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Chapter One: General Principles
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Article 1
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(Purpose of Legislation)
For making a sound disaster prevention and protection system, enhancing its functions, in order to protect the safety of people’s lives, bodies, properties and conserve the homeland, the Act was enacted especially.
Other laws shall become applicable to any other affairs related to disaster prevention and protection not regulated in the Act.
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Article 2
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(Definition)
Terminology of the Act was defined as following:
1. Disaster: hazards caused by any of the following disasters:
(1) Natural disasters including windstorm, flooding, earthquake, drought, frost, and debris flow; and
(2) Fire, explosion, public gas, fuel pipe line and power transmission line failure, mining disasters, air crash, shipwreck, land traffic accidents, forest fire, toxic chemical materials disaster.
2. Disaster Prevention and Protection：Refers to measures including mitigation and preparedness before disaster, response actions during disaster, and recovery after disaster.
3. Plans of Disaster Prevention and Protection: including the Basic Plan, operation plan and regional plan of disaster prevention and protection.
4. Basic Plan of Disaster Prevention and Protection: refers to the nationwide disaster prevention and protection plan authorized by the Central Disasters Prevention and Protection Council.
5. Operation Plan of Disaster Prevention and Protection: refers to the Disaster Prevention and Protection plan prepared by the central regulating authorities of disaster prevention and protection business or the public enterprises for their respective business or administrative functions.
6. Regional Plan of Disaster Prevention and Protection: refers to the municipal government, county (city), or township (city) office disaster prevention and protection plan respectively authorized by the municipal government, county(city), or township(city) Disaster Prevention and Protection Council.
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Article 3
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(Central Regulating Authorities of Disaster Prevention and Protection)
Prevention, response and recovery for all types of the disasters, the following agencies shall be the central regulating authorities for the disaster prevention and protection:
1. Windstorm, earthquake, fire, explosion: Ministry of the Interior;
2. Flooding, drought, public gas, fuel pipeline and power transmission line failure, mining disasters: Ministry of Economic Affairs;
3. Frost, debris flow, forest fire: Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan;
4. Air crash, shipwreck and land traffic accidents: Ministry of Transportation and Communications;
5. Toxic Chemical Materials: Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan;
6. Other disasters: the central regulating authorities of Disaster Prevention and Protection business designated by Central Disasters Prevention and Protection Council.
The preceding paragraph prescribing the central regulating authorities for the disaster prevention and protection, shall be in charge of disaster prevention and protection business in following missions:
1. Command, supervision, and coordination of the central regulating authorities and municipal government, county (city) government for disaster prevention and protection.
2. Draft and implementation of amended disaster prevention and protection operation plan.
3. Support and deal with disaster prevention and protection works.
4. Deal with noncompliance of Act in non-local administrative areas.
5. Where the disaster region involves the sea area and crosses over two municipal governments or county (city) governments, or where the disaster situation is significant and the municipal government or the county (city) government is unable to coordinate and process in due time.
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Article 4
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(Regulating Authorities)
The regulating authorities of the Act, at the central level shall be Ministry of the Interior; municipality, the municipal government; and county (city), the county (city) government.
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Article 5
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(Essential Measures & Report)
The central regulating authorities of disaster prevention and protection may take essential measures of law, administration and finance for the purpose of Disaster Prevention and Protection, and shall report such actions to Legislative Yuan.
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Chapter Two: Disaster Organization
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Article 6
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(Missions of Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council)
The Executive Yuan established the Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council in charge of the following missions:
1. To define the basic disaster prevention and protection guidelines;
2. To authorize Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan and the disaster prevention and protection operation plans of the central regulating authorities;
3. To authorize important disaster prevention and protection policies and countermeasures;
4. To authorize emergency response and countermeasures in case of nationwide disaster;
5. To supervise, evaluate the performance of disaster prevention and protection of the central administration, municipal, and county(city) governments; and
6. To carry out any other items as regulated by the law or regulations.
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Article 7
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(Organization of the Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council)
There shall be one each of a convener and a deputy convener to be respectively chaired by the Premier and the Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan; and several commissioners to be assigned or employed on part-time basis from the incumbent ministers without portfolio, governors of related agencies, disaster prevention and protection experts and scholars by the Premier of the Executive Yuan for the Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council.
