The hastily introduced regulation were incomplete, however, making no provision for penalties, resulting in a law that stood in name only. For several years customs officials have been intercepting smuggled rhino horn, but have had no means to prosecute the smugglers, and this fact has been used against Taiwan.
但倉促製定的法令卻不夠周延，缺乏罰則，造成有名無實，幾年來海關雖不斷截獲犀角走私，卻無法將走私客繩之於法，成為國際最大的口實。