All citizens, legal persons and government organizations of the ROC may enjoy the right to own aircraft according to this Act and other related statutes. MOTC may impose restrictions on such ownership of non-public use aircraft if air space is limited or facilities at air terminals are inadequate.
Foreigners, aside from complying with the provisions set forth in Chapter 7, shall not own aircraft in the ROC.

Any entity intending to engage in private aircraft activities shall request MOTC through CAA for its permission for making preparations and, in addition thereto, shall purchase aircraft while making preparations and possess the capabilities of engaging in safe aviation. Such entity may not engage in the aforesaid activities unless and until permit is obtained from the CAA upon its satisfactory completion of the review of the safe aviation capabilities of such entity, who, subsequent to the completion of said review, has applied to MOTC through CAA for its approval. The entity engaging in private aircraft activities intending to terminate its private aircraft activities shall first report to MOTC for reference through CAA.
The entity engaging in private aircraft activities is referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be a citizen, juridical association, foundation or corporate organization of ROC.
The aircraft of any entity engaged in private aircraft activities shall not be used for the purposes of commercial aviation, nor be leased or loaned to another engaged in aviation activities.
Rules governing the application for permission of making preparations, approval procedure and restrictions, application for purchase of aircraft and its restrictions, limitations of aircraft age, application for aviation and other matters to be observed in respect of the engagement in private aircraft activities, shall be enacted by the MOTC.
CAA may send its personnel to inspect various personnel, equipment, aviation operations and activities of an entity engaged in private aircraft activities, and such entity shall not refuse, avoid or impede such inspection. In case of any deficiency, CAA shall so inform such entity and set a time limit for the latter to cure such deficiency.

The owner or operator of an aircraft shall apply to CAA for aircraft registration. A certificate of registration shall be issued if the application meets all appropriate requirements. No ROC-registered aircraft shall be registered in a foreign country without first canceling its Chinese registration.
Aircraft that have been registered in a foreign country shall not be allowed to apply for registration in the ROC until its registration has been cancelled.

Design and manufacture of aviation products, appliances and parts shall apply to CAA for approval. Relevant certificates will be issued in case that CAA’s certification thereof is completed with satisfactory outcome. No person may manufacture, sell or use aviation products, appliances and parts unless that the said certificates have been issued by CAA in advance.
No person may sell or use aviation products, appliances and parts that imported for civil aviation use unless that they have been certificated or validated by CAA in advance.
The owner or operator of the B-registered aircraft shall apply to CAA for airworthiness inspection. Upon satisfactory outcome of the inspection, an airworthiness certificate will be issued.
The regulations governing the certification for the design and manufacture of aviation products, related appliances and parts, as prescribed in the previous three paragraphs, that address applications, classification and limitations, validation, issuance of certificates, modification, cancellation and renewal of airworthiness certificates, airworthiness approval tags, fee requirements for certificate issuance, and all other matters of compliance is when required, should be enacted by the MOTC.

The owner or operator shall maintain the certificated or validated aviation products, appliances in an airworthiness condition.
The regulations governing the certification for the maintenance, airworthiness release, maintenance record, life-limited parts control, maintenance control, etc., shall be prescribed by MOTC.

An aircraft may be registered as ROC aircraft under any of the following categories:
1) Owned by ROC citizens.
2) Owned by government organizations of the ROC.
3) Owned by the following legal persons who have a principal office in ROC in accordance with ROC Acts:
(1) Unlimited company completely owned by citizens of the ROC.
(2) Limited company with over 50 percent of capital owned by citizens or legal persons of the ROC and represented by directors who are citizens of the ROC.
(3) Company formed by shareholders of both limited and unlimited liabilities, whose unlimited liability shareholders are citizens of the ROC.
(4) Company limited by shares with over 50 percent of its total shares owned by ROC citizens or legal persons of ROC, whose chairman and over 50 percent of the directors are citizens of the ROC, provided that no single citizen or legal person of a foreign country may hold more than 25 percent of its total shares.
(5) Other legal persons whose representatives are citizens of the ROC.
Except otherwise prescribed in this Act, aircraft other than that of ROC nationality may not apply for registration in this country.