To carry out the disaster prevention and protection policy authorized by the Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council and to promote major disaster prevention and protection duties and actions, the Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan shall also chair the National Disasters Prevention and Protection Commission, allocated with full-time staffs organized in different divisions to deal with related business. The organization is enacted by the Executive Yuan.
To provide disaster prevention and protection consultation, facilitate research, development and implementation of disaster prevention and protection technology, and fortify disaster prevention and protection policies and measurements, the National Disasters Prevention and Protection Commission shall establish a Disaster Prevention and Protection Expert Consultation Committee provided, and may also institute National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction.
To execute its disaster prevention and protection business, Ministry of the Interior shall found National Fire and Disaster Prevention and Protection Agency.
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Article 8
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(Missions of Municipal, County (City) Disaster Prevention and Protection Council)
The municipal, county (city) governments establish the municipal, and county (city) disaster prevention and protection councils in charge of the following missions:
1. To authorize the regional disaster prevention and protection plan of the municipality, or county (city);
2. To authorize essential disaster prevention and protection policy and countermeasures;
3. To authorize emergency response and countermeasures in case of disaster within its jurisdiction;
4. To supervise and evaluate related items of disaster prevention and protection within its jurisdiction; and
5. To carry out any other items as regulated by the law or regulations..
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Article 9
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(Organization of the Municipal, and County (City) Disaster Prevention and Protection Councils)
There shall be one convener and one or two deputy convener to be respectively chaired by the administrator and deputy administrator of municipal, county(city) government; and several commissioners to be assigned or employed on part-time basis from the military representatives, governors of related agencies and divisions, disaster prevention and protection experts and scholars by the municipal, county(city) mayor for the municipal, or county(city) disaster prevention and protection council.
To deal with the affairs of the municipal, or county (city) disaster prevention and protection council, the municipal, or county (city) government shall institute a dedicated unit to handle.
To provide consultation for disaster prevention and protection works, the municipal, or county (city) disaster prevention and protection council may establish disaster prevention and protection experts consultation committee.
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Article 10
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(Missions of Township (City) Disaster Prevention and Protection Council)
The township (city) offices establish the township (city) disaster prevention and protection councils in charge of the following missions:
1. To authorize the regional disaster prevention and protection plan developed for the township (city);
2. To authorize essential disaster prevention and protection policy and countermeasures;
3. To promote emergency response and countermeasures in case of disaster;
4. To promote community disaster prevention and protection affairs; and
5. To carry out any other items as regulated by the law or regulations.
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Article 11
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(Organization of Township (City) Disaster Prevention and Protection Councils)
There shall be one each of a convener, a deputy convener and several commissioners for the township (city) disaster prevention and protection council. The mayor of the township (city) shall be the convener; the chief secretary or secretary of the township (city) office shall be the deputy convener; and representatives from divisions designated in the regional disaster prevention and protection plan shall be assigned or employed as the commissioners on part-time basis.
To deal with the affairs of the township (city) disaster prevention and protection council, the mayor of the township (city) shall designate divisions to handle.
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Article 12
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(Establishment of Local Disaster Response Center)
In case of disaster takes place or the risk of a disaster presents, the convener of the municipal, county(city), or township(city) disaster prevention and protection council shall depending on the severity of the disaster create and direct a disaster response center to prevent disaster or effectively promote disaster response countermeasures, and to be the commander.
The establishment timing, procedure and grouping of above-mentioned disaster response center shall be enacted by the municipal, county (city) governments or township (city) office.
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Article 13
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(Establishment of Central Disaster Response Center)
In case of a major disaster or risk of such major disaster presents, the minister of the central regulating authorities of disaster prevention and protection shall decide to establish Central Emergency Operation Center based on the severity, nature, conditions and influential factors, shall immediately report to the convener of Central Disasters Prevention and Protection Council and shall have the convener appoint a Central commander.
After the establishment ofCentral Emergency Operation Center, the municipal government or county (city) government shall be immediately notified to establish the disaster response center based on the severity or the need to contact.
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Article 14
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(Establishment of Emergency Response Teams)
To handle disaster prevention and protection affairs or coordinate with the disaster response center of each tier in executing disaster response countermeasures in case of a disaster or risk of disaster presents, any agency, division or public enterprises designated in the disaster prevention and protection operation plan and regional disaster prevention and protection plan shall establish emergency response teams to execute all the response measures.
