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The amendment of 7 November 2007 applies to the Public Officials Election And Recall Law. The essential points are:
1) To repeal the provisions regarding the election of national assemblymen, provincial councilmen and governor (Articles 2, 3, 7, 8, 13, 24, 31, 32, 34 through 37, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 66 through 71, 73 and 75)
2) To specify that legislators at large and representing overseas compatriots shall be elected from a list of candidates nominated by each political party (Articles 3, 24, 31, 32, 34, 43, 46, 48, 71 and 73)
3) To revise the methods for calculating the periods of various elections and recall (Article 5)
4) To repeal the provisions regarding the system of canvassers (Articles 12, 44, 55 and 56)
5) Article 14 repeals the provision stating that someone who has been subjected to deprivation of civil rights, yet restituted, shall have no voting rights.
6) To replace the mountain tribes people referred to under this law with indigenous people (Articles 16, 20, 31, 34, 36, 57, 68, 70 and 73)
7) To revise provisions governing the qualification requirements for candidates (Articles 24 through 34)
8) To revise the provisions governing the compartmentalization of constituency (Articles 35, 36 and 37)
9) To specify that the election of legislators shall be held within sixty days since the day the President declares the dissolution of the Legislative Yuan (Article 39)
10) To revise the provisions governing the campaign activities and spending (Articles 40 through 56)
11) To provide for the methods for tackling the anticipated occurrence of natural disasters or act of God, that would make voting impossible, by the Election Commission (Article 66)
12) To revise the formula for calculating the ratio of votes received by each political party; to add the provisions regarding the number of seats reserved for women (Article 67)
13) Article 71 repeals the provisions stating that an elect who has been dead from natural cause before taking office or whose election has been declared null and void by a court, the candidate who receives votes next to the elect shall fill the vacancy.
14) To specify that in the case of filling vacancy for a constituent-elected legislator, a fresh election shall be held within three months, however, the fresh election shall not be held if the remaining term is less than one year (Article 73)
15) To specify that when a court has declared a candidate's election null and void, the Election Commission shall reexamine the findings established by the court and shall publish the result (Article 74)
16) To specify that servicemen, alternative servicemen or government employees shall not serve as a sponsor of motion for recall (Article 77)
17) To revise and add the provisions regarding punishing vote-buying (Articles 97, 99 through 103, 117 and 120)
18) To specify that a political party who has filed application for the registration of the election of legislators at large and representing overseas compatriots may file a suit of the election and the legislator-elect null and void (Articles 118, 120 and 121)
19) To specify that the Ministry of the Interior shall, in conjunction with the Central Election Commission, enact regulations governing the implementation of this law. (Article 133)(134 provisions, p.1-48)