Mental Health Act Article 69

The expert lay judges shall exercise their functions and powers independently in accordance with the law and without any interference. Unless otherwise provided by law, their functions and powers are the same as those of judges.The expert lay judges shall perform their duties fairly and honestly in accordance with the law, shall not act in a way detrimental to judicial justice and credibility, and shall not disclose secrets from the deliberation and other secrets known in the course of performing their duties.If expert lay judges are in one of the circumstances stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 42 and various Subparagraphs of Paragraph 1 of Article 43 of the Judges Act, or there are specific facts and evidence that are sufficient to determine that it could be difficult to expect the performance of their duties to be fair, the President of the Judicial Yuan may, with the consent of the Judicial Selection Committee, discharge their duties.