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Title: Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act CH
Category: Ministry of Health and Welfare(衛生福利部)
Chapter 2 Prevention and Reporting
Article 8
Within the scope of their duties and responsibilities, the competent authorities and the competent regulatory authorities shall, taking into account the call for the prevention of sexual assault and the recognition of diverse cultural differences, take the initiative to plan for the prevention, promotion, education, and other necessary measures (against sexual assault), and shall fully collaborate with other relevant agencies in any prevention operations (against sexual assault) engaging other relevant agencies.
Article 9
All schools at the senior secondary education level or other lower levels shall hold at least two (2) hours of courses on the prevention of sexual assault each semester.
The sexual assault prevention courses referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall teach students the following:
1. respect for the sexual autonomy of others;
2. awareness of sexual assault crimes;
3. how to deal with sexual assaults;
4. techniques to prevent sexual assaults; and
5. other education related to the prevention of sexual assaults.
Preschools shall hold courses on the education and promotion regarding the prevention of sexual assault.
Agencies, troops, schools, institutions, or employers with more than thirty (30) members, employees, or service personnel shall regularly conduct, or encourage their affiliated personnel to attend, training on the prevention of Sexual Assault Crimes.
Article 10
Courts, prosecutors offices, judicial police agencies, and medical institutions shall allocate specially trained officers designated to handle sexual assault cases.
The specially trained, designated officers referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall take at least six (6) hours of training courses on the prevention of sexual assault each year.
The agencies specified in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall duly provide education and training to enrich the competence and expertise of judicial police, judicial police officers, prosecutor’s investigators, prosecutors, or judges who investigate or try sexual assault cases involving children or persons with mental disabilities. The abovementioned education and training shall include courses on how to interrogate (examine) children or persons with mental disabilities involved in such cases.
The medical institutions referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall be designated by the central competent authority and shall establish medical teams that handle sexual assault cases.
Article 11
Medical workers, social workers, educational workers, nursing personnel, preschool educators, police officers, labor administration staff, judicial officers, immigration officers, officers of corrective institutions, and village (township) officers who become aware of any circumstances suspected to be any Sexual Assault Crime while performing their duties shall report such circumstances to the competent local authority of the respective special municipality or county (city) within twenty-four (24) hours following their awareness of such circumstances.
Unless the law provides otherwise, the content of the report, the name and address of the reporter, and any information sufficient to identify the said reporter, as referred to in the preceding Paragraph, shall be kept confidential.
Upon receiving a report described in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the competent authority of the special municipality or county (city) shall immediately send personnel to assess the needs of a Victim (or Victims) and provide (the said Victim(s) with appropriate) services.
Article 12
When the competent authority of a special municipality or county (city) receiving a report described in Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article learns that the actor(s) is (or are) a child (or children) or a teenager (or teenagers), the said competent authority should, pursuant to relevant laws and regulations, refer the said actor(s) to the respective competent authorities for (obtaining) education, psychological therapy or counseling, legal counseling, or other services.
Article 13
An internet platform provider, an internet application service provider, or an internet access service provider, who learns of any circumstances suspected to be any Sexual Assault Crime from any Internet content protection agencies, competent authorities, police agencies, or other agencies, shall spontaneously restrict the browsing of, or remove, webpage materials related to any such crimes.
The crime-related webpage materials referred to in the preceding Paragraph, as well as the personal data and Internet usage records of any suspect, shall be kept for one hundred eighty (180) days and shall be provided to judicial and police agencies for investigations.