Any non-ROC aircraft purchased from a foreign country on conditional terms by ROC citizens, legal persons or government agencies pending entitlement of ownership, or any such aircraft leased from a foreign country for a period more than 6 months, may be registered as an ROC aircraft if its registration in the foreign country has been duly cancelled, provided the purchaser or lessee is responsible for operating such aircraft and employing the required personnel and equipment.
The purchaser or lessee may apply to the CAA for appropriate registration. However, such registration shall not construe proof of ownership.
Renewal is not required for registrations found to be in compliance with the provisions of this Article prior to the effective date of this Amendment.

After the aircraft has been properly registered, the ROC nationality marks and registration number shall be displayed on a conspicuous part of the aircraft.

The certificate of registration shall become invalid upon any of the following events:
1) Transfer of aircraft ownership.
2) Aircraft is destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
3) Aircraft is dismantled or abandoned.
4) Forfeiture or loss of aircraft nationality.

The certificate of airworthiness shall become invalid upon any of the following events:
1)Expiration of the certificate.
2)Invalidation or revocation of the certificate of registration.
3)Aircraft did not meet the airworthiness condition.
The certificate of airworthiness shall remain valid if the registration number is unchanged when ownership is transferred and is not subject to subparagraph 2 of preceding paragraph.

In case a registration or airworthiness certificate becomes invalid, CAA shall serve a public notice of its cancellation, and the holder of such certificate shall return it to CAA within twenty days from the date of invalidation.

In case a registered aircraft is found to be in non-conformity with the provisions of the paragraph II of Article 8, Article 10 or Article 11, the CAA shall cancel the registration and order the certificate of registration be returned.

At anytime a certificate of registration becomes invalid for reasons other than the two preceding articles, the CAA shall immediately revoke the aircraft registration certificate.

Except as specifically provided in this Act, aircraft shall be governed by the provisions of the Civil Code and other appropriate Acts.

Aircraft may be an object of mortgage.
The provisions of the Chattel Secured Transactions Act with regard to movable property shall apply to mortgaging an aircraft.

Unless duly registered, transfer of ownership, creation of mortgage, or lease of an aircraft, shall not be a defense against a third party.

Rules governing the registration and cancellation of an aircraft nationality and ownership, mortgage and lease thereof, nationality insignia , registration numbering and registration fees shall be fixed by MOTC.

The provisions of Article 11 to Article 14 and Article 16 to Article 19 of the Maritime Act shall apply to aircraft under joint ownership.

Except as otherwise specified in this act or other laws, aircraft shall not be detained, attached or provisionally attached from the time it takes off until completion of its flight.

Airworthiness standards for the aviation products, appliances and parts with regard to their design, manufacture, performance, operation limitations, flight and maintenance documentation shall be stipulated by CAA. Nevertheless, the airworthiness standards, which are generally used in international aviation practices and are deemed suitable for domestic use, can be adopted after CAA approval.
CAA may delegate a qualified agency, body or individual to perform the certification of aviation products, appliances and parts. Measures concerning qualifications, terms, obligations and supervision of those so delegated shall be enacted by MOTC.
CAA shall inspect/oversee the manufacturers of aviation products, appliances and parts with regard to their employees, facilities and operations. Those being inspected shall not refuse, avoid or obstruct such inspections. The inspected shall be notified of any deficiency found and given a time limit in which to effect improvement. CAA may suspend partial or entire operations of those who have any of the following violations:
1) Conduct manufacturing not in accordance with CAA approved documents.
2) Change quality systems without notifying CAA.
3) Mark unapproved aviation products and their appliances and parts as CAA approved.

Upon completion of manufacture of an aircraft, the aircraft manufacturer shall apply to CAA for a provisional registration. An aircraft with provisional registration may only be used in test flight or ferry flight.
Aircraft provisionally registered as per above shall not be subject to the constraints of the terms of owners set forth in Article 10, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3 and shall be exempt from charges for provisional registration.

A repair station that performs maintenance on aviation products, appliances and parts shall apply to CAA for certification, a repair station certificate will be issued upon certification.
The rules governing classification of ratings, manuals, maintenance records, airworthiness release, maintenance facilities, equipment, parts and qualification of personnel, the establishment of maintenance and quality assurance systems, application for certification, revision of ratings, issuance, cancellation and renewal, collection of certification fees for the repair station certificate etc., shall be prescribed by MOTC.
CAA shall inspect the repair station with regard to personnel, facilities and operations. The repair station shall not refuse, avoid or obstruct such inspections. In case of any noted deficiencies, the CAA shall inform the repair station and set a time limit to correct the deficiencies.