6 of completing registration within six months, to apply for an extension within six months, or fails to complete registration after having applied for an extension, the local competent authority shall revoke the permit.The procedures for establishment application review, approval issuance review, inspection, approval, and revocation, as prescribed in Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, and Paragraphs 5 to 7, shall be regulated by the central competent authority.
中文原文 當舖業法第4條
經營當舖業應檢附申請書，向當地主管機關申請籌設。
但不得設立分支機構。
前項申請書，應載明下列事項：
一、公司或商號名稱。
二、負責人。
三、營業所在地與保存質當物庫房所在地及安全設備。
四、投保責任保險金額及契約書內容摘要。
五、資本額。
前項第一款之名稱，應列有當舖二字。
當舖業之核准籌設家數，依其所在地之直轄市、縣（市）人口數，自本法施行後，第一年每增加三萬人籌設一家，第二年起每增加二萬人籌設一家為基準。
但本法施行前已經主管機關核准設立者，不列入計算。
第一項申請籌設，由當地主管機關審查核可後，發給籌設同意書。
前項申請者取得籌設同意書後，應按指定之期限籌設完成，並向當地主管機關申請勘驗，經勘驗合格取得許可證後，應於六個月內辦妥公司設立登記或商業登記。
前項籌設經勘驗不合格，且未能於指定之期限改善並申請複勘者，由當地主管機關廢止籌設同意書。
前二項之籌設或依法登記或限期改善，如因正當理由，無法於指定期限完成，得於期限屆滿前敘明理由向當地主管機關申請展期，並以一次為限。
未依第六項所定六個月期限辦妥登記，且未申請展期者，或申請展期後仍未辦妥登記者，由當地主管機關廢止許可。
第一項、第二項、第五項至第七項之審核籌設申請、審核發給籌設同意書、勘驗、許可及廢止作業程序，由中央主管機關定之。
但不得設立分支機構。
前項申請書，應載明下列事項：
一、公司或商號名稱。
二、負責人。
三、營業所在地與保存質當物庫房所在地及安全設備。
四、投保責任保險金額及契約書內容摘要。
五、資本額。
前項第一款之名稱，應列有當舖二字。
當舖業之核准籌設家數，依其所在地之直轄市、縣（市）人口數，自本法施行後，第一年每增加三萬人籌設一家，第二年起每增加二萬人籌設一家為基準。
但本法施行前已經主管機關核准設立者，不列入計算。
第一項申請籌設，由當地主管機關審查核可後，發給籌設同意書。
前項申請者取得籌設同意書後，應按指定之期限籌設完成，並向當地主管機關申請勘驗，經勘驗合格取得許可證後，應於六個月內辦妥公司設立登記或商業登記。
前項籌設經勘驗不合格，且未能於指定之期限改善並申請複勘者，由當地主管機關廢止籌設同意書。
前二項之籌設或依法登記或限期改善，如因正當理由，無法於指定期限完成，得於期限屆滿前敘明理由向當地主管機關申請展期，並以一次為限。
未依第六項所定六個月期限辦妥登記，且未申請展期者，或申請展期後仍未辦妥登記者，由當地主管機關廢止許可。
第一項、第二項、第五項至第七項之審核籌設申請、審核發給籌設同意書、勘驗、許可及廢止作業程序，由中央主管機關定之。