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Title: Act governing the administration of professional engineering consulting firms CH
Category: Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan(行政院公共工程委員會)
Chapter Five Supplementary Provisions
Article 36
Where a firm has been incorporated prior to enforcement of this Act and where its registered business lines include those set forth in Article 3 and where it has not obtained the technological consulting organization registration certificate in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Administration of Technological Consulting Organizations, such firm shall, within six months from enforcement of this Act, apply to the competent authority for permission and for issuance of the registration certificate for the professional engineering consulting firm. If it fails to complete such procedures within the specified time limit, the competent authority shall inform the competent authority in charge of incorporation registration to revoke its incorporation registration or revoke part of its registration.
Article 37
In case of a technological consulting organization which has obtained the technological consulting organization registration certificate in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Administration of Technological Consulting Organizations prior to enforcement of this Act, such organization shall, within two years from enforcement of this Act, apply for replacement into the registration certificate for the professional engineering consulting firm; If it fails to complete such procedures within the specified time limit, the competent authority shall abolish its original permission, revoke its technological consulting organization registration certificate, and inform the competent authority in charge of incorporation registration to revoke its incorporation registration or revoke part of its registration. In case of a foundational judicial person where the competent authority approves, such judicial person may apply for an extension within two years maximum. 
To the administration of the technological consulting organizations mentioned in the preceding paragraph, this Act is applicable. 
Article 38
The supporting certificates submitted under this Act, if in foreign language(s), shall be duly notarized or attested by the local notary public office or attesting institutions and shall be further accompanied with the Chinese translation version which duly authenticated or attested by the Republic of China’s embassy, consulate, representative office or other institutions authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  
Article 39
The competent authority may, as the actual requirements may justify, assign the matters required under this Act to the municipal, county (city) governments or consign non-government professional organizations to take charge.
Article 40
The competent authority shall issue public announcement upon issuance or replacement of the registration certificates for professional engineering consulting firms. The same procedures shall be handled in the event that the competent authority approves of a professional engineering consulting firm in suspending or resuming business operation.  
Article 41
For application for permission, review, attestation and issuance of certificates entertained under this Act, the permission fee, review fee, attestation fee and certificate fee shall be charged from the applicants. The criteria of the fees shall be prescribed by the competent authority. 
Article 42
All documents and formats required under the Act shall be prescribed by the competent authority.
Article 43
The Enforcement Rules of this Act shall be enacted by the competent authority.
Article 44
This Act comes into enforcement upon the date of promulgation.