Detention Act Article 5
To ensure the principle of transparency and to protect the rights and interests of defendants, an independent external inspection panel shall be set up for detention centers. The panel shall consist of three to seven members, each serving a term of two years without pay. The supervisory authority shall report the member candidates to the Ministry of Justice for approval before appointing the members.The members specified in the preceding paragraph shall be selected from experts and scholars in the field of law, medicine, public health, psychology, crime prevention, or human rights. Neither gender shall constitute less than one-third of all members.The inspection panel shall conduct inspections and submit quarterly reports on matters related to the operations of a detention center and the rights and interests of defendants. The detention center shall submit such reports through the supervisory authority to the Ministry of Justice for reference and publish the reports in an appropriate public manner where relevant competent authorities will respond to and handle matters related to the report.Regulations governing the qualifications, appointment (dismissal), inspection method, and authority of the inspection panel members specified in the three preceding paragraphs, the production, submission and publication period of inspection report, and other relevant matters shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Justice.
中文原文 羈押法第5條
為落實透明化原則，保障被告權益，看守所應設獨立之外部視察小組，置委員三人至七人，任期二年，均為無給職，由監督機關陳報法務部核定後遴聘之。
前項委員應就法律、醫學、公共衛生、心理、犯罪防治或人權領域之專家學者遴選之。
其中任一性別委員不得少於三分之一。
視察小組應就看守所運作及被告權益等相關事項，進行視察並每季提出報告，由看守所經監督機關陳報法務部備查，並以適當方式公開，由相關權責機關回應處理之。
前三項視察小組之委員資格、遴（解）聘、視察方式、權限、視察報告之製作、提出與公開期間等事項及其他相關事項之辦法，由法務部定之。
前項委員應就法律、醫學、公共衛生、心理、犯罪防治或人權領域之專家學者遴選之。
其中任一性別委員不得少於三分之一。
視察小組應就看守所運作及被告權益等相關事項，進行視察並每季提出報告，由看守所經監督機關陳報法務部備查，並以適當方式公開，由相關權責機關回應處理之。
前三項視察小組之委員資格、遴（解）聘、視察方式、權限、視察報告之製作、提出與公開期間等事項及其他相關事項之辦法，由法務部定之。