The Act Governing Bills Finance Business Article 4
The following terms as used in this Act shall have the following meanings:1. "Short-Term Bill" shall mean a debt instrument maturing within one(1) year, being a:(1) Treasury bills;(2) Negotiable certificates of deposit issued by a bank;(3) Commercial papers or bills of exchange issued by a company or a state-owned enterprise or institution; or(4) Another short-term debtinstrument designated by the Competent Authority.2. "Bills Finance Business" shall mean the business of certifying, underwriting, brokering, and trading Short-Term Bills;3. "Bills Finance Company" shall mean a company limited by shares established for the purpose of operating, and licensed by the Competent Authority to conduct Bills Finance Business;4. "Bills House" shall mean a Bills Finance Company or a financial institution approved by the Competent Authority to operate Bills Finance Business;5. "Certification" shall mean the authentication, under the authorization of an issuer, of signatures on the issuer's Short-Term Bills or bonds, review of matters which must be recorded, and issuance of a certificate authenticating a signature;6. "Underwriting" shall mean underwriting, as agent of an issuer, such issuer’s Short-Term Bills or bonds pursuant to an underwriting contract;7. "Brokering" shall mean acting as an intermediary in the buying and selling of Short-Term Bills or bonds;8. "Trading" shall mean buying and selling Short-Term Bills or bonds to/from customers for one's own account as a dealer; and9. "Repo and Reverse Repo" shall mean a transaction where a seller or a buyer agrees to buy or sell back the original Short-Term Bills or bonds at a mutually agreed price and date.
中文原文 票券金融管理法第4條
本法用詞定義如下：
一、短期票券：指期限在一年期以內之下列短期債務憑證：
（一）國庫券。
（二）可轉讓銀行定期存單。
（三）公司及公營事業機構發行之本票或匯票。
（四）其他經主管機關核准之短期債務憑證。
二、票券金融業務：指短期票券之簽證、承銷、經紀或自營業務。
三、票券金融公司：指經主管機關許可，為經營票券金融業務而設立之股份有限公司。
四、票券商：指票券金融公司及經主管機關許可兼營票券金融業務之金融機構。
五、簽證：指票券商接受發行人之委託，對於其發行之短期票券、債券，核對簽章，並對應記載事項加以審核，簽章證明之行為。
六、承銷：指票券商接受發行人之委託，依約定包銷或代銷其發行之短期票券、債券之行為。
七、經紀：指票券商接受客戶之委託，以行紀或居間買賣短期票券、債券之行為。
八、自營：指以交易商之名義，為自己之計算，與客戶從事買賣短期票券、債券之行為。
九、附買回或附賣回條件交易：指買賣雙方約定，由出賣人或買受人於約定日依約定價格買回或賣回原短期票券、債券之交易。
一、短期票券：指期限在一年期以內之下列短期債務憑證：
（一）國庫券。
（二）可轉讓銀行定期存單。
（三）公司及公營事業機構發行之本票或匯票。
（四）其他經主管機關核准之短期債務憑證。
二、票券金融業務：指短期票券之簽證、承銷、經紀或自營業務。
三、票券金融公司：指經主管機關許可，為經營票券金融業務而設立之股份有限公司。
四、票券商：指票券金融公司及經主管機關許可兼營票券金融業務之金融機構。
五、簽證：指票券商接受發行人之委託，對於其發行之短期票券、債券，核對簽章，並對應記載事項加以審核，簽章證明之行為。
六、承銷：指票券商接受發行人之委託，依約定包銷或代銷其發行之短期票券、債券之行為。
七、經紀：指票券商接受客戶之委託，以行紀或居間買賣短期票券、債券之行為。
八、自營：指以交易商之名義，為自己之計算，與客戶從事買賣短期票券、債券之行為。
九、附買回或附賣回條件交易：指買賣雙方約定，由出賣人或買受人於約定日依約定價格買回或賣回原短期票券、債券之交易。