Taiwan (Republic of China) 1947 Constitution (reviewed 2005)

CHAPTER VI. LEGISLATION

Article 62

The Legislative Yuan shall be the highest legislative organ of the State. It shall be composed of Members elected by the people and shall exercise legislative power on their behalf.

Article 63

The Legislative Yuan shall have the power to decide by resolution on statutory and budgetary bills, amnesty, declaration of war, the conclusion of peace, international treaties, and other important matters of State.

Article 64

1. The Legislative Yuan shall be composed of the following Delegates:
   1. Those to be elected from the Provinces or Municipalities under the direct jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan shall be five for each Province or Municipality with a population of not more than 3,000,000; where the population exceeds 3,000,000, one additional Member shall be elected for each additional 1,000,000;
   2. Those to be elected from Mongolian Leagues and Banners;
   3. Those to be elected from Tibet;
   4. Those to be elected by the ethnic groups in frontier regions;
   5. Those to be elected by Chinese citizens residing abroad; and
   6. Those to be elected by occupational groups.
2. The election of Members of the Legislative Yuan and the number of those to be elected under Items 2 to 6 of the preceding paragraph shall be determined by law. The number of women to be elected under all the items of the preceding paragraph shall be determined by law.

Article 65

Members of the Legislative Yuan shall serve a term of three years and shall be re-eligible. The election of Members of the Legislative Yuan shall be completed within three months prior to the expiration of each term.

Article 66

The Legislative Yuan shall have a President and a Vice President to be elected from among its Members.

Article 67

1. The Legislative Yuan may set up various committees.
2. The various committees of the Legislative Yuan may invite government officials and private individuals concerned to be present at the committee meetings to present their views.

Article 68

The Legislative Yuan shall hold two sessions each year and shall convene of its own accord. The first session shall be from February to the end of May, and the second from September to the end of December. Any session may be prolonged, if necessary.

Article 69

An extraordinary session of the Legislative Yuan may be held in either of the following circumstances:

1. At the request of the President of the Republic.
2. At the request of at least one-fourth of its Members.

Article 70

The Legislative Yuan shall not propose any increases of the expenditure in the budgetary bill submitted by the Executive Yuan.

Article 71

At meetings of the Legislative Yuan, the Presidents of the various Yuan concerned and the various Ministers and Chairmen of Commissions concerned may be present to present their views.

Article 72

Statutory bills passed by the Legislative Yuan shall be transmitted to the President of the Republic and to the Executive Yuan. The President shall, within ten days after receipt of the bills, promulgate them, but he may also deal with them in accordance with the provisions of Article 57 of this Constitution.

Article 73

No Member of the Legislative Yuan shall be held responsible outside the Yuan for opinions expressed or votes cast in the Yuan.

Article 74

No Member of the Legislative Yuan shall, except in case of flagrante delicto, be arrested or detained without the permission of the Legislative Yuan.

Article 75

No Member of the Legislative Yuan shall concurrently hold a government post.

Article 76

The organization of the Legislative Yuan shall be regulated by law.