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Title: Assisted Reproduction Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter 7 Penal Provisions
Article 30
Whoever violates Article 15 or Subparagraphs 1 or 2 of Article 16 shall be punishable with imprisonment for not more than five years, and may additionally be fined not more than NT$1.5 million.
Article 31
Whoever engages in the business of sale or brokering of reproductive cells or embryos in respect of profit shall be punishable with imprisonment for not more than two years, detained and/or fined between NT$200,000 and NT$1 million.
Article 32
Whoever violates Article 10; Article 13, Paragraph 1; or Subparagraphs 3,4,5,6,7,or 8 of Article 16 shall be fined between NT$200,000 and NT$1 million.
Article 33
Whoever violates Paragraphs 1 or 2 of Article 6, Paragraph 1 of Article 8, or Article 11 shall be fined between NT$100,000 and NT$500,000.
Article 34
Whoever violates Paragraph 1 of Article 7, Paragraph 3 of Article 8, Paragraph 1 of Article 9, Article 12, Article 20, Article 21, Article 22,or any subparagraph of Paragraph 1 of Article 27 shall be fined between NT$30,000 and NT$150,000.
Whoever violates Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, or 4 of Article 21 shall be subject to the penalties in the proceeding paragraph and shall also be ordered to make improvement within a prescribed period; failure to comply with such improvement orders within said period may subject to consecutive fines.
Article 35
Physicians in violation of Paragraph 1 or 2 of Article 6, Paragraph 1 of Article 8, Article 10, Article 11, Article 15, or Article 16 shall be subject to disciplinary sanctions as provided in the Physician Act.
Article 36
Whoever obtains consent described in Paragraph 1 of Article 23, or Paragraph 1 of Article 24 by fraud or coercion shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three years.
Whoever solicits or abets another person to commit the crimes as described in the proceeding paragraph, shall be guilty of the crime and punished.
Any violation of this article shall be indictable only upon complaint.
Article 37
Any permit issued to an assisted reproduction institution pursuant to Paragraph 1 or 2 of Article 6 may be revoked by the competent authority where one of the following conditions is satisfied:
1. The holder of the permit has been punished under Article 32.
2. The representative, an employee, or other working personnel of a medical care institution violated Article 30, and his/her the sentence has been confirmed.
Where an assisted reproduction institution violates Paragraph 1 or 3 of Article 8, Article 11, Article 20, Paragraph 5 of Article 21, or Article 22, the competent authority shall order the institution to cease performing assisted reproduction or accepting, storing, or providing reproductive cells within a prescribed period in addition to imposing the penalties as prescribed in Articles 33 or 34,
An assisted reproduction institution whose permit has been revoked under the proceeding Paragraph 1 may not re-apply for a permit as prescribed in Paragraph 1 or 2 of Article 6 within two years after the effective date of revocation.
Article 38
The fines prescribed in this Act shall be imposed by the special municipality or county or city government.