Cosmetic Hygiene and Safety Act Article 20

Those in violation of Paragraph 1 or the regulations prescribed pursuant to Paragraph 4 of Article 10, pertaining to the provisions of promotion or advertisement contents and methods, shall be imposed a fine ranging from NT$40,000 to NT$200,000; violation of Paragraph 2 of the same article shall be imposed a fine ranging from NT$600,000 to NT$5,000,000. In case of severe violation, the business may be ordered to terminate business operations or revoke all or part of the items listed in the registration of its company, business, or factory.Violators of cosmetics promotion or advertisement specified in Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2, or the regulations prescribed pursuant to Paragraph 4 of Article 10, pertaining to the provisions of contents and methods, shall be fined successively until the violation is corrected or the publication or broadcast is terminated.Severe violation of the provisions pertaining to promotion or advertisement specified in Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2 of Article 10 shall not only be penalized in accordance with the preceding two paragraphs, the competent authorities shall also order the termination of supply, sale, giveaway, public display, or consumer trial offer of the advertised products.Violators of the provisions pertaining to advertisement specified in the preceding paragraph shall publish or broadcast a corrective advertisement of the same length and in the same space and time slot as the original advertisement at a specified frequency within 30 days after receipt of the sanction order. Said corrective advertisement shall state an official apology and correct false information.Violators of the preceding two provisions who continue to supply, sell, give away, publicly display, or offer consumer trial, or fail to publish or broadcast a corrective advertisement shall be imposed a fine ranging from NT$120,000 to NT$2,000,000.