Oath Act Article 8

Civil servants specified in Article 2 shall be deemed as not assuming office if they fail to take an oath in accordance with this Act; as stipulated in Paragraph 2 of Article 3, the positions of the civil servants who fail to take an oath on an alternative date shall be deemed vacant; as stipulated in Paragraph 3 of Article 3, failure to take an oath within three months shall be deemed as resignation. However, if the causes of failing to take an oath can not be attributable to the oath takers, these regulations shall not apply.