Court Organization Act Article 18
This English translation was last updated on 2024-11-29, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-05-13. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
A district court shall establish an Investigation and Protection Office, staffed by investigation officers for juvenile affairs, protection officers for juvenile affairs, investigation officers for family affairs, psychological test specialists, psychological counselors, and assistants. If the total number of investigation officers for juvenile affairs, protection officers for juvenile affairs and investigation officers for family affairs is two or more, then there may be one position of the Chief Investigation and Protection Officer. If the total number is six or more, jobs may be divided into sections. The position of the section chief shall be served concurrently by an investigation officer for juvenile affairs, protection officer for juvenile affairs or investigation officer for family affairs. There will be no separate staffing for section chief.The position rankings of investigation officers for juvenile affairs, protection officers for juvenile affairs and investigation officers for family affairs are grades 7 to 9 of the recommendation rank; among the investigation officers for juvenile affairs, protection officers for juvenile affairs and investigation officers for family affairs of the classification 1 of district courts or their branches specified in the appendix of paragraph 1 of Article 11, two of them may be ranked in the 10 grade of the selection rank; the position ranking of the Chief Investigation and Protection Officer is grade 9 of the recommendation rank to grade 10 of the selection rank; the position rankings of psychological test specialists and psychological counselors are grades 6 to 8 of the recommendation rank; the position rankings of assistants are grades 4 to 5 of the elementary rank, and up to one half of the assistants may have the ranking of grade 6 of the recommendation rank.
中文原文 法院組織法第18條
地方法院設調查保護室，置少年調查官、少年保護官、家事調查官、心理測驗員、心理輔導員及佐理員。
少年調查官、少年保護官及家事調查官合計二人以上者，置主任調查保護官一人；合計六人以上者，得分組辦事，組長由少年調查官、少年保護官或家事調查官兼任，不另列等。
少年調查官、少年保護官及家事調查官，薦任第七職等至第九職等；第十一條第一項附表所定第一類地方法院或其分院之少年調查官、少年保護官及家事調查官，其中二人得列簡任第十職等；主任調查保護官，薦任第九職等至簡任第十職等；心理測驗員及心理輔導員，薦任第六職等至第八職等；佐理員，委任第四職等至第五職等，其中二分之一得列薦任第六職等。
少年調查官、少年保護官及家事調查官合計二人以上者，置主任調查保護官一人；合計六人以上者，得分組辦事，組長由少年調查官、少年保護官或家事調查官兼任，不另列等。
少年調查官、少年保護官及家事調查官，薦任第七職等至第九職等；第十一條第一項附表所定第一類地方法院或其分院之少年調查官、少年保護官及家事調查官，其中二人得列簡任第十職等；主任調查保護官，薦任第九職等至簡任第十職等；心理測驗員及心理輔導員，薦任第六職等至第八職等；佐理員，委任第四職等至第五職等，其中二分之一得列薦任第六職等。