National Sports Act Article 37

The athlete, coach or local sport association who disagree with the decision made by the Specified Sports Associations of the matters listed below, may make complaints to such Association. With no satisfaction of the decision of the complaint, it may plead for an arbitration within a fix period of time to the arbitral institution for sports disputes recognized by the central competent authority to which the concerned Association may not refuse.1. Violation of rules of games by athletes and coaches.2. Rights and interests of athletes or coaches concerning audition, training, qualification, nomination and other rights and obligations as prescribed in Article 21(2).3. The Rights and obligations between athlete and any third person or Specified Sports Association and any third person arising from sponsor contracts.4. The group membership or the rights and obligations of local sports associations.The parties to the disputes respecting of the contract signed in subparagraph 2 and 3 of the preceding paragraph between the Specified Sports Associations, or the dispute between the athletes and the Specified Sports Associations may apply for arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Article.Parties that have applied for arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the preceding 2 paragraphs may not file legal proceeding for the same dispute. The court shall dismiss such suit. If the case is filed before the arbitration is applied, the court shall, upon the request made by the other party, stop the proceedings and order the plaintiff, in a certain period of time, to apply for arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. If the plaintiff fails to apply for arbitration within the period of time, the court shall dismiss the suit. Should the arbitration award be determined the after the court has stopped proceeding, the suit shall be deemed as withdrawn.The terms, procedure, dismissal of the recognition of arbitration institution of the paragraph 1 and the qualifications, methods of selecting of the institutional members and the arbitrating procedure, the period of application for arbitration, the provisions to be applied, the arbitration fees and other regulations shall be determined by the central competent authority.If the party concerned refuses to accept the award made by the arbitral institution, it shall, within thirty days from the date of delivery or service of the award, file or renew a proceeding to the court. The arbitral award and the final decision made by the courts shall, to the parties concerned, have the same effect.The arbitration award made by the arbitral institution shall have the same effect as the judgment of the court should the parties to the disputes agree to use the arbitration set forth in this Act.Where the parties to the dispute reach an agreement in the course of the arbitration proceedings, the result of the agreement shall be reported to the arbitration institution and the central competent authority for reference and the arbitration procedure shall be terminated.
中文原文 國民體育法第37條
選手、教練或地方性體育團體,因下列事務,不服特定體育團體之決定者,得向該團體提出申訴;對於申訴決定不服者,於一定期限內得向經中央主管機關認可之體育紛爭仲裁機構申請仲裁,該團體不得拒絕:
一、選手、教練違反運動規則。
二、選手或教練關於參加第二十一條第二項代表隊選拔、訓練、參賽資格、提名或其他權利義務。
三、選手因個人與第三人間,或特定體育團體與第三人間贊助契約所生之權利義務。
四、地方性體育團體加入特定體育團體會員資格或權利義務。
特定體育團體相互間關於運動事務之爭議,或選手與特定體育團體間關於前項第二款、第三款事務所簽訂契約之爭議,當事人亦得依本條規定申請仲裁。
經依前二項規定申請仲裁者,不得提起訴訟,另行提起訴訟者,法院應駁回其訴;未申請仲裁前已提起訴訟者,法院應依他方之聲請,裁定停止訴訟程序,並命原告於一定期間內依前二項規定申請仲裁。
原告屆期未申請者,法院應裁定駁回其訴。
經法院裁定停止訴訟程序後,如仲裁判斷確定,視為撤回起訴。
第一項之體育紛爭仲裁機構,其認可資格、程序、廢止認可條件、機構仲裁人員之資格條件、遴聘方式、選定、仲裁程序、申請仲裁之一定期限、準用規定、仲裁費用及其他應遵行事項之辦法,由中央主管機關定之。
體育紛爭仲裁機構所作成之仲裁判斷,當事人不服其判斷者,應於判斷書交付或送達之日起三十日內,向法院提起訴訟或聲請續行訴訟;逾期未提起訴訟或聲請續行訴訟者,仲裁判斷確定,於當事人間,與法院之確定判決有同一效力。
經爭議當事人合意準用本法所定之仲裁者,體育紛爭仲裁機構所作成之仲裁判斷,於當事人間,與法院之確定判決有同一效力。
爭議當事人於仲裁程序進行中達成協議者,應將協議結果報體育紛爭仲裁機構及中央主管機關備查,仲裁程序即告終結。

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