電子簽章法

This provision states the law is enacted to promote the use of electronic signatures, ensure their security, and support digital economy, e-government, and digital services development. It also says the Judicial Yuan or the Ministry of Justice will announce provisions that do not apply to judicial procedures.

An electronic document is treated as sent from the sender’s business location and received at the recipient’s business location, unless the parties agree otherwise or an administrative authority announces אחרת.

第五條第一項至第三項及第八條第一項的適用，得依法排除；行政機關也可以另行公告第五條與第八條的應用技術及程序。

憑證機構須先將憑證實務作業基準送主管機關許可，才能提供簽發憑證服務；變更時也適用。

憑證機構終止服務前，必須先通報主管機關、安排業務承接、通知當事人，並移交檔案紀錄。

憑證機構原則上要賠償其認證作業造成的損害，但若能證明自己無過失，或已明確限制憑證使用範圍且損害是因逾越該範圍而生，則不負賠償責任。

Foreign-law certification authorities may be permitted by the competent authority to issue certificates with the same effect as domestic certificates if safety conditions are comparable and reciprocity or technical cooperation principles are met.

主管機關 must order a noncompliant certification body to correct the violation within a deadline, may fine it NT$1 million to NT$5 million, and may stop part or all of its business if the violation is not corrected on time or is serious.

If a certification authority falls within one of the listed violations, the competent authority must order correction and may impose a fine of NT$50,000 to NT$500,000.

If a certification institution commits one of the listed violations, the competent authority must order correction and may fine it NT$20,000 to NT$200,000.

主管機關應定期蒐集電子簽章的應用情形，並就國際法規與市場需求進行相關調查或研究，且每年公布結果。

This provision defines several electronic-signature-related terms and gives the competent authority power to announce technologies that have electronic signature effect.

修正施行前依原規定作成、用來排除本法適用的公告，原則上在修正施行日起一年後失效；主管機關同意時，最多可再延長一次，延長以二年為限。

The competent authority has power to prescribe the enforcement rules for this Act.

本法自公布日施行。

本法的主管機關是數位發展部。

Electronic documents and signatures that comply with the law are treated the same as physical documents and signatures, and their legal effect cannot be denied just because they are electronic.

在符合條件時，原本要求書面、簽名或蓋章的事項，可以改用電子文件或電子簽章；有相對人時，通常要先給對方反對機會並告知未反對視為同意。

An electronic document signed with a digital signature is presumed to be personally signed or sealed if the certificate comes from an approved certification authority and the certificate is still within its validity period and permitted use scope.

原本或正本可改用電子文件提出，但前提是內容能完整呈現且日後可取出供查驗；如需核對筆跡、印跡或法律另有規定，則不適用。

Certain records that must be kept in writing may instead be kept as electronic documents if the content can be fully presented and later retrieved for inspection.

Electronic documents are treated as sent or received at specified system-entry or retrieval times, unless the parties agree otherwise or an administrative authority announces אחרת.

Chapter 1: General Provisions.

Chapter on the management of digital signature certificate authorities.

This chapter is titled “Penalties.”

This is the heading for Chapter 5, Supplementary Provisions.

Chapter 5 is titled “Electronic Documents and Electronic Signatures.”