Act for Establishment of Railway Technology Research and Certification Center Article 7

The Center shall have a Board to be composed of 7 to 15 directors provided there shall always be an odd-number of directors; one of them shall serve as the chairperson of the Board. All of directors shall be selected by the competent authority from the following persons:1. Officials of government agencies, government-owned or private transportation enterprise organizations in charge of the relevant business;2. Domestic or foreign experts as well as scholars specializing in research or well-experienced in railway technology; and3. Persons considered fair and impartial by society.The directors selected and appointed by the competent authority under the preceding paragraph may be replaced with another person selected at any time who shall serve the remaining term of the predecessor.The directors appointed or replaced in accordance with the preceding two paragraphs shall become effective upon the arrival of the appointment or replacement notice to the Center in accordance with the content of such notice.Directors shall serve a term of 3 years, and may be re-appointed upon expiry of the term. The number of re-appointed directors shall not exceed two-thirds of the total number of directors to be appointed at the same time.The directors in the preceding paragraph serving concurrently as public servants whose office changes following the change of their official posts shall not be counted in the number of directors to be re-appointed or the total numbers to be selected and appointed.A director removed from office prior to expiry of such director’s tenure due to resignation, death or inability to exercise duties for any causes may be replaced with another who shall serve the remaining term of the predecessor.