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Taipei Municipal Self-Government Ordinance for Management of Information Leisure Service Providers
(2002-4-25 Enacted)
Enacted and promulgated by Taipei Municipality Decree (91) Fu-Fa (3) Zi No. 09112037300 on April 25, 2002
  • Chapter 3 Management
  • Article 10 Those have not applied for registration of profit-seeking enterprises in accordance with this Self-Government Ordinance shall not conduct businesses on computer games.
  • Article 11 Computer game providers shall abide by the following: 1.Shall not admit people less than fifteen years of age, unless accompanied by parent(s) or guardian(s), into the business sites. 2.Shall not provide computer games with contents classified as Restricted to people less than eighteen years of age. 3.Business sites shall be partitioned as Area of General Games and Area of Restricted Games. People less than eighteen years of age shall not be admitted into Area of Restricted Games. 4.Shall not involve with gambling, offense acts against morals and manners (customs), or other criminal offenses. 5.Shall not redeem or provide trophies. 6.Shall not provide computer games with various functions of starting bonuses, deposit bonuses or multiplication, with the characteristics of putting up stakes or lottery. 7.Shall not install computer controller(s) or counter(s) with various functions of starting bonuses, deposit bonuses, or accumulation, or equivalents. 8.Shall not conduct entrance control and set up box seats. Partition screens, when necessary, shall be removable and open to public access. 9.Company license and certificate of profit-seeking enterprise shall be suspended in conspicuous places. 10.Smoking shall not be allowed in business sites. Signs prohibiting smoking shall be installed in conspicuous places. 11.Concentration of carbon dioxide shall be kept under 0.15%. 12.A 15 minute average indoor Equivalent Sound Pressure in business sites shall not exceed 85 dBA, while maximum sound level at any given instant shall not exceed 115 dBA. 13.The indoor illumination of business sites shall be kept above 300 LLX. 14.Scripts, pictures, or aphorisms reminding consumers to rest their eyes and excise their bodies on a regular basis shall be marked in business sites.
  • Article 12 Computer game providers shall not admit people less than eighteen years of age into business sites from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. the next day Monday through Friday, and from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. the next day during Saturdays and official holidays. Computer game providers shall mark aphorisms of the preceding paragraph in conspicuous places at the entrance.
  • Article 13 Computer game providers shall install anti-gambling, anti-pornography servers or relevant computer software/hardware checked, tested, and approved by telecom or the competent authority, and Closed Circuit Television surveillance systems. Closed Circuit Television surveillance systems shall be in operation throughout business hours taking in the whole site. Videotaped data shall be kept for a specific period and supply to relevant government organizations for viewing against any accidental happenings. The specific period stated in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the competent authority.
  • Article 14 Computers in business sites of the computer game providers shall be equipped with installations to store the historical files of viewed web pages and shall be put into action during business hours. The historical files of viewed web pages shall be kept for a specific period and supply to relevant government organizations for viewing against any accidental happenings. Neither alternation nor deletion shall be made during such period. The specific period stated in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the competent authority.
  • Article 15 The competent authority may dispatch personnel to examine the operation of computer game providers. Owners of the computer game provider, managers of the business sites, and employees shall not evade, interfere with, or reject such examination. During the examination stated in the preceding paragraph, the competent authority may, when it is necessary, co-examine the operation with relevant government organizations in charge of taxes and levies, urban planning, building administration, police, fire fighting, environment conservation, hygiene, press office, education, social welfare, labor inspection, and information center.
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