Legal Aid Act Article 53

The Foundation shall have a chief supervisor elected among all of the supervisors.The Foundation shall report the elected chief supervisor to the President of the Judicial Yuan for appointment. The term of office for the chief supervisor is the same as supervisors’.The chief supervisor shall convene the meeting of the Board of Supervisors.The resolutions in the meeting set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be reached by a majority of the quorum composed by the majority of the Board of Supervisors.In case the chief supervisor quits the position 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 chief supervisor.Under the condition as described in the preceding paragraph, the competent authority shall order the Foundation to re-elect a chief supervisor, whose term of office lasts until the end of the original term of the previous chief supervisor. Prior to re-election, an acting chief supervisor shall be elected from and by the supervisors.