Local Government Act Article 56
County/city governments shall have a magistrate/mayor, who shall represent the county/city in external affairs and administer the affairs of the county/city and shall oversee the self-government of townships/cities under their jurisdiction. The magistrate/mayor shall be popularly elected to a term of four (4) years and may be re-elected to a second term. The county/city government shall have two (2) deputy magistrates/deputy mayors who shall assist the magistrate/mayor in handling county/city affairs and shall hold a position equivalent to Grade 13. The deputy magistrates/deputy mayors shall be appointed by the magistrate/mayor and the appointment shall be submitted to the Ministry of the Interior for recordation.County/city governments shall have a secretary general, who shall be appointed and dismissed by the magistrate/mayor in accordance with the Civil Service Employment Act, and a deputy secretary general, who shall be appointed and dismissed by the magistrate/mayor in accordance with law. Excluding the heads of the departments of budget, accounting and statistics, personnel, police, taxation, and government ethics, who shall be appointed and dismissed in accordance with specific laws governing personnel administration, one half of the total heads of first-level units and subordinate first-level agencies may be employed by the magistrate/mayor as political appointees with positions equivalent to Grade 12. The remaining half of the heads of first-level units and subordinate first-level agencies shall be appointed and dismissed by the magistrate/mayor in accordance with law.Deputy magistrates/deputy mayors and heads of departments and agencies who hold positions equivalent to Grade 12 shall resign their positions when the magistrate/mayor completes their term, resigns, is dismissed, or in the event of the magistrate/mayor’s death.Magistrates/mayors elected pursuant to Paragraph 1 shall take their oath of office on the day the term of the previous administration ends.The provisions of Paragraphs 1 and 2, as amended on November 21, 2025, shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
中文原文 地方制度法第56條
縣（市）政府置縣（市）長一人，對外代表該縣（市），綜理縣（市）政，並指導監督所轄鄉（鎮、市）自治。
縣（市）長由縣（市）民依法選舉之，每屆任期四年，連選得連任一屆。
置副縣（市）長二人，襄助縣（市）長處理縣（市）政，職務比照簡任第十三職等，均由縣（市）長任命，並報請內政部備查。
縣（市）政府置秘書長一人，由縣（市）長依公務人員任用法任免；置副秘書長一人，由縣（市）長依法任免之；其一級單位主管及所屬一級機關首長，除主計、人事、警察、稅捐及政風之主管或首長，依專屬人事管理法律任免，其總數二分之一得列政務職，職務比照簡任第十二職等，其餘均由縣（市）長依法任免之。
副縣（市）長及職務比照簡任第十二職等之主管或首長，於縣（市）長卸任、辭職、去職或死亡時，隨同離職。
依第一項選出之縣（市）長，應於上屆任期屆滿之日宣誓就職。
中華民國一百十四年十一月二十一日修正之第一項及第二項規定，自一百十五年一月一日施行。
縣（市）長由縣（市）民依法選舉之，每屆任期四年，連選得連任一屆。
置副縣（市）長二人，襄助縣（市）長處理縣（市）政，職務比照簡任第十三職等，均由縣（市）長任命，並報請內政部備查。
縣（市）政府置秘書長一人，由縣（市）長依公務人員任用法任免；置副秘書長一人，由縣（市）長依法任免之；其一級單位主管及所屬一級機關首長，除主計、人事、警察、稅捐及政風之主管或首長，依專屬人事管理法律任免，其總數二分之一得列政務職，職務比照簡任第十二職等，其餘均由縣（市）長依法任免之。
副縣（市）長及職務比照簡任第十二職等之主管或首長，於縣（市）長卸任、辭職、去職或死亡時，隨同離職。
依第一項選出之縣（市）長，應於上屆任期屆滿之日宣誓就職。
中華民國一百十四年十一月二十一日修正之第一項及第二項規定，自一百十五年一月一日施行。