Shipping Act Article 53

Any foreign vessel carrier in violation of one of following regulations shall be liable to the shipping administration authoritythe shipping administration authority for a fine of more than NT thirty thousand dollars and less than NT three hundred thousand dollars, and shall be required to improve within a specific period and prohibited from transporting passengers and cargoes or entering and departing from any ROC port for six months:1. The carrier violates the provision set forth in Article 4 transporting passengers and cargoes among each ROC port without authorization by MOTC.2. The carrier violates the provision set forth in Article 28 soliciting passengers or cargoes in ROC territory without legally establishing a branch or never commissioning a ROC shipping agency to handle vessels carrying passengers or cargoes.3. The carrier violates the provisions set forth in Article 32 applying to Article 13 herein to operate a liner service without registering the route, route alteration or transporting passengers and cargoes not covered in the registered route and schedules; or the reduction or suspension of domestic liner service without applying to the shipping administration authoritythe shipping administration authority for file and further inspectionwithin the prescribed term or fails to post at its place of business or notify passengers through telecom network, newspaper or broadcast television after applying for filing and further inspection.4. The carrier violates the provision of Article 32 applying to Article 14 herein by failing to subscribe to operator liability insurance or passenger injury insurance; or, the insurance amount is in sufficient or not renewed upon expiry or is surrendered without reason after subscription.Failure to improve within the time limit set forth in the previous paragraph shall be incur a fine imposed consecutively for every violation and again a forcible improvement by order within another time limit, and may, in addition, be subject to the revocation of the whole or part of route registry in six months.Failure to improve within the time limit set forth in the preceding paragraph or to observe the suspension punishment, or committing any one of the violations listed in same paragraph of section 1 three times within two years, shall be subject to revocation and cancellation of the Vessel Carrier Permit.