Act governing the administration of professional engineering consulting firms Article 18

In the event that a professional engineering consulting firm takes the initiative to shut business down or is penalized for business shutdown, it shall surrender the registration certificate for the professional engineering consulting firm to the competent authority which will return the certificate after making remarks of such facts. The same procedures shall be required when it resumes business operation.In the event that a professional engineering consulting firm is revoked or abolished from registration or receives a penalty for business shutdown, it shall no longer receive any order. For the order(s) having been accepted but still outstanding, it may commission a professional engineering consulting firm of the same business scope to continually fulfill the order(s).Where a professional engineering consulting firm has been suspended from business operation for over one year, the competent authority may abolish its permission and nullify its registration certificate and shall inform the competent authority in charge of incorporation registration to abolish the incorporation registration or the registration in part except in a case when the firm is backed by a justifiable reason and approved by the competent authority.