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Article 15
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(Joint Operation of Disaster Prevention and Protection Councils & Civil Defense Mobilization and Preparation System)
The disaster prevention and protection council at each tier shall joint the civil defense mobilization and preparation system in implementing affairs related to disaster prevention and protection, response and convoking with the enforcing regulation to be duly enacted jointly by Ministry of the Interior and related ministries.
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Article 16
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(Establishment of Search & Rescue Organization)
To deal with the response affairs of major disaster rescue, the National Fire and Disaster Prevention and Protection Agency of the Ministry of the Interior shall establish the Special Search and Rescue Team and the Training Center; while the municipal, or county(city) government shall establish a search and rescue organization.
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Chapter Three: Plan of Disaster Prevention and Protection
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Article 17
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(Draw-up & Review of Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan)
The Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan shall be drawn up by the National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission, through the authorization of Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council, and then been informed in writing by the Executive Yuan to all central regulating authorities of disaster prevention and protection business, and municipal, county (city) governments to handle disaster prevention and protection affairs accordingly.
The Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan referred in the first paragraph herein shall be periodically reviewed, and from time to time if required.
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Article 18
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(Contents of Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan)
The Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan shall include:
1. Overall long-term disaster prevention and protection plan;
2. Essential items of disaster prevention and protection operation plan and regional disaster prevention and protection plan; and
3. Any other items deemed as necessary by the Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council.
The Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan, disaster prevention and protection operation plan and the regional disaster prevention and protection plan referred in the first paragraph shall include following contents:
1.Related affairs of Disaster prevention;
2.Related affairs of Disaster emergency response and countermeasures;
3.Related affairs of recovery and reconstruction after disaster; and
4.Any other items deemed as necessary by the other administrative agencies, public enterprises, and municipal, county (city) and township (city) Councils.
Any disaster prevention and protection plan and disaster prevention and protection related regulations enacted by administrative agencies according to any other laws should not be contradictory to the Act.
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Article 19
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(Draw-up and Report for Approval Procedure of Disaster Prevention and Protection Operation Plan of Public Enterprises)
Public Enterprises shall draw up the disaster prevention and protection operation plan according to the Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan, and seek the authorization from the central regulating authorities of object enterprises.
The central regulating authorities of disaster prevention and protection business shall, within their jurisdiction, draw up the disaster prevention and protection operation plan according to the Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan, seek the authorization from Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council for implementation.
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Article 20
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(Draw-up & Report for Approval Procedure of Regional Disaster Prevention and Protection Plan)
The executive units of municipal, or county(city) disaster prevention and protection council shall draw up regional prevention and protection plan according to the Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan, related disaster prevention and protection operation plans and potential characteristics of regional disasters, seek the authorization from respective disaster prevention and protection councils for implementation and report to the Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council for reference.
Any regional disaster prevention and protection plan as set forth in the first paragraph herein shall never contradict to the Disaster Prevention and Protection Basic Plan and related disaster prevention and protection operation plans.
Township (City) office shall draw up regional disaster prevention and protection plan according to the disaster prevention and protection plan drawn by its superior organization and potential characteristics of regional disasters, seek the authorization from respective disaster prevention and protection councils for implementation and report to the superior disaster prevention and protection council for reference.
Any regional disaster prevention and protection plan as set forth in the preceding paragraph shall never contradict to the superior disaster prevention and protection plan.
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Article 21
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(Conflict solution)
Any pending conflict between disaster prevention and protection operation plans or regional disaster prevention and protection plans shall be reported to Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council of Executive Yuan for settlement.
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Chapter Four: Disaster Prevention
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Article 22
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(Work Items for Disaster Occurrence Reduction or Expansion Prevention)
To reduce the occurrence or prevent further expansion of disaster, various tiers of governments depending on its functional authorities shall depending on its functional authorities implement following mitigation affairs:
1. Draft, budget preparation, execution and review of the disaster prevention and protection plans;
2. Education, training and propaganda of disaster prevention and protection;
3. Research and development or application of results of disaster prevention and protection technology;
4. Mountain treatment, flood control and other conservation of homeland;
5. Inspection, reinforcement and maintenance of old building, important public building and disaster prevention and protection facilities and equipment, and improvement of urban disaster prevention and protection mechanism;
6. Observation, collection, analysis and establishment of essential meteorological, geological, hydraulic and other related information required for disaster prevention and protection;
7. Investigation of disaster potentials, hazardous degree, situation simulation and risk analysis, and publication of results as applicable;
8. Signature of mutual support agreement related to disaster prevention and protection among local governments and public enterprises;
9. Promotion, guidance, assistance, and encouragement to prevention and protection group and community voluntary organization of disaster prevention and protection;
