Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act Article 63-1

If the difference between number of votes received by the candidates with the highest and second highest number of votes is within 0.3% of the total number of valid ballots, within seven days after election day and in accordance with Article 110, the candidates with the second highest number of votes may submit a petition to a court with proper jurisdiction for the list of qualified voters and ballots at all or a portion of the polling stations to be sealed. The recount of the ballots at sealed polling stations shall be completed within forty days and the result of the recount shall be reported to the Central Election Commission. According to the result of the ballot recount that was overseen by the court with proper jurisdiction and within seven days, the Central Election Commission shall re-examine the outcome of the election. If public notice has already been issued for the election of a candidate who according to the result of the re-examination has not been elected, the notice shall be rescinded; if public notice has not already been issued for the election of a candidate who was actually elected, public notice of the outcome of the election shall be re-issued.The petitioner referenced in the preceding paragraph shall clearly indicate in writing the polling stations where there shall be a recount of the ballots and shall pay a deposit of a fixed amount. The said amount shall be calculated as NT$3 per ballot cast at the polling station.The location of the ballot recount shall be selected by the court with proper jurisdiction, and the list of qualified voters and each ballot from the sealed polling station shall be individually confirmed.The court with proper jurisdiction that is handling the recount shall notify each candidate, or their designated personnel, to be present for the recount of the ballots and shall enlist assistance from the special municipality or county (city) election commission, township (city/district) offices, or polling station workers.If the result of the ballot recount does not alter the result of who was elected, the deposit shall not be returned. If the result of the recount alters the result of who was elected, the deposit shall be returned.If a person files a lawsuit related to the election, and the list of qualified voters and ballots from a polling station is sealed in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1, that person shall not be permitted to apply for a recount of the ballots.The expenses required for the ballot recount specified in Paragraph 1 shall be paid from the budget of the Central Election Commission.