Business Case Adjudication Act 1. Draft of Business Case Adjudication Act

Tax 1. Proposal to Abolish Stamp Tax Act

Company Act 1. MOEA's Rulings in Relation to Quorum and Voting Threshold

Taxation 1. Implementation Date of Act on the Use and Taxation on the Inward Remittance of Overseas Funds

Statute for Industrial Innovation 1. Amendment to Article 12-1, Article 12-2, Article 19-1, Article 23-1 and Article 23-3 of Statute for Industrial Innovation

Electronic Payment 1. Amendment to Rules Governing the Administration of Electronic Payment Business

On 19 June 2019, the President announced an amendment to the Criminal Speedy Trial Act (Amendment). We summarize the key points below: (1) The cap on accumulated period of detention during the trial is shorten from 8 years to 5 five years, which will be enforced 1 year after the announcement of the Amendment.

Amendment to Article 251: In addition to food, agricultural products or other industrial or agricultural necessities, one who stocks up the living necessities designated by the Executive Yuan with the intention to inflate the price and refrains such objects from selling to the market without justifiable reasons shall be sentenced to imprisonment for no more than 3 years.

On 24 May 2019, the Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of the amendment to Communicable Disease Control Act.

For matters that an authorization of the government is required, any person without the authorization entering into an agreement with a foreign government or its agent shall be subject to an imprisonment of not less than five (5) years, detention, and/or a fine of not more than NTD 500,000; those who cause any injury to the citizen of the Republic of China shall be subject to life imprisonment or imprisonment for not less than seven (7) years.