Agricultural Insurance Act Article 18

The competent authority may at any time send its officials to inspect the business, financial conditions and other related matters of the agricultural insurance handled by a farmers’or fishermen’s association, or order the foregoing inspected party to submit financial statements, lists of properties or other related information and reports based on truthful representation within a specified time. The directors, supervisors, general-director and related personnel shall not evade, obstruct, or refuse the inspection or provide false or incomplete information and reports.The competent authority may engage the Financial Supervisory Commission to handle the preceding inspection.When necessary, the competent authority may appoint a professional or a technician to investigate the matters on the information or reports required to be inspected as prescribed under Paragraph 1 and to submit a report to the competent authority based on truthful representation; the costs shall be borne by the farmers’ or fishermen’s association.The competent authority shall properly practice the fiduciary duty for the information obtained through the manner specified in Paragraph 1 to Paragraph 3; it shall conduct a safety check on the operations of information; the collection, processing and use of information shall be subject to requirements under the Personal Data Protection Act.