Civil Service Training and Continuing Education Act Article 16

For civil servants chosen by the employing agency or school or themselves choosing to participate in full-time continuing education programs, if there occurs the following circumstances, the employing agency or school shall take the necessary disciplinary measures in accordance with the relevant regulations, or they shall be dealt with in accordance with the following regulations:1. If there occurs a violation of Article 12, paragraph 2 or Article 13, paragraph 2, civil servants shall return all subsidies received during participation in the continuing education programs.2. If there occurs a violation of Article 14, civil servants shall return all salary and subsidies received during participation in the continuing education programs.3. If there occurs a violation of Article 15, civil servants shall return all salary and subsidies received during participation in the continuing education program in accordance with the proportion of non-compliance with the stated obligations.If the violations in the preceding paragraph are not attributed to the civil servants in continuing education programs, they are exempt from liability.Civil servants who are unable to fulfill the obligations as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be notified concerning the deadline for the payment of the penalties; if the amount has not been paid by the deadline, they shall be referred for compulsory enforcement in accordance with relevant laws.