Shipping Act Article 50-1

Vessel carriers committing one of the following offences shall be punished by the shipping administration authority with fines ranging between five hundred thousand to three million NT dollars and terminate all or part of their business operations: 1. Violation of the provision of Article 27-1 Paragraph 2 herein by not reporting and applying shipping administration authority’s filing and inspection prior to employing private armed security personnel.1. Violation of the provision of Article 27-1 Paragraph 2 herein by not reporting privately contracted armed security personnel to the shipping administration authority for filing and inspection.2. Violation of the provision of Article 27-1 Paragraph 3 herein to the employed private armed security personnel who possess firearms, ammunition and knives and haven’t embarked (disembarked) abroad, or who enter any territory of R.O.C outside vessels that have already reported for filing and inspection.Foreign national vessels that commit one of the following offences will be punished by the shipping administration with fines ranging between five hundred thousand to three million NT dollars and terminate all or part of their business operations:1. Violation of the provision of Article 32-1 applying mutatis mutandis to Article 27-1 Paragraph 2 herein by not reporting privately contracted armed security personnel to the shipping administration authority for filing and inspection.2. Violation of the provision of Article 32-1 applying mutatis mutandis to Article 27-1 Paragraph 3 herein to the privately contracted armed security personnel who possess firearms, ammunition and knives and haven’t embarked (disembarked) abroad, or who enter any territory of R.O.C outside vessels that have already reported for filing and inspection.
中文原文 航業法第50-1條
船舶運送業有下列情事之一者,由航政機關處新臺幣五十萬元以上三百萬元以下罰鍰,並得停止其營業之全部或一部:
一、違反第二十七條之一第二項規定,僱用私人武裝保全人員未事先報請航政機關備查。
二、違反第二十七條之一第三項規定,所僱用之私人武裝保全人員及其持有或使用之槍砲、彈藥、刀械,未在國外登(離)船,或進入已報請備查受保護船舶以外之中華民國領域。
外國籍船舶運送業有下列情事之一者,由航政機關處新臺幣五十萬元以上三百萬元以下罰鍰,並得停止其營業之全部或一部:
一、違反第三十二條之一準用第二十七條之一第二項規定,僱用私人武裝保全人員未事先報請航政機關備查。
二、違反第三十二條之一準用第二十七條之一第三項規定,所僱用之私人武裝保全人員及其持有或使用之槍砲、彈藥、刀械,未在國外登(離)船,或進入已報請備查受保護船舶以外之中華民國領域。

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