10. Plan and promotion of disaster insurance;
11. Disaster prevention and protection supports for the disadvantaged minority;
12. Establishment, exchange and international cooperation of disaster prevention and protection information network;
13. Any other affairs related to disaster prevention.
Various tiers of governments shall depending on its functional authorities include the mitigation affairs under the preceding paragraph to each prevention and protection plan.
Public enterprises shall depend on its disaster prevention and protection operation plan to implement mitigation affairs.
Pursuant to Item 7 of Para. 1 documents to be published, regions, operational procedure and other related items of the disaster potentials,shall be reimbursed with the procedure to be enacted by the central disaster prevention and protection operation regulating authorities and the municipal government, or county(city) governments.
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Article 23
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(Preparation of Emergency Response Measures)
To effectively execute emergency response measures, various tiers of governments and related public enterprises depending on its functional authorities shall implement the following preparedness affairs:
1. Preparedness of disaster prevention and protection organizations;
2. Training and drill of disaster prevention and protection;
3. Disaster monitoring, forecast, warning announcement and facility reinforcement;
4. Collection, notification of Disaster situation and establishment, maintenance and reinforcement of communication facilities for commanding;
5. Storage and inspection of supplies and facilities for disaster prevention and protection;
6. Preparedness and inspection of facilities and equipments for disaster prevention and protection;
7. Improvement, reinforcement or detachment of barriers to disaster response countermeasures;
8. Coordination in international disaster rescue supports; and
9. Any other preparation affairs required for emergency response.
Various tiers of governments shall depending on its functional authorities to include the preparedness affairs under the preceding provision to each prevention and protection plan.
Public enterprises shall depend on its disaster prevention and protection operation plan to implement preparedness affairs.
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Article 24
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(Measures of Emergency Refuge)
In a case of a disaster or where there is a concern of a disaster, the municipal government, county (city) governments, or the township (city) office shall advise or force people to evacuate and provide proper settlement to protect the safety of people’s lives and properties or prevent further expansion of disaster.
In the scope of necessary response to the disaster, the municipal government, or county (city) governments, and township (city) office shall advise or force the owner of objects or items that may expand the disaster or interrupt the rescue to except the object or item, and to take applicable actions.
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Article 25
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(Training and Drill of Disaster Prevention and Protection)
Governments of various tiers and related public enterprises shall implement training and drill of disaster prevention and protection:
To implement such training and drill of disaster prevention and protection as specified in the first paragraph herein, all the employees from the governments and public enterprises, residents and other public, private schools, groups, companies and factories are obligatory to participate or provide assistance.
Any one who participates in the training and drill as specified in the preceding paragraph shall be granted with a official leave from his organization, schools, groups, companies and factories.
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Article 26
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(Assignment of Full-time Disaster Prevention and Protection Staff)
Various tiers of governments and related public enterprises shall assign full-time staff to execute disaster prevention works.
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Chapter Five: Disaster Response Countermeasures
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Article 27
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(Work Items of Imposing Emergency response countermeasures)
To execute emergency response measures, various tiers of governments shall depending on its functional authorities implement the following subparagraphs:
1. Disaster alarm announcement and delivery, response and alert, people evacuation, rescue and refuge advise, information collection of disaster situation and survey report of loss;
2. Delimitation of precaution zone, traffic control, order maintenance and crime prevention;
3. Fire fighting, flooding prevention and other response measures;
4. Providing temporary accommodation, Social rescue and special protection measures for the disadvantaged minority;
5. Emergency cares for the children, youths and students suffered from the disaster;
6. Emergency handling of hazardous materials, facilities and equipments;
7. Infectious disease prevention and control, reject processing, environment disinfection, inspection of food sanitation and any other public health affairs;
8. Search and rescue, emergency medical service and transportation of the injured;
9. Assist inspection and disposal of the bodies of victims and their belongings;
10. Supply and allotment of livelihood products and potable water;
11. Disaster prevention and emergency repair of water conservancy and agriculture;
12. Emergency repair of public facilities including railway, highway, bridge, mass transportation, rapid transit system, airport, seaport, public gas and fuel pipeline, power transmission line, telecommunication, tap water, and agricultural fishery.
