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The National Assemblymen (Assemblywomen) Election Law contains 35 articles and was promulgated by the President on 5 February 2005. The essential points are:
1) That a total of 300 national assemblymen (assemblywomen) shall be elected (Article 2)
2) That ‘the free areas of the Republic of China’ shall be the constituency for the election (Article 3)
3) To provide for the qualification requirements for candidacy, the requirements of registering for candidacy, and the agency responsible for reviewing those requirements (Articles 4 and 7)
4) To provide for withdrawal or replacement of candidates by a political party or electoral alliance (Articles 5 and 6)
5) To provide for the matters regarding drawing the sequence of political parties and electoral alliances in the election (Article 8)
6) To provide for the circumstances under which the registration for candidacy shall be rescinded, the official publication of an electee shall be rescinded before taking office, and the electee shall be disqualified after taking office (Article 90)
7) That the Legislative Yuan shall, half year after publication, immediately inform the Central Election Commission about the passage of the proposals for constitutional amendment and territorial changes, and shall inform the Commission about the passage of impeachment of the President (Article 10)
8) To provide for the regulations governing the election campaign carried out by a political party or electoral alliance, and to impose fines for a violation (Articles 12, 15, 16 and 31)
9) That the Central Election Commission shall organize the public funded televised announcement of platform (Article 13)
10) To provide for the contents of the official election gazette that shall be compiled and videotaped by the Central Election Commission (Article 14)
11) To place restrictions on fundraising for this election, and impose fines for a violation (Articles 17, 18, 29 and 30)
12) To provide for the regulations governing casting and counting ballots (Articles 19 through 23)
13) To provide for the regulations governing distribution of seats; seats for women and indigenous peoples, and vacancies to be filled in sequence (Articles 24 through 27)
14) To provide for the regulations governing vacancy to be filled due to assemblyman’s (assemblywoman) death after taking office, resignation, or forfeiture of party membership (Article 28)
15) That any dispute over this election shall be settled by administrative proceeding. (Article 33)(35 provisions, p.48-57)