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Taiwan’s Judicial Office Building, which houses the Constitutional Court that will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a package of controversial amendments passed by the legislature ...
After the rejection, the DPP legislative caucus, President Lai, the Executive Yuan, and the Control Yuan filed a joint constitutional review to the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court held a preparatory hearing on July 10. [16] The Court later issued a temporary injunction on July 19. A constitutionality hearing was held on August 6 ...
The current Additional Articles of the Constitution entail 12 articles: Article 1 Referendum on amendment to the Constitution and alteration of the national territory. Article 2 President and the vice president. Article 3 Premier and the Executive Yuan. Article 4 Legislative Yuan. Article 5 Judicial Yuan. Article 6 Examination Yuan. Article 7 ...
Since Taiwan uses Civil Law, precedents have a very different legal effect from common law jurisdictions such as in the United States or other Anglo-American legal systems, as specified in Article 80 of the Constitution. Some Supreme Court decisions may go through a screening process and selected as a precedent, bearing significant meaning for ...
Taiwan's constitutional court ruled on Friday that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes with the most rigorous legal scrutiny, after considering a petition ...
A constitutional referendum was held in Taiwan on 26 November 2022. Voters voted on adding Article 1-1 to the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China . Had it passed, the voting age would have been lowered from 20 to 18 years.
The Qing dynasty incorporated Taiwan as part of Fujian province in 1684 and only declared it a separate Chinese province in 1885. ... in 1979 but is bound by law to provide the island with the ...
Referendums in Taiwan at both the national and local level are governed by the Referendum Act of Taiwan, which was enacted by the Legislative Yuan in December 2003. Citizens can propose laws via referendums at the national and local levels. The Referendum Act also allowed people to make changes or abolish laws by referendums.