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| The Kaohsiung County Council’s Disciplinary Board Launching Measures |
| Voluntarily filed as per a Ministry of the Interior ordinance, Ref. Taiwan (2000) Interior, Civil No. 8973506, dated May 29, 2000 |
| Article 1 |
The measure has been drafted and finalized in accordance with stipulations set forth under Article 24 of the Kaohsiung County Council’s (the Council) Organizational Self-governance Act. |
| Article 2 |
The council is to appoint a disciplinary board, which is to be staffed with five board members, whom are to be nominated by the council speaker, and subject to motioning at the general assembly.
A commissioner is to be nominated among the council members, and the commissioner is to act as the meeting chair when a meeting has been convened. |
| Article 3 |
The disciplinary board is to be called upon by the commissioner at any time depending on factual circumstances. |
| Article 4 |
A disciplinary board meeting shall be attended by exceeding one-half of the board members, and be voted in favor for implementation by over one-half the attending board members. |
| Article 5 |
The reprimand cases that the disciplinary board accepts for review shall be limited to the followings,
- Cases that the council’s council speaker refers for reprimand action as per par 1, Article 25 of the council’s Organizational Self-governance Act.
- Reprimand cases where the council members are found to breach the council meeting rules, obstruct the session order, or whose conduct should be damaging to the council’s reputation, which have been proposed by three or more council members, and motioned by seven or more individuals referring for a review.
- Reprimand cases where the council members are found to deliberately condemn or insult an individual present to present a report or an individual being inquired, and have been reckoned and referred by the council speaker or the meeting chair to be in a gross severity.
Of reprimand cases as cited in the preceding par I and par III, the disciplinary board shall conduct a review based on the facts stated in the meeting minute, and of that cited under the preceding par II, the motion presenter shall present the a written review for the disciplinary board’s review. |
| Article 6 |
A council member who has been referred for reprimand action may file an appeal with the disciplinary board. |
| Article 7 |
The disciplinary board may issue reprimand to the reprimand cases that it reviews depending on the severity of the scenario; the particular methods are as follows,
- Ordering for a verbal apology.
- Ordering for a written apology.
- Reprimand.
- Suspending an individual from attending the session for a given period of time.
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| Article 8 |
Findings concluded by the disciplinary board on reprimand cases that it reviews shall have a report compiled citing the facts, reasons and ruling, which is to be presented to the general assembly for motioning, and announced by the meeting chair. |
| Article 9 |
In the disciplinary board’s reviewing reprimand cases, a council member shall extricate from a reprimand case that bears a contingent interest to said council member. |
| Article 10 |
The disciplinary board’s staffing is to be dispatched form the council’s administration unit. |
| Article 11 |
The measures shall be promulgated following motioned through the general assembly, and subject to a voluntary filing with the Ministry of the Interior. |
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