Regulations for the Organization and Operation of the Investigation Panel on the Use of Police Weapons Article 8

The Panel members shall perform their duties impartially and independently and when they have any of the following circumstances, they shall actively evade:1. The Panel member himself/herself, his/her spouse, his/her relatives by blood within the fourth degree or relatives by marriage within the third degree, or a person who had ever had such a relationship with him/her is the officer who has used police weapons or the person, against whom the police weapons have been used in the Controversial Incident.2. The Panel member is or was an agent, assistant or defender of the officer who has used police weapons or the person, against whom the police weapons have been used.In case that a Panel member with any circumstances prescribed in the preceding paragraph does not voluntarily evade or that there are specific facts sufficient to support the conviction that a Panel member is likely to perform his/her duties with bias, the officer who has used police weapons or the person, against whom the police weapons have been used, may apply for the evasion with the grounds expressed verbally or in writing to the Panel.If a Panel member has any of the circumstances prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs and does not evade, the evasion shall be determined by the resolution adopted at the Panel meeting.