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Title: Commercial Group Act CH
Category: Ministry of the Interior(內政部)
Chapter 2 Commercial Trade Association
Section Three: Staff
Article 20
Commercial trade association should have directors and supervisors who are to be elected in general meetings from among member representatives and a board of directors and a board of supervisors are to be established; the number of directors and supervisors are subject to the following rules:
1. The directors of a county or city commercial trade association should not exceed twenty-one persons.
2. The directors of a commercial trade association in a municipality directly under the central government should not exceed thirty-three persons.
3. The directors of a national commercial trade association should not exceed thirty-nine persons.
4. The number of directors should not exceed half of the number of member representatives.
5. The number of supervisors should not exceed one third of the number of directors.
6. The number of alternate directors and supervisors should exceed one third of the number of the directors and supervisors respectively.
If the number of directors or supervisors of each commercial trade association is more than three, standing directors and standing supervisors are to be elected from them, but the number should not exceed one third of the number of directors and supervisors respectively, a chairperson of directors is to be elected from the standing directors; when there is no standing director, the chairperson of directors is to be elected from the directors; when standing supervisors exceed three persons, a convener of the board of supervisors is to be elected from the standing supervisors.
Article 21
The board of directors and the board of supervisors carry out their duties according to the resolutions adopted in general meeting and articles of association.
Article 22
The chairperson of directors should be of R.O.C nationality and has residence in R.O.C.
At lease two thirds of the directors, supervisors, standing directors and standing supervisors are of R.O.C. nationality and have residences in R.O.C. respectively.
Article 23
The office term of directors and supervisors is three years, those who hold office consecutively should not exceed half of the directors and supervisors that currently hold posts; the reappointment of the chairperson of directors should not exceed two consecutive office term.
Article 24
Directors and supervisors are unpaid positions.
Article 25
Directors and supervisors who have any of the following situations are to be relieved immediately and the vacancies are to be filled by alternate directors and supervisors.
1. Lose the qualification of member representative.
2. Resignation adopted by the board of directors and the board of supervisors.
3. Dismissal, recalling in accordance with the act.
4. The corporations or firms they represent withdraw from commercial trade association in accordance with the Act or are in punishment of membership suspension or log-out their membership.
Article 26
Commercial trade association should employ and dismiss its working staff in accordance with its articles of association and carry out the affairs of commercial trade association under the order of the chairperson of directors.