Domestic Violence Prevention Act Article 61-1

A competent regulatory authority shall impose a fine between sixty thousand New Taiwan dollars (NT$ 60,000) and six hundred thousand New Taiwan dollars (NT$ 600,000) on a broadcaster, or a television company, that is in violation of Paragraphs 1 or 4 of Article 50-1, or Paragraph 1 of Article 63-1 of this Act (which requires the mutatis mutandis application of Paragraphs 1 or 4 of Article 50-1 of this Act), and also shall order the said broadcaster or the said television company to correct the said misconduct(s) within a period designated by the said competent regulatory authority; provided that, if the said broadcaster or the said television company fails to correct the said misconduct(s) within the above-mentioned designated period, the said competent regulatory authority may impose fines on the said broadcaster or the said television company consecutively per violation.A competent regulatory authority shall impose a fine between sixty thousand New Taiwan dollars (NT$ 60,000) and six hundred thousand New Taiwan dollars (NT$ 600,000) on the person(s) in charge of an entity or an organization of any publicity materials, publications, Internet sources, or any other types of media, other than those mentioned in the preceding Paragraph, that is in violation of Paragraphs 1 or 4 of Article 50-1, or Paragraph 1 of Article 63-1 of this Act (which requires the mutatis mutandis application of Paragraphs 1 or 4 of Article 50-1 of this Act), and may confiscate any items mentioned in Article 50-1 of this Act, or order the said entity or the said organization to remove, take down, or adopt any other necessary measure for, certain content within a period designated by the said competent regulatory authority; provided that, if the said entity or the said organization fails to comply with the above-mentioned order of the said competent regulatory authority within the above-mentioned designated period, the said competent regulatory authority may impose fines on the person(s) in charge of the said entity or the said organization consecutively per violation until the said entity or the said organization fully complies with the abovementioned order of the said competent regulatory authority. However, in the case where a victim is dead, a competent authority may opt not to impose a fine if the said competent authority, after taking into account and balancing the public interests of the society, finds the reporting or disclosure in dispute necessary.If there is no person in charge of publicity material, a publication, an Internet source, or any other type of media, or if the person in charge (of the said publicity material, the said publication, the said Internet source, or the said other type of media) is not in a position to supervise the conduct of the responsible perpetrator, and the fine prescribed in Paragraph 2 of this Article shall be imposed on the perpetrator.