Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China

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The Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國憲法增修條文) are the revisions and constitutional amendments to the original constitution to meet the requisites of the nation and the political status of Taiwan.

The Additional Articles are the fundamental law of the present government of the Republic of China on Taiwan since 1991.

Articles

• Article 1: Referendum on amendment to the Constitution and alteration of the national territory.
• Article 2: President and the vice president.
• Article 3: Premier and the Executive Yuan.
• Article 4: Legislative Yuan.
• Article 5: Judicial Yuan.
• Article 6: Examination Yuan.
• Article 7: Control Yuan.
• Article 8: Remuneration and pay of the members of the Legislative Yuan.
• Article 9: Local governments.
• Article 10: Fundamental national policy.
• Article 11: Cross-Strait relations (rights and obligations between people of the free area and mainland China).
• Article 12: Procedure for amending the Constitution.

Comparison of the governmental structure

The present structure of government are regulated by the Additional Articles in 2005.^[1]

Constitution amendments

Before the Additional Articles in 2005, the constitution amendments need to be passed by the National Assembly. Since the Additional Articles ratified on 7 June 2005, the National Assembly is replaced by the Legislative Yuan. Constitution amendments need to be passed by three quarters of the members of Legislative Yuan, with more than half (50%) of voters hold referendums to approve the amendments.

See also

• Constitution of the Republic of China
• Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion
• Politics of the Republic of China

References

External links

Wikisource has original text related to this article: Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Annotated Republic of China Laws/Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China

• Additional Articles of the Constitution by the Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)
• English translation of the Additional Articles of the Constitution (2005 reform)
• English translation of the Constitution by the Taiwan Documents Project.
• Constitution day and constitutional government