醫藥食品：化粧品廣告即日起無須核准即得刊播

A Cosmetics Advertisement may be Published without Approval from now on

司法院於今（2017）年1月6日公布釋字第744號大法官解釋（以下簡稱「本號釋字」），就化粧品衛生管理條例（以下簡稱「本條例」）第24條第2項及第30條第1項有關化粧品廣告事前審查相關規定，認定其限制化粧品廠商之言論自由逾越必要程度而宣告違憲，系爭條文自解釋公布之日起失其效力。

Judicial Yuan Interpretation No.744, announced on 6th January 2017 (“the Interpretation”), ruled that Paragraph 2, Article 24 and Paragraph 1, Article 30 of the Statute for Control of Cosmetic Hygiene (“the Statute”) about prior censorship of cosmetics advertisements restrict the freedom of speech of the cosmetics industry to the extent exceeding necessity and hence, were unconstitutional. Said provisions are therefore nullified by the announcement date of this Interpretation. The descriptions about this Interpretation are as follows: