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Article 28
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A unit responsible for legal and regulatory compliance shall carry out the following activities:
- Establish clear and adequate systems of advocacy of laws and regulations, consultation, coordination, and communication.
- Ensure that procedural and managerial bylaws are updated in a timely manner in response to applicable laws and regulations, so that operations are in compliance with all laws and regulations.
- Formulate the content of and procedures for assessing compliance with laws and regulations and monitor the periodic self-assessment of the implementation thereof by each unit.
- Administer adequate and proper legal training on laws and regulations to personnel of each unit.
- Monitor the compliance by domestic and foreign branch offices with the laws and regulations of the country in which they are located.
- Carry out such other activities as may be required by the competent authority.
If a service enterprise has established a foreign branch office, the unit responsible for overseeing legal compliance matters shall supervise the foreign branch office in handling the following matters:
- Matters to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations, including collecting information on local financial laws and regulations, implementing self-assessment of compliance with laws and regulations faithfully, ensuring suitability of the chief compliance officer and the adequacy of resources (including personnel, equipment, and training) for compliance with laws and regulations.
- Establishment of a mechanism for self-assessment and monitoring of legal compliance risks. If the scale of business is large, or the complexity or the degree of risk is high, a local external independent expert shall be engaged to verify the effectiveness of the mechanism for self-assessment and monitoring of legal compliance risks.
Self-assessment of compliance with laws and regulations shall be performed no less frequently than annually, with the results delivered to the compliance unit for future reference. The head of a unit shall designate a person responsible for performing self-assessment within that unit.
Working papers and materials in connection with the self-assessment under the preceding paragraph shall be retained for no less than 5 years.
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