Seafarer's Service Regulations Article 94

In order for the Maritime Administration to recover a Seafarer Service Book, the following regulations shall apply:1. Prior to recovering the Seafarer Service Book, the Maritime Administration shall notify the seafarer in writing. Regarding a seafarer involved in committing a crime, said action shall be done after the court sentence.2. The recovery period of the Seafarer Service Book shall start from the date that the seafarer has the book withdrawn. Such seafarers shall apply to the Maritime Administration to return his/her book after the withdrawal period expires; if they do not do so without a legitimate reason, the Maritime Administration may directly cancel the book.3. If a seafarer is to be punished by Seafarer Service Book withdrawal but disembarks in a foreign country without approval and is subsequently repatriated by a foreign government or automatically returned to the Taiwan area, the Maritime Administration shall send a letter to the seafarer’s company to immediately recover his/her Seafarer Service Book.4. When imposing Seafarer Service Book withdrawal punishment, any certificate of competency or certificate of endorsement shall also be revoked or canceled.
中文原文 船員服務規則第94條
執行收回船員服務手冊之規定如下:
一、航政機關於收回船員服務手冊時,應以書面通知船員限期繳回,但船員涉及刑責者,應俟法院判決確定後執行。
二、航政機關執行收回船員服務手冊期間之計算,應自船員繳交手冊至航政機關之日起算,在該收回期間屆滿時,船員得向航政機關申請發回之;若船員逾期未繳回手冊而無正當理由者,航政機關得逕行註銷。
三、受航政機關收回船員服務手冊處罰之國外擅自離船船員,經當地政府遣返或自行返回臺灣地區時,由航政機關函該船員服務之公司將船員服務手冊繳回。
四、凡受收回船員服務手冊之處罰時,其有適任證書或認可證書者,一併收回或註銷。

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