Attorney Regulation Act Article 20
Except in the region where the local bar association to which an attorney is admitted is located, an attorney shall pay a national or cross-regional legal practice fee for being engaged to handle any legal affairs pending in any court, prosecutors' office and judicial police authority.The relevant procedures for, fees payable for or items of, amounts of, ways of fee collection for, discount terms and conditions for pro bono cases for, and other relevant matters in relation to the national or cross-regional legal practice shall be formulated by the National Bar Association through its charter.Where an attorney fails to pay any national or cross-regional legal practice fee in accordance with Paragraph 1 hereof, the National Bar Association or the local bar association may deal with such failure in the following ways:1. Where the attorney to whom a demand is issued still fails to pay such fee within the deadline, the bar association may deem him/her to violate this Act and therefore impose a late payment fee in the amount not more than ten times the unpaid fee payable by such attorney; or2. Other manners of handling in accordance with the charter of the National Bar Association or the Attorneys' Code of Ethics.Courts and prosecutors' offices of each level shall assist with the audit by the bar association of any failure to pay any national or cross-regional legal practice fees set forth in Paragraph 1 hereof; the manners of such assistance shall be determined by the Ministry of Justice by consulting the Judicial Yuan, the bar association and relevant authorities.
中文原文 律師法第20條
律師於所加入地方律師公會區域外，受委任處理繫屬於法院、檢察署及司法警察機關之法律事務者，應依本法或章程規定，繳納全國或跨區執業費用。
律師於全國或跨區執業之相關程序、應收費用項目、數額、收取方式、公益案件優遇條件及其他相關事項，由全國律師聯合會以章程定之。
律師未依第一項規定繳納全國或跨區執業費用，全國律師聯合會或地方律師公會得依下列方式處理：
一、經催告後，仍未於催告期限內繳納者，律師公會得視違反情節，課予該律師未繳納費用十倍以下之滯納金。
二、其他依全國律師聯合會章程或律師倫理規範所定之處置方式。
各級法院及檢察署就律師公會稽核第一項應繳納全國或跨區執業費用而未繳納者，應予以協助，其方式由法務部會商司法院、律師公會及相關機關後定之。
律師於全國或跨區執業之相關程序、應收費用項目、數額、收取方式、公益案件優遇條件及其他相關事項，由全國律師聯合會以章程定之。
律師未依第一項規定繳納全國或跨區執業費用，全國律師聯合會或地方律師公會得依下列方式處理：
一、經催告後，仍未於催告期限內繳納者，律師公會得視違反情節，課予該律師未繳納費用十倍以下之滯納金。
二、其他依全國律師聯合會章程或律師倫理規範所定之處置方式。
各級法院及檢察署就律師公會稽核第一項應繳納全國或跨區執業費用而未繳納者，應予以協助，其方式由法務部會商司法院、律師公會及相關機關後定之。