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CHAPTER III REGULATION
Article 13
An electronic game arcade business that has been issued the business rating certificate for electronic game arcade business shall purchase public accident liability insurance for its place of business before commencing operations, and shall renew the insurance within the period of operations; the required insurance scope and coverage shall be set by the central governing authority.
Article 14
An electronic game arcade business may provide prizes for customers to exchange or receive from directly handling the machine; the value of the prize in a restricted-rate electronic game arcade for each exchange or receipt may not exceed two thousand New Taiwan Dollars (NT$2,000); the value of the prize in a general-rate electronic game arcade for each exchange or receipt may not exceed one thousand New Taiwan Dollars (NT$1,000).
   An electronic game arcade business that conducts exchange may not engage in conduct under the following Subparagraphs:
(1) Provide cash, negotiable securities or other currencies as the prize.
(2) Purchase back the prize provided to the customer.
The value of the prize for exchange shall be based on the original purchasing invoice held by the operator.
The governing authority may adjust the upper limit of the prize value year by year based on commodity price fluctuation.
A non-for-profit public interest organization given approval of the central governing authority may operate public interest buyout stores to buy out prizes exchanged from restricted-rate electronic game locations.
Article 15
One who does not hold the business rating certificate for electronic game arcade business in accordance with this Act may not operate any electronic game arcade business.
Article 16
Any other profit-seeking enterprise that is not an electronic game arcade business may not offer its place of business for other people to place electronic game machines for operations.
Article 17
An operator that runs an electronic game arcade business shall abide by the following items of rules:
(1) A general-rate electronic game arcade shall prohibit entry and stay of persons under the age of fifteen during school hours and after 10 p.m.
(2) A restricted-rate electronic game arcade shall prohibit entry of persons under the age of eighteen.
(3) It shall hang the business rating certificate for electronic game arcade business on an obvious spot of the place of business.
(4) It shall mark the business rate and the entrant’s age limit on an obvious spot at the entrance of the place of business.
(5) It may not use real coins, credit cards, debit cards, cash cards, stored-value cards, or other electromagnetic records or chips used for debiting, withdrawing, transferring or paying on electronic game machines; the size, type or weight of tokens for entertainment use may not be identical or similar to that of real coins.
(6) It may not be involved in gambling, offenses against morals or other criminal conduct.
In carrying out rules set forth in Subparagraph (1) and Subparagraph (2) of the preceding Paragraph, employees of an electronic game arcade business may ask consumers to present proof of age.
Article 18
An electronic game arcade business or its place of business that voluntarily ceases operations for over one month shall file a report with the governing authority in the centrally-governed city or the county (city) before it ceases operations; the same rule applies when it resumes operations.
Article 19
An electronic game arcade business that is dissolving or terminating operations shall file a report with the governing authority in the centrally-governed city or the county (city) within fifteen days from the day following the day the fact occurs, and shall return for voidance the business rating certificate for electronic game arcade business.
Article 20
The governing authority in a centrally-governed city or a county (city) may periodically or non-periodically dispatch its personnel to inspect operations of an electronic game arcade, and the person-in-charge of the electronic game arcade business, the manager of the place of business or its employees may not avoid, hinder or reject the inspection.
When the governing authority in a centrally-governed city or a county (city) conducts the inspection set forth in the preceding Paragraph, it may invite related agencies such as urban planning, construction regulation, fire safety, environmental protection, and health to cooperate in the inspection, and may seek assistance from the police department when necessary.
Personnel that conduct the inspection set forth in Paragraph 1 shall take the initiative to present identification documentation.
Article 21
An electronic game arcade business may not place electronic game machines that have been banned via public announcement before this Act comes into force for entertainment of customers.