Civil Service Protection Act Article 12
This English translation was last updated on 2022-06-22, but the Chinese text was amended on 2025-07-09. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Where an agency has been abolished or restructured or its business has been contracted, for those civil servants with examination passed or qualification confirmed status who remain in office, its superior agency or the agency taking over its business shall deal with their job transfer or assignment and, if necessary, provide them with counseling and training at first, unless otherwise provided by laws.Where the transfer or assignment takes place pursuant to the precedingparagraph, the rank and grade of the new position shall be equivalent to the original unless he/she voluntarily accepts a lower rank position. In case of being transferred or assigned to a lower grade, but within the same rank, job as a result of the lack of appropriate position, the provisions related to position appointment in the Civil Servant Employment Law and the Civil Service Pay Act shall apply.
中文原文 公務人員保障法第12條
公務人員因機關裁撤、組織變更或業務緊縮時，除法律另有規定者外，其具有考試及格或銓敘合格之留用人員，應由上級機關或承受其業務之機關辦理轉任或派職，必要時先予輔導、訓練。
依前項規定轉任或派職時，除自願降低官等者外，其官等職等應與原任職務之官等職等相當，如無適當職缺致轉任或派職同官等內低職等職務者，應依公務人員任用法及公務人員俸給法有關調任之規定辦理。
依前項規定轉任或派職時，除自願降低官等者外，其官等職等應與原任職務之官等職等相當，如無適當職缺致轉任或派職同官等內低職等職務者，應依公務人員任用法及公務人員俸給法有關調任之規定辦理。