Civil Service Protection Act Article 7

Any person reviewing a Protection Case shall withdraw from the cases in any of the following circumstances:1.Where his/her spouse, former spouse, any of his/her relatives by blood within the fourth degree or relative by marriage within the third degree, head of a family or members of the family, or any person having previously such relationship with him/her, is a civil servant filing the Protection Case;2.Where he/she participated in handling or appealing procedures of any administrative action, management measures or working conditions;3.Where he/she is or was an agent or assistant of the party filing the Protection Case;4.He/she was a witness or expert witness in the Protection Case;5.Where he/she has legal interest in the Protection Case.The withdrawal in the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to the person assisting the handling of the Protection Case.Anyone in the preceding two paragraphs having knowledge of obligation to, but fail to, withdraw himself/herself in reviewing the protection Cases shall be referred for discipline pursuant to relevant laws and regulations.The withdrawal restriction in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 shall not be applicable to any relevant government agency’sdeputy holding the CSPTC commissionership concurrently. However, he/she shall not have voting rights in the decision of the Protection Case involving his/her government agency.The petitioner or re-appellant may submit to the CSPTC a pleading stating the reasons to request for withdrawal.