Enforcement Rules of the Control Act Article 3

A member of the Control Yuan shall recuse himself or herself from a case involving the approval or handling of people's written complaints, investigation cases or examination censure or impeachment cases in any of the following circumstances:1. The party to the complaint or case is the member or his or her spouse, former spouse, betrothed, blood relative within the fifth degree of kinship, relative by marriage within the third degree of relationship, or previously a kin of such relationship.2. The member is or has been a legal representative of the party to the complaint or case.3. The member has adjudicated in civil, criminal or administrative proceedings related to the complaint or case or has served as the agent ad litem or defense attorney of the interested party.4. There exist any other circumstances that could prevent the member from performing impartially his or her duties of approval, handling, investigation or examination responsibly. A written explanation for recusal in cases referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be submitted to the president of the Control Yuan for determination. In the event that a request for recusal is not made in any of the aforementioned circumstances, the president of the Control Yuan may render a decision on the recusal.