Mental Health Act Article 67
The first instance court related to the mandatory hospitalization of severe patients, the cessation of emergency placement, and the cessation of mandatory community treatment stipulated in this Act shall be conducted by a collegiate panel consisting of one judge as the presiding judge and two expert lay judges.As the court proceeding with the affairs referred to in the preceding Paragraph ends, the court shall immediately deliberate and announce its ruling. The following stipulations shall be observed during deliberation:1. The expert lay judges and the judge shall participate in the whole court procedure.2. During the deliberation, the expert lay judges comprising the specialist physician and the representative of the patient rights and interest advocacy groups, and the judge shall state their opinions in sequence.3. The decision of deliberations shall be made based on the majority of opinions.
中文原文 精神衛生法第67條
本法所定嚴重病人強制住院相關事件、停止緊急安置及停止強制社區治療事件之第一審，以法官一人為審判長，與參審員二人組成合議庭行之。
前項事件應於審理終結後，即時評議並宣示之；評議時應遵守下列規定：
一、參審員及法官應全程參與。
二、評議時應依序由專科醫師、病人權益促進團體代表之參審員、法官陳述意見。
三、評議以過半數之意見決定之。
前項事件應於審理終結後，即時評議並宣示之；評議時應遵守下列規定：
一、參審員及法官應全程參與。
二、評議時應依序由專科醫師、病人權益促進團體代表之參審員、法官陳述意見。
三、評議以過半數之意見決定之。