Regulation For The Implementation Of The Self-discipline Of Judges At The Courts Of All Levels Article 6

This English translation was last updated on 2012-06-11, but the Chinese text was amended on 2020-10-19. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.

The president of a court at all levels or three judges shall submit the relevant materials to the Self-Discipline Committee for review in the event a judge of that court has one of the following situations:(1) Violating the duties of a judge, tardiness in carrying out duties, or misconduct(s).(2) Violating Article 15 of the Act.(3) Concurrently serving the positions or performing duties for the businesses listed in the respective section of Article 16 of the Act.(4) Disclosing nonpublic information acquired in judicial capacity.(5) Gross violation of case management procedures or rules of duties in a severe way.(6) Delaying adjudication without proper justification, unduly delaying the declaration of judgment or the delivery of the original copy of decisions and failing to improve after being notified to rectify within a specific time limit.(7) Accepting the solicitation for the cases of others.(8) Not deliberating according to the law in handling a penal trial.(9) The final judgment is reversed by the extraordinary appeal and the errors are deemed to be serious.(10) Violating the Judges’ Ethical Rules, thereby the self-discipline being deemed as necessary.For matters stipulated in Section 9 of the preceding paragraph, the disciplinable facts shall be submitted within two years since the effective date of the affirmed judgment, for matters concerning the rest of the sections, submission shall be within two years since the end of the act, provided that when the case concerning the disciplinable facts is pending, the Self-Discipline Committee may suspend its proceedings and resume upon the elimination of the cause of such suspension.
中文原文 各級法院法官自律實施辦法第6條
各級法院院長或法官三人以上,於本院法官有下列情形之一者,得檢具相關資料,送交自律會審議:
一、違反職務上義務、怠於執行職務或言行不檢。
二、違反本法第十五條規定。
三、兼任本法第十六條各款所列職務或業務。
四、洩漏職務上之秘密。
五、嚴重違反辦案程序規定或職務規定。
六、無正當理由遲延案件之進行、宣示裁判或交付裁判原本顯有不當之稽延,經通知於相當期限內改善,而不改善。
七、接受他人關說案件。
八、辦理合議案件,未依法評議。
九、確定裁判經非常上訴判決認審判違背法令,其疏失情節嚴重。
十、其他違反法官倫理規範而有自律之必要。
前項第九款情形,其自律事實之送交,應自確定裁判生效之日起二年內為之;其餘各款情形,應自行為終了之日起二年內為之。
但自律事實所涉及之案件尚未終結者,自律會得中止程序,並應於中止原因消滅後續行自律程序。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.