Implementation Regulations for the Parole of Prisoners Article 8

A parole board member shall withdraw from the case on his/her own initiative and may not exercise his/her functions if one of the following events has occurred in the parole case:1. The member is or was the spouse, family within 4 degrees of kinship, marital family within 3 degrees of kinship, parent, or family member of the prisoner.2. The member had acted or acts as the agent, attorney or assistant of the prisoner.3. The member is or was the victim, or the spouse, family within 4 degrees of kinship, marital family within 3 degrees of kinship, parent, or family member of the victim.In case of having actual facts showing that a parole board member may not be impartial, the prisoner may submit request to challenge the parole board member with reasons and facts stated.The parole board shall resolve the request set forth in the preceding paragraph and document the resolution. The prison shall notify the prisoner about the main point of the resolution in written form.In the event that the prisoner does not accept the dismissal made by the parole board over his/her application under the preceding two paragraphs, the prisoner may only raise objections when initiating a secondary review or filing an administrative litigation against the substantive decision.The chairman of the parole board meeting shall at his/her own initiative, order the withdrawal when the chairman is well aware of any ex officio member or external member is under circumstances set forth in Paragraph 1 and has not withdrawn from the case on his/her own initiative, and has not been challenged by the prisoners.Members who withdraw in accordance with Paragraphs 1 and 5 shall not be counted into the number of attending members for that case, and shall be documented as record.