The Township and County-Administered City Mediation Act Article 12

The court under the first instance may transfer the following cases to the mediation committee for the mediation by a ruling:1. Where the cases are under the first paragraph of Article 403 of the Taiwan Code of Civil Procedures.2. Where the cases are suitable for the mediation regarding the ancillary civil action under the criminal procedure.3. Where other civil cases are suitable for the mediation.During the mediation period prescribed in preceding paragraph, the procedures of litigation shall be suspended. But, after two months the mediation committee received the transferral from the court and a successful mediation cannot be reached, the mediation committee shall return the case to the court and the procedures of litigation shall be proceeding.The ruling prescribed in the first paragraph of this Article shall not be appealed.