Local Government Act Article 46
The recall of the speaker or deputy speaker of the council of a special municipality or a county/city council, and the recall of a chairperson or vice chairperson of a township/city council shall be carried out in accordance with the following provisions:1. The motion for recall shall contain a full explanation of the grounds for recall and shall be signed by not less than one-third of the total number of councilors or representatives. The motion shall be prepared in original and duplicate copies, which shall be separately submitted to the Executive Yuan, Ministry of the Interion and the county government.2. Within seven (7) days of receipt of the motion stipulated in the preceding subparagraph, the Executive Yuan, Ministry of the Interior, and county government shall forward duplicate copies to the relevant councils to be forwarded within five (5) days to the office holder that is to be recalled. If there is to be a rebuttal, within seven (7) days of receipt of the motion, the office holder that is to be recalled shall submit a written rebuttal to the Executive Yuan, Ministry of the Interior, and county government, which shall in turn photocopy the motion for recall and the written rebuttal for forwarding to the councilors and representatives. The motion for recall may be photocopied and forwarded separately after said period.3. Within twenty-five (25) days of receipt of the motion for recall, the Executive Yuan, Ministry of the Interior, and county government shall convene a meeting to vote on the recall; the councilors and representatives in attendance shall vote on the recall through open ballots.4. The review of the motion for recall shall be attended by greater than half the total number of councilors and representatives, and the recall shall be effective only when approved by not less than two-thirds of those in attendance.5. If the motion for recall is denied, no further motion for recall shall be filed within the term of office of the office holder to be recalled.If the speaker or chairperson is the subject of the recall, the deputy speaker or vice chairperson shall chair the vote on the recall stipulated in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph. If the deputy speaker or the vice chairperson is the subject of a recall, the speaker or the chairperson shall act as the chair. If the speaker and deputy speaker or chairperson and vice chairperson are both the subjects of the recall, the councilors or representatives in attendance shall nominate a person from among themselves to act as the chair.Prior to its submission to the council, the motion for recall stipulated in Paragraph 1 may be rescinded with the approval of not less than two-thirds of the number of the original signees. After being submitted to the council, the motion for recall shall be rescinded only with the approval of all signees and only if the chair ensures there are no objections from any councilor or representative in attendance.
中文原文 地方制度法第46條
直轄市議會、縣(市)議會議長、副議長,鄉(鎮、市)民代表會主席、副主席之罷免,依下列之規定:
一、罷免案應敘述理由,並有議員、代表總額三分之一以上之簽署,備具正、副本,分別向行政院、內政部、縣政府提出。
二、行政院、內政部、縣政府應於收到前款罷免案後七日內將副本送達各該議會、代表會於五日內轉交被罷免人。
被罷免人如有答辯,應於收到副本後七日內將答辯書送交行政院、內政部、縣政府,由其將罷免案及答辯書一併印送各議員、代表,逾期得將罷免案單獨印送。
三、行政院、內政部、縣政府應於收到罷免案二十五日內,召集罷免投票會議,由出席議員、代表就同意罷免或不同意罷免,以記名投票表決之。
四、罷免案應有議員、代表總額過半數之出席,及出席總數三分之二以上之同意罷免為通過。
五、罷免案如經否決,於該被罷免人之任期內,不得對其再為罷免案之提出。
前項第三款之罷免投票,罷免議長、主席時,由副議長、副主席擔任主席;罷免副議長、副主席時,由議長、主席擔任主席;議長、副議長、主席、副主席同時被罷免時,由出席議員、代表互推一人擔任主席。
第一項罷免案,在未提會議前,得由原簽署人三分之二以上同意撤回之。
提出會議後,應經原簽署人全體同意,並由主席徵詢全體出席議員、代表無異議後,始得撤回。
一、罷免案應敘述理由,並有議員、代表總額三分之一以上之簽署,備具正、副本,分別向行政院、內政部、縣政府提出。
二、行政院、內政部、縣政府應於收到前款罷免案後七日內將副本送達各該議會、代表會於五日內轉交被罷免人。
被罷免人如有答辯,應於收到副本後七日內將答辯書送交行政院、內政部、縣政府,由其將罷免案及答辯書一併印送各議員、代表,逾期得將罷免案單獨印送。
三、行政院、內政部、縣政府應於收到罷免案二十五日內,召集罷免投票會議,由出席議員、代表就同意罷免或不同意罷免,以記名投票表決之。
四、罷免案應有議員、代表總額過半數之出席,及出席總數三分之二以上之同意罷免為通過。
五、罷免案如經否決,於該被罷免人之任期內,不得對其再為罷免案之提出。
前項第三款之罷免投票,罷免議長、主席時,由副議長、副主席擔任主席;罷免副議長、副主席時,由議長、主席擔任主席;議長、副議長、主席、副主席同時被罷免時,由出席議員、代表互推一人擔任主席。
第一項罷免案,在未提會議前,得由原簽署人三分之二以上同意撤回之。
提出會議後,應經原簽署人全體同意,並由主席徵詢全體出席議員、代表無異議後,始得撤回。