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Title: Regulations Governing Water Recreation Activities CH
Category: Ministry of Transportation and Communications(交通部)
Chapter 2: Special Provisions
Section 3: Canoeing Activity
Article 22
The term "canoeing activity" means the use for activity on water of a boat that is long and narrow in structure, is not equipped with mechanical means of propulsion, and is propelled by means of a paddle.
Article 23
A person engaging in canoeing activity shall not do so alone in a single vessel, and shall wear a life-vest that has a whistle attached to it.
Article 24
Anyone taking customers to engage in canoeing activity shall abide by the following rules:
1. Shall be equipped with wireless communication equipment that has a rescue and reporting mechanism, and shall require that it be carried by those taking customers on canoeing activity.
2. Customers being taken to engage in canoeing activity shall be organized into groups, with one person as a leader, and each group consisting of no more than twenty persons or ten canoes.
3. A person taking customers to engage in canoeing activity shall be fully familiar with the conditions at the activity location, and accurately inform the participants thereof, including at least informing them of the time limit of the activity, the speed of the water current, dangerous areas, and the concepts and rules of environmental protection.
4. Rescue buoys shall be carried on every activity.