13. Emergency evaluation of hazardous building;
14. Preservation and disposal of drift, sunk objects and other objects from the salvation;
15. Complete documentation of the disaster response course; and
16. Any other affairs taken in response to disaster and prevention from its expansion.
Various tiers of governments shall depending on its functional authorities include the response affairs under the preceding paragraph to each prevention and protection plan.
Public enterprises shall depend on its disaster prevention and protection operation plan to implement response affairs.
Pursuant to Item 13 of Para. 1, applicable disaster types, timing of implementation, operating personnel, procedure, posting of danger signs in case of emergency evaluation of hazardous building shall be enacted by Ministry of the Interior.
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Article 28
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(Commanding Authority & Operation Venue of Disaster Response Center)
Upon creating the disaster response center at each tier, the governor of every grouping organization shall either in person or designate personnel of functional authority to station in the center and execute the disaster response works. Then the response center commander shall be in charge of commanding, coordination and integration.
Each tier of disaster response center shall maintain a permanent venue for its operation, keep sufficient equipments of disaster prevention and protection, and hold periodical drills.
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Article 29
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(Integration, Grouping and Training of Disaster Prevention and Protection Resources)
Deleted.
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Article 30
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(Responsibility to Notify Disaster Situation and Take Essential Measures)
Anyone shall take initiative to report any disaster or the risk of a disaster to the fire or police department, the village master or secretary.
Upon receiving the report, the department or the personnel as set forth in the preceding paragraph shall promptly take essential measures.
Upon discovering, being notified of a disaster situation or the risk of a disaster, the government at each tier and the public enterprises should take the initiative to collect and communicate related information on the disaster situation and promptly make necessary disposal.
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Article 31
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(Items of Disposal or Injunction made subject to the extent for disaster response)
After establishment of disaster response centers, the commander of the disaster response center may, subject to the extent necessary for disaster response, make the following affairs under the name of various tiers of governments:
1. Announcement and execution of emergency response measures.
2. Delimit a precaution zone to limit or forbid people to enter or order to leave by issuing temporary pass.
3. Specify some interval within a road, water area, and/or an air altitude to limit or forbid passages of vehicles, sea vessels and aircrafts;
4. Requisition related professionals, technicians and operating personnel for purchased resources for their assistance in rescue;
5. Requisition and purchase of private searching dog, salvation tools, vehicles, sea vessels, or aircrafts, land, water rights, buildings and work objects;
6. Command, supervise and coordinate among national army, fire department, police department, related government agencies, public enterprises, organization of reserve force, civil defense organization, community disaster prevention and protection groups and civil voluntary organizations of disaster prevention and protection in carrying out disaster rescue works.
7. Demolish of hazardous building, work object, and removal of barriers in the site of disaster;
8. Having the top priority to use the media and communication equipment to collect and broadcast the disaster situation and related information of emergency response;
9. File, attend, displace and coordinate overseas disaster relief organization in Taiwan.
10. Organize, calculate, report and evaluate disaster situation.
11. Any other required response disposal.
In the event that any one in distress by violating the requirements set forth in Article 31.2 and 31.3 has been rescued by the disaster response center, the disaster response center may send a written request for the reimbursement of salvation expenses from the one so rescued or the responsible enterprise; executive agency, timing and procedure to make the reimbursement request shall be enacted by Ministry of the Interior.
Pursuant to Item 6 of Paragraph 1, grouping, training, assisting disaster relief and other affairs of the civil defense organization, community disaster prevention and protection groups and civil voluntary organizations of disaster prevention and protection shall be enacted by Ministry of the Interior.
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Article 32
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(Injunction Taken to the Essential Supplies Dealer for the Implementation of Disaster Response Countermeasures)
For the purpose of implement those countermeasures set forth in Article 26.1 and 27.1, government at each tier may issue injunctive order to dealers who manufacture, transport, vend and are in custody of those supplies needed for the implementation, to have those supplies under custody or requisition.
To execute the penalty under the preceding paragraph, the government may dispatch personnel with ID to enter the business place of any of those businesses or the place where the materials are stored for inspection.
