Court Organization Act Article 51

The Supreme Court shall have judges. The Supreme Court shall establish civil court divisions and criminal court divisions. The number of civil court divisions and criminal court divisions is determined by the case load. Each court division shall have one division chief judge, the position of which, in addition to being served concurrently by the president, shall be served concurrently by the other judges, to oversee various affairs of the court division.The Judicial Yuan may transfer judges of high courts, their lower courts, and their branches to serve in the Supreme Court, to carry out matters such as case procedure review and substantive review, legal issue analysis, data collection, and judgment drafting under the orders of a judge.When necessary, the Supreme Court may set up a judicial assistant position, which shall be filled by various professionals employed or contracted in accordance with the relevant laws. A judicial assistant shall carry out matters such as case procedure review, legal issue analysis, and data collection under the orders of a judge.The period during which a judge is transferred to serve in the Supreme Court, shall be counted towards their seniority of a judge.For those who possess the qualifications to practice as lawyers, the period during which they serve as a judicial assistant shall be counted towards their seniority of legal practice in accordance with the third paragraph.The provision of paragraphs 4 of Article 12 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Supreme Court.