Legal Aid Act Article 40

The Foundation shall have a chairman of the Board of Directors to represent the Foundation.The chairman of the Board of Directors shall be selected by consensus from the entire the Board of Directors and then appointed by the Foundation after obtaining approval from the president of the Judicial Yuan. The term of office for the chairman of the Board of Directors is the same as directors'. Prior to obtaining the appointment, the elected chairman shall act as an interim chairman, and the duration of such interim shall not exceed one month.In case the chairman of the Board of Directors quits the position, deprives from being the chairman or shall be discharged for failing to perform his or her duties during the term of office, the Foundation shall obtain a prior approval from the President of the Judicial Yuan before discharging the chairman of the Board of Directors.Under the condition as described in the preceding paragraph, the competent authority shall order the Foundation to re-elect a chairman of the Board of Directors, whose term of office lasts until the end of the original term of the previous chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to re-election, an acting chairman shall be selected by consensus from the entire board of directors.