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Article 33
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(The Range, Method and Duration for Civilian to Claim for Damage Amends)
Any civilian sustaining loss to his/her properties as a result of the disposal, injunctive action or order made pursuant to Article 24.2, Article 31.1, and Article 32.1 of the Act may claim for damage amends unless such loss is attributable to the civilian.
Pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the damage amends shall be paid in money and at a sum not greater than the loss as incurred.
The claim shall be honored by the government when confirmed after investigation within two years. But no claim for damages will be accepted when filed five years or longer after the date of the loss sustained.
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Article 34
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(The Item and Procedure of Request Superior Organization to Support in Disaster Disposal)
If the township (city) office fails to cope with a disaster, the county (city) government shall take the initiative to send its employees to provide the support, or assign coordinators to provide support and assistance as requested by the township (city) office.
If the municipal, or county (city) government fails to cope with a disaster, the central disaster prevention and protection operation regulating authorities shall take the initiative to send its employees to provide the support, or assign coordinators to provide support and assistance as requested by the municipal, or county (city) government.
Items and procedure of support referred in the first two paragraphs herein shall be separately enacted by the central disaster prevention and protection operation regulating authorities and the county (city) government.
If the municipal, or county(city) government, or the central disaster prevention and protection operation regulating authorities fails to cope with the disaster, it may request supports from the national army in a procedure to be jointly enacted by Ministry of the Interior and related government agencies.
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Article 35
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(Classification, Content and Announcement of Alarm Signal Required in Emergency response)
Unless otherwise provided by other laws, the classification, content, method and announcement timing of alarm signals needed during the emergency response, shall be drawn up by each central disaster prevention and protection operation regulating authorities to seek the approval from the Central Disaster Prevention and Protection Council for publication.
Alarm signals referred in the first paragraph and any similar signals shall not be used unless otherwise permitted.
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Chapter Six: Recovery & Reconstruction after Disaster
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Article 36
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(Implementation of Recovery & Reconstruction after Disaster)
Various tiers of governments and related public enterprises shall implement recovery and reconstruction after a disaster according to applicable laws and disaster prevention and protection plan while encouraging the civil organizations and enterprises to provide supports.
1. Investigate, study, evaluate and analyze disaster situations and needs of victims.
2. Authorize and implement program and proposals for recovery and reconstruction after a disaster.
3. Record and allot volunteers.
4. Distribute and handle donated resources and money and allocate relief.
5. Attend to casualties, settle people and order maintenance in disaster areas.
6. Medical care, epidemic prevention and psychological counseling.
7. Rebuild school dormitories and its supplementary public facilities.
8. Schooling and boarding of affected students.
9. Approve or assist the drafting of urgent repair and recovery of heritage, historical sites and buildings.
10. Emergency responses, including investigation of damage of heritage, historical sites and buildings, urgency repair and reinforcement.
11. Safety evaluation and handling of damaged structures.
12. Recovery of houses, public buildings, urban renewal and handling of land ownership.
13. Repair utilities including water conservancy, soil and water conservation, environmental protection, tele-communications, electricity, water, oil and gas, and regulate resource supplies.
14. Repair tracks, roads, bridges, mass transportation, airports, ports and agriculture and fisheries.
15. Environment disinfection and reject processing.
16. Employment services for people and reconstruction of industry.
17. Other issues related to recovery and reconstruction.
Various tiers of governments shall depending on its functional authorities include the mitigation affairs under the preceding paragraph to each prevention and protection plan.
Public enterprises shall depending on its functional authorities depend on its disaster prevention and protection operation plan to implement mitigation affairs.
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Article 37
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(Creation & Dismissal of Reconstruction Promotion Commission)
To execute recovery and reconstruction after a disaster, government at each tier may create a tasking commission to promote the reconstruction with members assigned from all agencies concerned. The organizing regulation of such a commission shall be set forth by the respective government.
The reconstruction promotion commission may only be dismissed upon the completion of the recovery and reconstruction after a disaster.
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Article 37-1
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In case of traffic interruption or where damage of public utilities concerns safety of people due to occurrence of disaster, various tiers of government shall simplify administrative procedures and shall not be subject to Regional Planning Act, Urban Planning Law, Water and Soil Conservation Law, Slopland Conservation and Utilization Act, Forest Law, Water Act, National Park Law and other restrictions from related laws or acts in order to make urgency repairs or reconstruction.
