Regulations Regarding the Establishment of and Special Recognition for Private Social Education Institutions Article 23
A private social education institution that wants to voluntarily apply to apply to suspend its operations shall set out the reason for this suspension and the period during which operations will be suspended in writing and apply to the competent municipal, county, or city authority to do so; the institution may suspend its operations after it receives approval to do so and shall make a public announcement of the suspension. If an institution suspends operations in a manner not in accordance with these provisions, the competent municipal, county, or city authority shall notify the institution to take corrective action within a specified time period; if the institution fails to take corrective action within the specified deadline after three such notifications, the competent authority may revoke its registration.The period during which operations will be suspended referred to in the previous paragraph shall, in principle, be for one year; if necessary, an application may be made to reduce that period or to extend it by a further year.At least 2 months before the end of the period of suspension, the private social education institution shall fill out and submit an application, and a resumption of operations plan and related documents to the competent municipal, county, or city authority. The institution may only resume operations after its application to do so has been approved.At the conclusion of the period during which operations will be suspended referred to in Paragraph 2, if the institution has not applied for an extension or to resume its operations, or if its application to resume operations has not been approved, the competent municipal, county, or city authority shall notify it to take corrective action within a specified time period; if the institution fails to take corrective action within the specified deadline after three such notifications, the competent authority may revoke its registration.
中文原文 私立社會教育機構設立及獎勵辦法第23條
私立社會教育機構自請停辦，應敘明理由、停辦期限，向直轄市、縣（市）主管機關申請，經核准後，始得辦理，並應對外公告。
未依規定辦理者，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關應通知其限期改善；經三次限期改善而屆期未改善者，得廢止立案。
前項停辦期限，以一年為原則，必要時，得申請縮短或延長一年。
私立社會教育機構應於停辦期限屆滿二個月前填具申請書，並檢具復辦計畫及相關文件，向直轄市、縣（市）主管機關申請，經核准後，始得復辦。
第二項停辦期限屆滿未申請延長或復辦，或申請復辦未經核准者，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關應通知其限期改善；經三次限期改善而屆期未改善者，得廢止立案。
未依規定辦理者，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關應通知其限期改善；經三次限期改善而屆期未改善者，得廢止立案。
前項停辦期限，以一年為原則，必要時，得申請縮短或延長一年。
私立社會教育機構應於停辦期限屆滿二個月前填具申請書，並檢具復辦計畫及相關文件，向直轄市、縣（市）主管機關申請，經核准後，始得復辦。
第二項停辦期限屆滿未申請延長或復辦，或申請復辦未經核准者，直轄市、縣（市）主管機關應通知其限期改善；經三次限期改善而屆期未改善者，得廢止立案。