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Title: Labor Union Act CH
Category: Ministry of Labor(勞動部)
Chapter Ⅳ Directors and Supervisors
Article 17
A labor union shall have directors and supervisors, and their number shall be as follows:
1. In case a labor union has members less than five hundred, it shall have five to nine directors; in case its members are more than five hundred, it can have two more directors for every additional five hundred of members. However, the total number of directors shall not exceed twenty-seven in any event.
2. The total number of directors of a confederated labor union shall not exceed fifty-one.
3. The number of supervisors of a labor union shall not exceed one-third that of its directors.
In case the number of directors or supervisors prescribed in the preceding paragraph is three or more, a labor union may elect standing directors or supervisors in accordance with its union charter and the number shall not exceed one-third of its directors or supervisors. A labor union may have at least one alternate director or supervisor and the number shall not exceed one-half of its directors or supervisors.
A labor union shall have one chairperson of the board of directors to represent it officially in external affairs, it may also have a deputy chairperson if required. Chairperson and deputy chairperson shall be directors of the labor union.
In case a labor union has three or more supervisors, it shall have a board of supervisors and a chairperson of the board. The chairperson of the board of supervisor shall execute the resolutions of the board and attend without voting rights in the meeting of the board of directors.
Article 18
During the adjournment of the general meeting of members or member representatives, the board of directors shall handle all matters of the labor union.
Supervisors of a labor union shall review the accounting book of the labor union, audit all kinds of business undertaken by it and matters prescribed in the union charter. They may assume aforesaid tasks jointly with related professionals.
The authority of supervisors shall be exercised by the board of supervisors in case a labor union has such a board.
Article 19
A member of a labor union who has reached the age of majority may be elected as a director or supervisor of the labor union.
A member of a labor union who also has joined an industrial or commercial organization shall not be elected as a director, a supervisor, a standing director, a standing supervisor, the deputy chairperson, the chairperson of board of directors or the chairperson of board of supervisors.
Article 20
The term of service of directors, supervisors, standing directors, standing supervisors, deputy chairperson and chairperson of board of directors and chairperson of board of supervisors of a labor union shall be no more than four years.
The chairperson of board of directors of a labor union shall be re-elected for a consecutive term.
Article 21
A labor union shall be jointly and severally liable for any damage inflicted on the third party by any of its directors, supervisors, standing directors, standing supervisors, deputy chairperson and chairperson of board of directors, chairperson of board of supervisors and their substitutes in the course of exercising their duties.
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