Simplified administrative procedures and measures not subject to related laws or acts under the preceding paragraph shall be reimbursed with the procedure to be enacted by the central disaster prevention and protection operation regulating authorities and the municipal government, or county (city) governments.
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Article 37-2
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Where normal living conditions are affected due to occurrence of natural disaster, various tiers of government shall, in terms of delimiting, acquiring, altering, evaluating, managing, protecting land and building, simplify administrative procedures and shall not be subject to Regional Planning Act, Urban Planning Law, Construction Law, Urban Renewal Regulation, Environmental Impact Assessment Law, Water and Soil Conservation Law, and other restrictions from related laws or acts in order to provide proper settlement for disadvantaged minority or to adopt recovery measures.
Simplified administrative procedures and measures not subject to related laws or acts under the preceding paragraph shall be reimbursed with the procedure to be enacted by the central disaster prevention and protection operation regulating authorities and the municipal government, or county (city) governments.
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Chapter Seven: Penal Provisions
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Article 38
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(Penalty on Violation of Requisition, Priority Use or Custody)
Any of the following offenses shall be subject to a penal sum not less than NT$100,000 and not greater than NT$500,000:
1. Noncompliance with Item 4 or 5 of Para.1 of Articles 31.
2. Noncompliance with Para. 1 of Article 32.
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Article 39
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(Penalty on Violation of Delimitation, Mandatory Demolishment & Abuse of Alarm Signals)
Any of the following offenses shall be subject to a penal sum not less than NT$50,000 and not greater than NT$250,000:
1. Noncompliance with Para. 2 of Article 24, and Item 2 and 3 or Item 7 of Para.1 of Article 31.
2. Noncompliance with Para. 2 of Article 35.
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Article 39-1
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(Reimbursement Request for Salvation Expenses)
Deleted.
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Article 40
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(Penalty on Violation of Emergency Response Measures and Inspection)
Any of the following offenses shall be subject to a penal sum not less than NT$30,000 and not greater than NT$150,000:
1. Avoidance, interference or refusal with the inspection prescribed in Para. 2 of Article 32.
2. Major damage caused by public enterprises violating Para. 3 of Article 22, Para. 3 of Art. 23, Para. 3 of Article 27, Para. 3 of Article 30 or Para. 3 of Article 36.
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Article 41
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(Cumulative Penalty Crime in Disaster)
Any one taking advantage of a disaster to commit larceny, blackmail, robbery, or loot shall be subject to punishment by the criminal law with an additional 50% penalty to the principal sentence.
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Article 42
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(Compulsory Execution)
Deleted.
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Chapter Eight: Supplementary Provisions
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Article 43
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(Adjustment & Application of Disaster Prevention and Protection Expenditures)
Expenditures needed to implement disaster prevention and protection under the Act shall be duly prepared with the budgets by the government at each tier according to those affairs to be undertaken as set forth in the Act.
Receipts and expenditures of the current fiscal year may be adjusted as applicable without being subject to Articles 62 and 63 of Budget Act when such adjustment is required in the event that the budget prepared for the expenditures of disaster prevention and protection is insufficient to pay the costs of the response measures during the disaster, and the recovery and reconstruction after the disaster.
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Article 43-1
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Municipal government, county (city) governments unable to undertake expenditures arising from major natural disasters shall request subsidy from Central Government.
Pursuant to the preceding paragraph, timing of the application for the subsidy, qualifications, guidelines, and request procedure shall be reimbursed with the procedure to be enacted by Executive Yuan.
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Article 44
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(Loans of Reconstruction Funds & Tax Deduction, Exemption or Suspension)
National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission shall promptly cause the financial institutions to provide loans at lower interest rate to meet the funds required for reconstruction by the people from the disaster affected areas.
National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission shall enact the ceiling amount of the loans, interest subsides, and loan operation procedure for the purpose of the first paragraph herein. The ceiling amount for interest subsides shall be paid from the budget prepared by the government of each tier. In deciding the range of interest subsides, the extent of damage the people suffered from the disaster and their capability of independent reconstruction shall be taken into consideration.
National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission shall no later than the commencement to levy taxes for the current fiscal year after the incidence of the disaster or the next fiscal year immediately followed set forth tax deduction, exemption or suspended levy pursuant to the Act.
