Civil Aviation Act Article 40
The owner or operator of an aircraft with an airworthiness certificate shall maintain the aircraft in accordance to regulations to insure the aircraft remains airworthy and conduct a preflight inspection before flight. If the aircraft is found not to be airworthy determined by an inspector or the pilot-in-command, the aircraft shall not be allowed to take off.CAA shall send personnel or delegate another agency or body to inspect the maintenance activities of the owner or operator of the aforesaid aircraft. The owner or operator of an aircraft may not refuse, evade or impede such inspection. If the maintenance status does not meet airworthiness and safety requirements, the aircraft shall be grounded and its airworthiness certificate be revoked.Civil Air Transport Enterprise shall submit aircraft ages, flight hours, the latest records of heavy maintenance and allocation of pilots’ flight hours to CAA for publication and as a reference to passenger when choosing carriers.The qualifications, duties and supervision for those delegations as per paragraph two, as well as the procedures to delegate aircraft inspections, shall be formulated by MOTC.
中文原文 民用航空法第40條
領有航空器適航證書之航空器，其所有人或使用人，應對航空器為妥善之維護，並應於飛航前依規定施行檢查，保持其適航安全條件，如不適航，應停止飛航；檢查員或機長認為不適航時，亦同。
民航局應派員或委託機關、團體指派合格人員檢查航空器所有人或使用人之機務作業，航空器所有人或使用人不得規避、妨礙或拒絕；如航空器之維護狀況不合於適航安全條件者，應制止其飛航，並廢止其適航證書。
民用航空運輸業，應按季將航空器機齡、飛航時數、最近一次重大維修紀錄及航空器駕駛員飛航時數分布等資料交由民航局公布，作為乘客選擇之參考。
第二項受委託者之資格、責任、監督及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由交通部定之。
民航局應派員或委託機關、團體指派合格人員檢查航空器所有人或使用人之機務作業，航空器所有人或使用人不得規避、妨礙或拒絕；如航空器之維護狀況不合於適航安全條件者，應制止其飛航，並廢止其適航證書。
民用航空運輸業，應按季將航空器機齡、飛航時數、最近一次重大維修紀錄及航空器駕駛員飛航時數分布等資料交由民航局公布，作為乘客選擇之參考。
第二項受委託者之資格、責任、監督及其他應遵行事項之辦法，由交通部定之。