Chapter 4: Penalty provisions
Article 16
If a certification authority whose certification practice statement has not been approved by the competent authority provide the service of issuing certificates in violation of the requirement of the first half of Paragraph 1 of Article 12, the competent authority may order it to make correction within a time limit, and may impose a fine at a minimum of NT$1 million but not exceeding NT$5 million; if the correction has not been made upon expiration of such time limit, the fine may be imposed for each violation. If violation of the certification authority is severe, the competent authority may also suspend its operation in part or in whole.
Article 17
If a certification authority has any of the following circumstances, the competent authority may order it to make correction within a time limit, and may impose a fine at a minimum of NT$ 50 thousand but not exceeding NT$500 thousand; if the correction has not been made upon expiration of such time limit, the fine may be imposed for each violation:
(1) it provides the service not in compliance with the approved certification practice statement.
(2) it provides the service of issuing certificates according to contents of the modified certification practice statement, which has not been filed for approval in accordance with the requirement of the second half of the Paragraph 1 of Article 12.
Article 18
If a certification authority has any of the following circumstances, the competent authority may order it for correction within a time limit, and may impose a fine at a minimum of NT$20 thousand but not exceeding NT$200 thousand; if the correction has not been made upon expiration of such time limit, the fine may be imposed for each violation:
(1) if fails to publish the approved certification practice statement or the approved modification thereof on its website in accordance with the requirement of Paragraph 2 of Article 12.
(2) it fails to give a notice within the prescribed period, fails to provide a notice or to process the transfer within the prescribed period before termination of its service in accordance with requirement of Subparagraph 1, Subparagraph 3 or Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 1 of Article 13.