Article 34
Any person who engages in operating the business of manufacturing, repairing or importing measuring instruments shall make application to the dedicated weights and measures authority, obtain license before commencing its business operations.
The category of business, the type, scope and the term of validity of the measuring instruments involved in the business of a weights and measures organization and its subsidiaries shall be limited to the scope specified in its business license. The business license shall neither be transferred to nor provided for use by any other person.
The dedicated weights and measures authority shall be entitled to send its personnel at any time or from time to time to check the manufacturing, repairing and/or importing activities of measuring instrument operated by a weights and measures organization. The weights and measures organization involved shall not evade, impede or refuse such check.
Regulations governing the scope of documents required, the procedures to follow, the conditions to be satisfied, and other administrative rules to comply with by an organization in applying for license shall be prescribed by the competent authority.
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Article 41
Under any of the following circumstances, the dedicated weights and measures authority shall rescind the business license of a weights and measures organization and notify the said organization to return the business license within a given time limit. The dedicated weights and measures shall make known to the public per public notice of the cancellation of such license in the event that it is not returned beyond the given deadline date.
1. Where the responsible person of the applying organization is convicted, as per the court decision, to have committed the crime of falsifying behaviors in relation to weights and measures activities as defined in the Criminal Act; or
2. Where the organization was in violation of the provisions of this Act, and has further failed to discontinue or rectify such law-violating act after having been notified to discontinue or to rectify such act within a given time limit.
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Article 61
This Act shall come into force from the date of promulgation.
The Article amended on 21 January 2009 shall come into force from the date upon by Executive Yuan.
Note: In case of any discrepancy between this translation and the Chinese version, the Chinese version shall govern.
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