Regulations Governing the Management and Employment of Foreign National Seafarers Article 16

Foreign national seafarers with any of the following conditions throughout the employment period shall be considered seafarers unauthorized to disembark:1. Unexcused absence from duty and disembarkation.2. Unexcused extended leave.3. Refusal to embark to provide services upon completion of the relevant procedures.4. Leaving while waiting for vessel dispatch or returning to the place of employment.Seafarers that are absent from duty and disembark without justification, as mentioned in the above paragraph, will have their employment approval and service manuals revoked. The vessel owner or operator shall arrange for repatriation and bear any of the related costs.In the case that any employed foreign national seafarer has any of the conditions specified in Paragraph 1, the vessel owner or operator shall prepare a report and submit it to the Foreign National Seafarers’ Employment Affairs Commission, R.O.C., where it will be passed on to the Maritime Administration for processing. A copy shall also be sent to the National Chinese Seamen’s Union, National Police Agency of the Ministry of the Interior, National Immigration Agency and the port police agency.