Fire Services Act Article 40

Where a building of or above a certain scale, being a site of business use, violates the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 13 by the discretionary administrator’s failing to appoint a fire prevention manager to develop a fire prevention plan, or violates the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Article 13 by failing to develop a construction fire prevention plan, the discretionary administrator shall be fined not less than NT$20,000 but not more than NT$300,000. Where there is a concern of serious damage due to the fire, the discretionary administrator may be ordered to suspend the construction, and the construction may not be resumed without the construction fire prevention plan being submitted for filing in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 4 of Article 13. Where a fire occurs in a building of or above a certain scale, the discretionary administrator violating the provisions of Paragraph 4 of Article 13 and failing to perform necessary operations related to fire prevention management in accordance with the fire prevention plan shall be fined not less than NT$20,000 but not more than NT$300,000.In any one of the following circumstances, the discretionary administrator failing to make improvements within the time limit as per the notice shall be fined not less than NT$20,000 but not more than NT$100,000:1.Where for a building of or above a certain scale, being a site of non-business use, the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 13 are violated by the discretionary administrator’s failing to appoint a fire prevention manager to develop a fire prevention plan, or the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Article 13 are violated by the discretionary administrator’s failing to appoint a fire prevention manager to develop a construction fire prevention plan.2.Where the provisions of Paragraph 4 of Article 13 are violated by the discretionary administrator’s failing to submit the fire prevention plan referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 13 to the competent authority of the jurisdiction where the building is located for filing, or the discretionary administrator’s failing to perform necessary operations related to fire prevention management in accordance with such plan.3.Where the provisions of Paragraph 5 of Article 13 are violated by the discretionary administrators’ failing to appoint a joint fire prevention manager through agreement to develop a joint fire prevention plan, or the discretionary administrators’ failing to jointly submit the fire prevention plan to the competent authority of the jurisdiction where the building is located for filing, or the discretionary administrators’ failing to perform necessary operations related to joint fire prevention management in accordance with the joint fire prevention plan submitted for filing.4.Where the provisions of Paragraph 7 of Article 13 are violated by the fire prevention manager or joint fire prevention manager’s failing to be a member of the managerial or supervisory level of the site, or failing to receive periodic refresher training during his/her period of employment.5.Where the provisions of Paragraph 10 of Article 13 are violated by failing to report the appointed or replaced fire prevention manager or joint fire prevention manager within the time limit to the competent authority of the jurisdiction where the building is located for filing.6.Where the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 13-1 are violated by failing to employ a service person with qualification certificates in the disaster prevention center of a high-rise building or in the central management office of an underground building, or the service person’s failing to receive periodic refresher training during his/her period of employment.7.Where the provisions of Paragraph 4 of Article 13-1 are violated by failing to report the appointed or replaced service member within the time limit to the competent authority of the jurisdiction where the building is located as referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 13 for filing.Any party failing to make improvements within the time limit again as per a new notice after being fined as specified in Paragraph 1 and the preceding paragraph may be fined for each violation and subject to a disposition of business suspension or forbidden use of the site for a period of not more than 30 days.
中文原文 消防法第40條
一定規模以上之建築物且供營業使用場所,違反第十三條第一項規定未由管理權人遴用防火管理人訂定消防防護計畫,或違反同條第三項規定未訂定施工中消防防護計畫者,處其管理權人新臺幣二萬元以上三十萬元以下罰鍰;有發生火災致生重大損害之虞者,並得勒令管理權人停工,施工中消防防護計畫非經依同條第四項規定備查,不得擅自復工。
一定規模以上之建築物發生火災時,管理權人違反第十三條第四項規定,未依消防防護計畫執行有關防火管理上必要之業務,處新臺幣二萬元以上三十萬元以下罰鍰。
有下列情形之一,經通知限期改善,屆期未改善者,處其管理權人新臺幣二萬元以上十萬元以下罰鍰:
一、一定規模以上之建築物且非供營業使用場所,違反第十三條第一項規定未由管理權人遴用防火管理人訂定消防防護計畫,或違反同條第三項規定未訂定施工中消防防護計畫。
二、違反第十三條第四項規定,未由管理權人將同條第一項及第三項之消防防護計畫報請建築物所在地主管機關備查,或未依各該計畫執行有關防火管理上必要之業務。
三、違反第十三條第五項規定,未由各管理權人協議遴用共同防火管理人訂定共同消防防護計畫,或未共同將消防防護計畫報建築物所在地主管機關備查,或未依備查之共同消防防護計畫執行有關共同防火管理上必要之業務。
四、違反第十三條第七項規定,防火管理人或共同防火管理人非該場所之管理或監督層次人員,或任職期間未定期接受複訓。
五、違反第十三條第十項規定,未於規定期限內將遴用或異動之防火管理人或共同防火管理人,報請建築物所在地主管機關備查。
六、違反第十三條之一第一項規定,高層建築物之防災中心或地下建築物之中央管理室未置領有合格證書之服勤人員,或服勤人員任職期間未定期接受複訓。
七、違反第十三條之一第四項規定,未於規定期限內將遴用或異動之服勤人員,報請同條第一項建築物所在地主管機關備查。
依第一項及前項規定處罰鍰後,經通知限期改善,屆期仍未改善者,得按次處罰,並得予以三十日以下之停業或停止其使用之處分。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.