Election commissions shall issue public notices pursuant to the schedule detailed in the following provisions:
1. Public notice of the election shall state the type of election, the quota of legislators to be elected, the division of the electoral districts, and the date and hours of the vote, and shall be issued one hundred forty days before the term of the current public officials ends. However, if the Legislative Yuan is dissolved by the president, this shall not apply to public notice of new elections, new votes, or by-elections.
2. Public notice of the registration of candidates shall be issued twenty days before election day, and the period designated for registration shall be not less than five days. However, for new elections, by-elections and elections for township (city) council representatives, indigenous district representatives, mayors of townships (cities), chiefs of indigenous districts and chiefs for villages (boroughs) shall be not less than three days.
3. Public notice of the list of qualified voters shall be issued fifteen days before election day, and the period of the public notice shall not be less than three days.
4. Public notice of the list of candidates shall be issued one day before the start of campaign activities.
5. Public notice of the number of qualified voters shall be issued three days before election day.
6. Public notice of the list of electees shall be issued within seven days after election day.
When the quota specified in Subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph is calculated according to population, the population used shall be the population calculated in the household registration statistics data from the final day of the month that is six months prior to the month when voting shall take place.
If the period designated for registration referred to in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 expires and there are no candidates registered in an electoral district, public notice of a second candidate registration period shall be issued, and the period of registration shall not be less than two days.
If national uniformity is necessary, public notices specified in the subparagraphs of Paragraph 1 may be issued by an election commission at a higher level.

The vote for the election of public officials shall be completed ten days before the term of the current public officials expires. However, this shall not apply to the date by which votes for new elections, new votes, or by-elections shall be completed.
If the President of the Republic of China orders the dissolution of the Legislative Yuan, the vote for the election of legislators shall be completed within sixty days from the date the president announces the dissolution.