Attorney Regulation Act Article 138

Attorneys who have joined two or more local bar associations before the implementation of this Act as amended on December 13, 2019 shall select one local bar association as the one to which they belong in accordance with Paragraph 1 or 2 of Article 24 hereof within two months after such amendment and implementation. The local bar association shall report such selection to the Taiwan Bar Association; which shall forward the report of such selection to the relevant local bar associations.In case of any attorney who fails to select the local bar association to which he/she belongs in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Taiwan Bar Association shall make the section on his/her behalf and notify the attorney and the relevant local bar associations within two months after such selection.After the local bar association is selected according to the rules of the preceding two paragraphs, the relationship between the attorney and other local bar associations will be changed to special membership, and his/her seniority of membership shall continue to increase, except that the attorney has applied for withdrawal from such bar associations by himself/herself.All local bar associations shall, within one month after the implementation of this Act as amended on December 13, 2019, notify their members of the selection of the local bar association to which they belong in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the effects of such selection, and the procedures for handling any non-selection in accordance with the foregoing two paragraphs.Each local bar association shall suspend any amendment to its charter before having confirmed whether their members are general members or special members in accordance with the foregoing four paragraphs; the local bar associations the term of whose directors, supervisors or member representatives has expired shall suspend any re-election thereof. The term of office thereof shall be extended until the completion of such re-election.Before the implementation of this Act as amended on December 13, 2019, the attorneys of local bar associations who have been elected member representatives and have been converted to special members of such bar associations may exercise their rights of voting, election or dismissal, or be counted in the attendance without being subject to the restrictions in Paragraph 4 of Article 11 hereof.