The nationwide meteorological, seismological, and marine meteorological forecast(s) and warning(s) shall be centralized issued by the CWA.　 However, the military meteorological organizations and the CAA meteorological affiliate, for exclusive needs of the military or aviation safety, and an entity with the approval under Paragraph 1 of Article 18, shall not be governed under this Article.
The regulations regarding the types, contents, procedures of issuance, lifting, and dissemination of the forecast(s) and warning(s) shall be enacted by the MOTC in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

With the approval of the CWA, a government agency, institution, organization, or individual may issue weather or marine weather forecasts, but cannot issue any warning(s) or hazardous weather forecast(s) of torrential rain and typhoon.
When issuing the approved forecasts in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the complete title of the government agency, institution, organization, or the full name of the forecaster shall be noted. When issuing the approved hazardous weather forecast(s), the corresponding warning(s) or hazardous weather forecast(s) issued by the CWA shall be noted simultaneously.
The regulations governing the conditions and duration of an approval, its contents, operating procedures, annulment and the criteria therefor, and other relevant items shall be established by the MOTC in accordance with Paragraph 1 of this article.

The media and news agencies shall timely and precisely disseminate the weather, earthquake, and marine weather forecast(s) and warning(s) issued by the CWA. Any error appearing in the preceding coverage shall be corrected promptly after receiving notification from the CWA.
When reporting weather or marine weather forecast(s) not issued by the CWA, the corresponding forecast(s) issued by the CWA shall be noted simultaneously in accordance with the terms of Paragraph 2, Article 18.