Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1
The Administrative Court governs matters concerning administrative trials.
Article 2
The Administrative Court consists of the following two levels:
1. The High Administrative Court.
2. The Supreme Administrative Court.
Unless otherwise stipulated, the High Administrative Court referred to in the Act indicates a High Administrative Litigation Division and a District Administrative Litigation Division of the High Administrative Court.
Article 3
Trials in the High Administrative Court are conducted by a collegial panel of three judges. However, the review of summary proceedings, traffic adjudication proceedings and detention sanction proceedings at a District Administrative Litigation Division are conducted by a single judge.
Trials in the Supreme Administrative Court, unless otherwise prescribed by law, are conducted by a collegial panel of five judges.
Article 4
In a collegial trial, the Division-Chief Judge shall be the Presiding Judge; in the absence of the Division-Chief Judge, the most senior judge of the same division, or the eldest of the judges of the same seniority, shall act as the Presiding Judge.
In a single judge trial, the said judge shall assume the duty and authority of the presiding judge.
Article 5
The number of personnel required for each level of Administrative Court shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the appended schedules one and two.
To cope with work-loads, the Judicial Yuan may prescribe various staffing schedules for the High Administrative Court in accommodation of the manpower requirements within the allowance of total allotment of Division-Chief Judges, Judges, Judicial Affair Officers, Clerks, Interpreters, Process Servers, Clerk Assistants, Court Attendants, and Bailiffs as prescribed in the Appendix Schedule One.