Regulation For The Implementation Of The Self-discipline Of Judges At The Courts Of All Levels Article 3

The Self-Discipline Committee shall be organized by the judge representatives, with the president being an ex officio member.For a court that has not more than ten judges, the Self-Discipline Committee shall comprises three judges representatives (including the president) as its members; if the numbers of all judges should exceed ten, a new committee member shall be added for each additional ten, odd numbers less than ten shall be counted as ten. The maximum of committee members shall not exceed nine.For the committee members other than the president, two-thirds shall be elected through secret ballot by all the judges of the court, and one-third shall be designated by the president; odd numbers shall be rounded up.No judge who has been subjected to disciplinary sanction in the most recent five years may serve as an elected or designated member in the preceding paragraph.“All the judges of the court” as referred to in Paragraph 3 shall not include judges under suspension of duty, or engaging in full-time continued education by taking leave of absence with/without pay.The jointly established Self-Discipline Committee under the preceding Article, Paragraph 3 shall have, in addition to the respective presidents serving as ex officio members, the rest of the members elected by all the judges of the respective courts.Each member, except for the president, shall serve the term of one year, starting from July 1st of each year to June 30th of the next year, and may be re-elected after a term is expired, provided that the first term of members after the Act is implemented shall be from the date of inauguration to June 30th of the next year.The resignation of a member does not take effect until the president’s approval.The list of Self-Discipline Committee membership shall be submitted to the Judicial Yuan, which may publicize the list of all members on the internal website.