Judges Act Article 48

The trial and adjudication on cases of the first instance of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Judiciary shall be conducted by a collegiate panel composed of one Judge of the Disciplinary Court as the presiding judge together with two judges as associate judges. However, when the disciplinary case against judges is on trial, two Expert Lay Judges shall be added as the members of the collegiate panel.At least one of the judges in the collegiate panel referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be in the same trial system as the judge to be disciplined; for disciplinary cases concerning Justices of the Judicial Yuan, all associate judges shall be composed of judges from the Supreme Court or the Supreme Administrative Court.The associate judges referred to in Paragraph 1 shall possess ten or more years of experiences as tenured judges, whose candidacy shall be recommended by the Judicial Selection Committee with a slate of three judges from ordinary courts and administrative courts respectively, to be submitted to the President of the Judicial Yuan for the appointment for a term of three years, which may be reappointed. The number thereof may be increased depending on the need of business.The presidents of all courts shall not be the associate judge of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Judiciary.The Expert Lay Judge referred to in the proviso of Paragraph 1 shall be selected by the Judicial Selection Committee of the Judicial Yuan with six scholars and social representatives, to be submitted to the President of the Judicial Yuan for the appointment. They shall serve a term of three years and shall not be re-appointed. The number thereof may be increased depending on the need of business.Those who are in one of the following circumstances shall not serve as an Expert Lay Judge:1. Being the current chairman of the national and local bar associations.2. Being civil servants. However, faculty and research personnel of public schools at all levels and academic and research institutions shall not apply thereto. 3. Staff members of political parties.