The Law of Ships｜第 11 條｜航政｜Act｜In Force
第 一 章｜交通部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2026-01-05
A yacht shall obtain a yacht certificate and a small ship shall obtain a certificate of small ship. The following documents shall be obtained for ships apart from those listed in the previous paragraph: 1. Certificate of Vessel's Nationality (Register) or Provisional Certificate of Vessel's Nationality (Register); 2. Ship Inspection Certificate or other certificates that shall be obtained pursuant to international conventions; those carrying large quantities of bulk solids, liquids, gaseous cargo, bulk cargo oil or dangerous goods shall have the instruments specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 33 and Paragraph 1 of Article 34. 3. Tonnage certificate; 4. Minimum Safe Manning Certificate; 5. Crew list; 6. Load Line Certificate. However, ships without technical need for assigning a load line is not subjected to this requirement pursuant to the provision of Article 51. 7. Passenger Ship Safety Certificate or Certificate of Fitness for ships carrying passengers; passenger ship shall prepare passenger register; however, passenger ship sails in the rivers and lakes, inland waterways, port areas and other waters designated by the competent authorities is not subject to this limit. 8. A passenger ship with a gross tonnage of 100 and above or the certified number of passengers of more than 150 built or imported from abroad after December 10, 2010 shall possess Certificate of Classification issued by the ship register institute commissioned by the competent authority 9. The passenger ships mentioned above which were built or imported from abroad before December 10, 2010 and have been sailing offshore and coastal areas for more than 20 years shall possess Certificate of Classification issued by the ship register institute entrusted by the competent authority since the first special inspection after one year from the date of implementing the amendments of the provisions of the Law on November 6,2018; those who have not been inspected during construction by the ship register institute commissioned by the competent authority shall obtain the drawing and calculation of the Naval Architect’s certification before applying for classification. 10. A passenger ship other than the first two paragraphs with ship age more than 20 years shall, from the first special inspection one year after the date of implementing the amendment of the provisions of the Law on November 6,2018, holds an effective ship condition assessment report issued by Naval Architect which is to be valid for a period of not more than two years. 11. Navigation and engine Logbook. 12. Other documents as announced by the competent authority. The shipping administration authority at the ship location may examine the documents of vessel in the first two subparagraphs at any time. The ship owner shall be ordered to apply for a change of registration, or replacement of the relevant certificates of vessel within one month when discrepancy is found. When examiners as mentioned in the preceding paragraph execute their duty, a document for the execution of such duty shall be presented. The examinees may refuse the request of those who fail to present such document. If the documents in Subparagraph 1 and 2 expire during a voyage, they should be considered still valid until the ship arrives at the port of destination