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Article 45
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(Application of Civil Donation for Disaster Relief)
Any and all civil donations for disaster relief shall be applied in general by the government on conditions that the government shall respect the comments of the donators to have the donations to be exclusively applied for affairs directly related to disaster relief. No donations shall be applied for payments of administrative or operation costs. Detailed accounts of payments made from the donations shall be published.
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Article 46
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(Commendation of Disaster Prevention Merits)
Any prevention and protection group, prevention and protection voluntary organization or individual who has given extraordinary contributions to engage in disaster prevention and protection works shall be duly commended by the government of each tier.
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Article 47
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(Compensation for the Wounded and Dead Suffered from Carrying out Disaster Prevention and Protection Action)
Any one becomes injured, ill, handicapped, or dead in the course of carrying out disaster prevention and protection action under the Act, payment(s) may be claimed according to applicable requirements related to his/her regular job.
In the event that the claim set forth in the first paragraph herein is prevented from claiming payments, the payment(s) shall be paid according to the following requirements by referring to that permitted for the voluntary fire fighter; and the government shall prepare the budget for the payments of expenditures required:
1.Injury or ill: a certificate for such injury or ill issued by the government shall be produced to a public hospital or a contracted hospital to receive medical care: Provided, however, that medical care may be sought from any hospital in case of emergency.
2.Handicapped: the disabled payment shall be paid in a lump sum depending on the gravity of the injury as follows:
(1) Extremely severe and severe degree: 36 cardinals;
(2) Intermediate degree: 18 cardinals; or
(3) Mild degree: 8 cardinals.
3.Death in the event: 90 cardinals of pension is payable in a lump sum
4.Handicapped and then dead within one year after the event: payment in a lump sum to make up the deficiency as provided in the preceding subparagraph.
For the purpose of this Article, the amount of one cardinal shall not be less than that of a monthly remuneration of an annual remuneration payable to a civil servant of the fifth post rank.
The authentication of the disabled degree set forth in the second paragraph shall be determined pursuant to “The Physically and Mentally Disabled Protection Act” and related regulations.
When any payment already claimed under the first paragraph herein is lower than that specified in Subparagraphs 2 through 4 of the second paragraph shall be made up the deficiency to the claimant.
Payments to be made under the second paragraph and the deficiency to be made up as provided in the preceding paragraph of this Article shall be issued by the government.
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Article 47-1
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When a person is missing due to disaster, the prosecution institution, after detailed investigations, shall issue the death certificate based on its authority or the application made by the inheriting person, if there is a sufficient fact to acknowledge that the person died due to disaster even though the body has not been found yet.
The application in the foregoing paragraph shall be made within one year after the disaster.
The missing person in the first paragraph is presumed to be dead at the time written in the death certificate.
If the missing person still survives, the prosecutor may void the death certificate based on its authority or the application made by the missing person himself, or the applicant in the first paragraph, or an interested party.
When the body of the missing person is found after the prosecution institution issued the death certificate, according to the law, the body shall undergo an autopsy, and the autopsy certificate is issued, and the death certificate issued before shall be voided.
The revocation of the death certificate authenticity in the last two paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis for Article 640 of The Code of Civil Procedure.
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Article 48
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(The Enactment of Disaster Prevention and Protection Category and Standard)
Categories and standards for the purpose of supports to be provided for the disaster shall be unified and specified jointly by the central disaster prevention and protection operation regulating authorities and the municipal, or county (city) governments.
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Article 49
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(Reimbursement Regulations for Carrying out Requisition)
Any requisition or purchase made under the Act shall be reimbursed or compensated with the guidelines, procedures, payment methods and other related matters to be enacted by Ministry of the Interior.
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Article 50
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(Certification of Civil Voluntary Organization of Disaster Prevention and Protection)
Registration and work permit for prevention and protection group of the emergency response measures or prevention and protection voluntary organization shall make recordation with the municipal government, county (city) government; filing requirements of recordation, expiry date, withdrawal, abandonment, guidance and other matters shall be prepared by Ministry of the Interior.
The government shall insure against accident insurance and help provide salvation equipment for prevention and protection group or prevention and protection voluntary organization in record under the preceding provision.
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Article 51
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(Enforcement Rules)
The Enforcement Rules of the Act shall be enacted by Ministry of the Interior.
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Article 52
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(Effective Date)
The Act shall take effect to enforce on and after the date of promulgation.
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