Fishing Port Act Article 17
If sunken ships, objects, floating articles, pollutants, and rafts within a fishing port area endanger or pose the risks of endangering the navigation and anchoring of vessels entering or departing, or contaminate or pose the risks of contaminating the fishing port area, the competent authority may take the following actions:(1) To notify owners of the sunken ships, objects, floating articles, pollutants and rafts to remove them within a timeframe; whatever left un-removed within the timeframe is considered waste and will be removed without further notification.(2) To remove them without issuing a notification in times of emergency.If the owners as referred to in the preceding paragraph are unknown or unreachable, the notification shall be published by the competent authority.Fees resulted from paragraph 1 shall be borne by the owners.
中文原文 漁港法第17條
漁港區域內之沉船、物資、漂流物、污染物及船筏，有危害、妨礙進出船舶航行、停泊或污染漁港區域之虞或情形者，主管機關得依下列方式處理：
一、通知沉船、物資、漂流物、污染物及船筏所有人限期打撈清除；屆期未打撈清除者，視同廢棄物逕予清除。
二、因時間急迫，必須緊急處理者，逕予打撈清除。
前項第一款之所有人不明或無法通知者，以公告方式為之。
第一項各款所需之費用，由所有人負擔。
一、通知沉船、物資、漂流物、污染物及船筏所有人限期打撈清除；屆期未打撈清除者，視同廢棄物逕予清除。
二、因時間急迫，必須緊急處理者，逕予打撈清除。
前項第一款之所有人不明或無法通知者，以公告方式為之。
第一項各款所需之費用，由所有人負擔。