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Legislative History

Title: COPYRIGHT ACT CH
Announced Date: 1928-05-14
Amended Date: 2022-06-15
Category: Ministry of Economic Affairs(經濟部)
1.40 Articles adopted and promulgated in full on 14 May 1928 by Order No. 212 of the National Government.
2.37 Articles amended and promulgated in full on 27 April 1944 by Order Yu-Wen-Zih No. 251 of the National Government.
3.Articles 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 amended and promulgated by Presidential order on 13 January 1949.
4.Articles 30, 31, 32, 36, and 41 newly adopted by Presidential order on 10 July 1964; original Articles 22-29 became Articles 23-30; original Articles 30-32 became Articles 33-35; original Articles 33-36 became Articles 37-40; original Article37 became Article 42; and Articles 25, 26, 33, 35, 37-40 amended.
5.52 Articles amended and promulgated in full on 10 July 1985 by Presidential Order No. (74) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 3318.
6.Articles 50-51 newly adopted and promulgated and Articles 3, 28 and 39 amended and promulgated on 24 January 1990 by Presidential Order No. (79) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 0427.
7.117 Articles amended and promulgated in full on 10 June 1992 by Presidential Order No. (81) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 2805.
8.Article 53 amended and promulgated on 6 July 1992 by Presidential Order No. (81) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 3285.
9.Article 87 amended and promulgated and Article 87-1 newly adopted and promulgated on 24 April 1993 by Presidential Order No. (82) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 1841.
10.117 Articles amended and promulgated in full on 21 January 1988 by Presidential Order No. (87) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 87000126405.
11.Articles 2, 34, 37, 71, 81, 82, and 90-1 amended and promulgated on 12 November 2001 by Presidential Order No. (81) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 2805.
12.Articles 26-1, 28-1, 59-1, Chapter IV-1 (chapter name), 80-1, 82-1 to 82quinquies, 90-3, 91-1, 96-1, 96ter, and 98-1 newly adopted and promulgated, and Articles 2, 3, 7-1, 22, 24, 26, 29, 37, 49, 50, 53, 56, 56-1, 60, 61, 63, 65, 69, 79, 82, 87, 88, 91 to 95, 98, 100 to 102, 105, 106, 106-2, 106-3, 111, 113, 115-1, 115-2, and 117 amended and promulgated, on 9 July 2003 by Presidential Order No. (92) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 09200122700.
13.Article 80-2 of the Copyright Act newly adopted and promulgated and Articles 3, 22, 26, title of Chapter IV-1, Articles 82, 87, 90-1, 90-3, 91, 91-1, 92, 93, and 96-1 thereof amended and promulgated on 1 September 2004 by Presidential Order No. (93) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 09300158591.
14.Article 94 of the Copyright Act deleted and promulgated and Articles 98, 99 through 102, and 117 thereof amended and promulgated on 30 May 2006 by Presidential Order No. (95) Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 09500075761.
15.Article 97-1 of the Copyright Act newly adopted and promulgated, and Articles 87 and 93 thereof amended and promulgated on 11 July 2007 by Presidential Order No. (96) Hua-Zong -(1)-Yi-Zih 09600088051.
16.Title of Chapter VI-1, Article 90-4 to 90-12 newly adopted and promulgated, and Article 3 thereof amended and promulgated on 13 May 2009 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 09800116331.
17.Articles 37, Chapter V (chapter name), 81, and 82 amended and promulgated on 10 February 2010 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 09900029991. Article 53 amended and promulgated on 10 February 2010 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 09900030001.
18.Article 53, 65, 80-2, 87 and 87-1 amended and promulgated on 22 January 2014 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 10300009931.
19.Article 98 amended and promulgated on 30 November 2016 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 10500146961.
20.Article 87 and 93 amended and promulgated on 1 May 2019 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 10800043331.
21.Article 98 and 98-1 deleted, and Article 91, 91-1, 100 and 117 amended and promulgated on 4 May 2022 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 11100037471, and will take affect from a date to be prescribed by the Executive Yuan.
22. Article 46-1 of the Copyright Act newly adopted and promulgated, and Articles 46, 46-1, 47, and 48 thereof amended and promulgated on 15 June 2022 by Presidential Order No. Hua-Zong-(1)-Yi-Zih 11100049761.