Public officials Election And Recall Act Article 83

After receiving the list of signatures for the joint-signature petition, the election commission shall examine the list of joint signers within forty days for the recall of legislators, special municipality councilors, mayors of special municipalities, and mayors of counties (cities), within twenty days for the recall of county (city) councilors, mayors of townships (cities) and chiefs of indigenous districts, and within fifteen days for the recall of township (city) representatives, indigenous district representatives , or chiefs of a villages (boroughs) and remove any signer to whom any of the following circumstances apply. Additionally, if the list of signatures for the joint-signature petition fails to reach the number of signers prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Article 81, the election commission shall directly announce that the recall proposal is not established:1. The signer is not in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 1 of Article 81.2. Paragraph 3 of Article 81 applies to the signer.3. The name, identification (ID) card number or address of the signer is recorded wrongly or unclearly.4.The signer has not signed or affixed their seal to the list of signatures for the joint-signature petition.5.The signature of the signer is forged.6.If the information recorded on the photocopy of the signer's Identification (ID) Card is unclear or the photocopy is indistinct, making it impossible to identify the singer's name, date of birth, address of the domicile and Identification (ID) Card number.If the list of signatures for the joint-signature petition referenced in the preceding paragraph is examined and the number of signatures is found to be insufficient, the election commission shall notify the primary person who proposed a recall to provide additional signatures within ten days; if the additional signatures are not provided within a specified time or if after providing additional signatures, the number of signatures still fails to reach the quota prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Article 81, the election commission shall announce that the recall proposal is not established and shall notify the primary person who proposed the recall of the signatures that were removed and their respective reasons for removal; if the number of signatures meets the prescribed quota, the election commission shall announce that the recall proposal is established.The provision of additional signatures specified in the preceding paragraph shall be limited to once only, and the list of additional signatures shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1.If any of the following apply, the persons who originally proposed the recall shall not be permitted to raise a recall proposal within one year against the same person who was previously subject to recall:1. It is announced that the recall is not established.2. The primary person who proposed the recall does not collect the list of signatures for the joint-signature petition within the specified timeframe specified in Paragraph 2 of Article 79, and the proposal is regarded as abandoned 3. The primary person who proposed the recall fails to provide the list of signatures for the joint-signature petition within the timeframe specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 80. The regulations governing the inspection procedures for the list of proposers and the list of signatures for the joint-signature petition for recall shall be determined by the Central Election Commission.
中文原文 公職人員選舉罷免法第83條
選舉委員會收到罷免案連署人名冊後,立法委員、直轄市議員、直轄市長、縣(市)長之罷免應於四十日內,縣(市)議員、鄉(鎮、市)長、原住民區長之罷免應於二十日內,鄉(鎮、市)民代表、原住民區民代表、村(里)長之罷免應於十五日內,查對連署人名冊,有下列各款情事之一者,應予刪除。
但連署人名冊不足第八十一條第一項規定之連署人數者,選舉委員會應逕為不成立之宣告:
一、連署人不合第八十一條第一項規定。
二、連署人有第八十一條第三項規定情事。
三、連署人姓名、國民身分證統一編號或戶籍地址書寫錯誤或不明。
四、連署人名冊未經連署人簽名或蓋章。
五、連署人連署,有偽造情事。
六、連署人之國民身分證正反面影本記載資料不明或影印不清晰,致不能辨認連署人之姓名、出生年月日、戶籍地址或國民身分證統一編號者。
前項連署人名冊,經查對後,如不足規定人數,由選舉委員會通知提議人之領銜人於十日內補提,屆期不補提或補提仍不足第八十一條第一項規定人數,選舉委員會應為罷免案不成立之宣告,並應將刪除之連署人及其個別事由列冊通知提議人之領銜人;連署人數符合規定者,選舉委員會應為罷免案成立之宣告。
前項補提,以一次為限。
補提之連署人名冊,應依第一項規定處理。
罷免案有下列情事之一者,原提議人對同一被罷免人,一年內不得再為罷免案之提案:
一、罷免案經宣告不成立。
二、未於第七十九條第二項規定期限內領取連署人名冊格式,視為放棄提議。
三、未於第八十條第一項規定期限內提出連署人名冊。
罷免案提議人名冊及連署人名冊查對作業辦法,由中央選舉委員會定之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.