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Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan)

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Chapter 3 Arbitrator
Article 18
An arbitration institution shall have a roster of arbitrators to record registered arbitrators; the roster shall be affixed with arbitrators’ photographs without hat, two inches in size, and include the following information:
(1) Name, sex/gender, birth date, identification number, household and correspondence addresses; and nationality if the arbitrator is not a Republic of China national;
(2) Academic background and professional experiences;
(3) Profession and current position;
(4) Specialty; and
(5) Year, month and day of registration and registration number.
Article 19
An arbitration institution’s board of directors shall review the qualification of applicants for arbitrators and register those who are determined qualified in the roster of arbitrators and notify the applicants.
Article 20
An arbitration institution shall have 20 or more registered arbitrators within 1 year beginning with the day of completion of its establishment registration.
Article 21
An arbitrator may register with up to 4 arbitration institutions.
Article 22
An arbitration institution shall draft the arbitrators’ ethical rules and report to the regulatory authority of the respective business for records after it is adopted by the general assembly.
Arbitrators’ ethical rules referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include the following:
(1) An arbitrator shall conduct arbitration cases in a fair and responsible manner and keep information confidential;
(2) An arbitrator shall avoid acting in a manner that the arbitrator is likely suspected to act for a specific party;
(3) An arbitrator shall not accept a party’s request for help or receive illicit benefit;
(4) An arbitrator’s duties shall be exercised in person and may not be delegated to others;
(5) An arbitrator shall remain neutral and may not engage in unjustified entertainment activities with any party, agent, witness, expert witness and other interested party;
(6) An arbitrator, after agreement to conduct arbitration cases, may not excuse himself or herself from the duties without justified reasons; and
(7) Other necessary matters consistent with the arbitrators’ self-discipline and autonomy.
Article 23
Upon occurrence of any of the following to an arbitrator, such arbitrator’s registration may be cancelled by the arbitration institution:
(1) Violation of subparagraph (1), (3) or (5) of the second paragraph of the preceding Article; or
(2) Other circumstances sufficient for the arbitration institution to believe that the arbitration’s fairness and credibility will be seriously affected.
In case of a minor violation of subparagraphs (2), (4) or (6) of the second paragraph of the preceding Article, the arbitration institution may give an order of advice after consideration of the circumstances provided that the relevant rules shall be promulgated by the arbitration institution.
Article 24
An arbitration institution shall report a list of registered arbitrators to the regulatory authority of the respective business for records within 15 days beginning with the day of registration.
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