Act governing the administration of professional engineering consulting firms Article 29

Where a professional engineering consulting firm meets any of the following facts, the competent authority shall order that corrective action be completed within the specified time limit. In the event that the firm fails to complete the corrective action within the specified time limit or repeats the violation after corrective action, the firm shall be subject to a fine between not less than NT$100,000 and not more than NT$500,000. The competent authority may impose penalties successively for each violation and demand that the corrective action be completed within the specified time limit. In a gross violation, the competent authority may suspend the firm from business operation for a period between not less than one month and not more than one year:1.Violating provisions set forth in Article 5.2.Violating provisions set forth in Article 6.3.Violating provisions set forth in Article 7.4.Violating provisions set forth in Article 13.5. Violating provisions set forth in Article 17.6. Violating provisions set forth in Article 20, Paragraph 2.7. Violating provisions set forth in Article 22 by refusing, impeding or evading the inspection.The one who has been assigned by a professional engineering consulting firm to oversee the business operation shall be subject to the penalty as set forth in the preceding Paragraph if violating Article 17, Paragraph 3.Where a professional engineering consulting firm meets any facts set forth in Paragraph 1 in gross offense, the competent authority may abolish its permission and nullify its registration certificate and inform the competent authority in charge of incorporation registration to abolish its incorporation registration or the registration in part.