The Coast Guard Act｜第 4 條｜海岸巡防｜Act｜In Force
海洋委員會｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2019-06-21
While performing the duties specified in the preceding paragraph, the personnel of the Coast Guard may exercise the following powers without exceeding the extent of necessary: 1.Conduct security inspections on personnel, vessels, vehicles, other means of transport, or carried goods arriving at or departing from trading ports, on suspicion of their violation of the security law, when such suspicion is justified 2.Inspect inbound or outbound vessels or other means of transport or carried persons/goods at the Waters, the Coast, estuaries or non-trading ports, or any of these in the territorial waters, on suspicion of their violation of the law, when such suspicion is justified 3.Order vessels sailing at the Waters to show their identification documents, navigation records and any other navigation-related data, on suspicion of their violation of the law, when such suspicion is justified 4.Order vessels or other means of transport sailing at the Waters to stop sailing or return to port, on the basis of their appearance, flags, navigation modes, carried personnel or any other abnormal behavior, on suspicion of their violation of the law, when such suspicion is justified. In the event of disobedience, the personnel of the Coast Guard may enforce their commands by force. Nonetheless, the purpose of the use of force shall be nothing more than preventing a vessel or other means of transport from proceeding with its voyage 5.Pursue, board, inspect and/or expel, and even arrest, detain or have a lien upon, if necessary, a vessel or other means of transport sailing at the Waters, when it jeopardizes the interests, the order or the navigational safety of the Waters of the Republic of China 6.Perform other duties required by laws, treaties, agreements or international laws The personnel of the Coast Guard may, in an emergency, request neighboring vessels and the vessels’ personnel to assist them in exercising the aforesaid powers.