The Township and County-Administered City Mediation Act Article 3

The mediation committee members (hereafter referred to as“the members”) shall be nominated by the mayor of township and county-administered city from the men of eminent fairness, within the administrative district, who have legal knowledge or other expertise and good reputation. After nominating the candidates, twice the number of the members, the relevant information of the candidates, including name, educational attainment, and experience, shall be submitted to the district court or branch courts and the district Prosecutors' Offices or their branches within the same jurisdiction to jointly review and select the qualified candidates to be the assigned members. After submitting the selecting result to the county government for future reference, the selected candidates shall be appointed by the county government and shall serve a term of four years. Re-selection and re-appointment for the continuous term(s) shall be through the same processes.Any vacant seat of the members may be replaced. Should the amount of the vacant seats be more than one third of the total of the committee and the rest of the current term is still more than one year, the vacant seats shall be replaced.The remaining term of service for the replacement shall be until the term of other incumbent members referred to in the preceding paragraph is expired.The quota of the seats of the committee for women as the members shall not be less than one forth of the total.