Judges Act Article 78

Once a judge retires voluntarily, in addition to a one-time, lump sum or monthly pension in accordance with the Public Servant Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation Act or the Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation Under the Individual Account System for Civil Service, a tenured judge further receives a lump sum or monthly retirement allowance(s) with the following criteria:1. Twenty percent for more than ten years but less than fifteen years of services; thirty percent for more than fifteen years of services.2. Forty percent for age between fifty-five and sixty and for more than fifteen years but less than twenty years of services; fifty percent for more than twenty years of services.3. Sixty percent for age between sixty and seventy and for more than twenty years of services, with eight percent to be added for each additional year of service until the maximum of one hundred and forty percent. Four percent for the services beyond twenty years but less than six months, services that exceed six months shall be counted as one year, provided, however, that for any judge who has reached the age of sixty-five and processes voluntary retirement before reaching the age of seventy before the implementation of this Act, the payment shall be one hundred and forty percent.4. Five percent for any judge who has reached the age of more than seventy.If the combination of monthly retirement allowances based on the criteria in the preceding paragraph, the monthly pension under the law, and the preferential saving interests of the seniority benefit from the civil servants insurance should exceed ninety-eight percent of the monthly remunerations of an incumbent judge at same salary level, the monthly retirement allowances shall be reduced to the level not to exceed ninety-eight percent of the monthly remuneration of an incumbent judge at same pay level.The Judicial Yuan, the Examination Yuan, and the Executive Yuan shall jointly promulgate regulations for the disbursement of retirement allowances referred to in Paragraph 2.At the retirement of the Justices, the President of the Supreme Court, the President of the Supreme Administrative Court, and the President of the Disciplinary Court, in addition to providing the severance savings in accordance with, mutatis mutandis, the Act Governing the Payment of Compensation to Surviving Dependents of the Retired Political Appointees, the retirement allowances in accordance with the preceding three paragraphs shall be provided, however, that the provisions on allowances shall not apply to those who are not transferred from a tenured judge or a prosecutor.The preceding paragraph shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Secretary-General of the Judicial Yuan, if s/he is transferred from a judge or prosecutor position.