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Title: Political Parties Act CH
Category: Ministry of the Interior(內政部)
Chapter 3. Organization and Activities of Political Parties
Article 11
Citizens of the Republic of China have the right to join or quit political parties.
Political parties shall not recruit as members citizens of the Republic of China who are under sixteen (16) years of age. Political parties shall not force citizens of the Republic of China to join or quit the said party; this provision shall not apply to party members who have been expelled from the party for disciplinary reasons.
Political party members are defined as those listed in the party roster.
Article 12
The charter of a political party shall specify the following:
1. The party name and, when applicable, the abbreviated name
2. The party emblem, when applicable
3. The party objectives
4. The location of the main office of the party
5. The organization and authorities of the party
6. The conditions for member admission, resignation, discipline, dismissal, arbitration, and remedy
7. The rights and obligations of party members
8. The job titles, number, selection method, tenure, and grounds for dismissals of the party leader and elected personnel.
9. The party congress or representative assembly by-laws, duration, and manner of proposing and adopting resolutions
10. The procedures for revising the party charter
11. The amount of and collection method for political party membership dues
12. The sources of funding and accounting method
13. All other matters pursuant to the provisions of relevant laws and regulations
Article 13
When filing their completed official registration application with the competent authority, newly established political parties may also submit a completed party emblem registration application and an electronic file of their party emblem.
Established political parties that wish to change or register their party emblem shall submit to the competent authority their party charter, a completed party emblem registration application, and an electronic file of their emblem.
The party emblem registration application shall specify the following information:
1. The name of the political party
2. The date of application
3. The symbolism of the emblem
4. An image of the emblem
5. The date of approval of the emblem by the founding assembly, party congress or representative assembly of the political party
Article 14
Political party emblems are subject to the following conditions:
1. The emblem shall not be similar or identical to the emblem of an established political party.
2. The emblem shall not diminish the distinctiveness of the emblem of an established political party.
3. The emblem shall not exhibit discriminatory or hateful characteristics.
If the emblem of a political party is not in compliance with any condition specified in any subparagraph of the preceding paragraph, the competent authority shall stipulate a time by which the political party shall be required to make necessary corrections; official registration applications of political parties that fail to make such corrections or remain noncompliant after corrections have been made shall be rejected.
Article 15
A party congress composed of party members shall act as the highest authority of a political party. Political parties shall convene a party congress not less than once every two years.
Representatives to a party congress shall be selected by the members of the political party pursuant to the party charter. The authority of the party congress shall be exercised by convening the party representatives.
Article 16
For a resolution of the party congress or representative assembly to be approved, not less than one half (1/2) of the political party’s members, or the representatives thereof, must be in attendance, and of those in attendance not less than one half (1/2) must approve the resolution. However, the following resolutions require approval from at least two-thirds (2/3) of those in attendance:
1. Resolutions pertaining to the formulation of or revisions to the party charter
2. Resolutions pertaining to political party mergers or dissolutions
Article 17
Political parties shall appoint personnel specifically responsible for matters such as interpretation of the party charter and handling disciplinary actions against, dismissals of, and remedies of party members.
Article 18
Political parties shall not establish a party organization in any government agency, government institution, public business institution, administrative body, court, military service, or school; this shall not apply to party caucuses established in representative bodies at any level.
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