Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China

Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China
Traditional Chinese	中華民國憲法 增修條文
Simplified Chinese	中华民国宪法 增修条文
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Mínguó Xiànfǎ Zēngxiū Tiáowén Tongyong Pinyin Jhonghuá Mínguó Siànfǎ Zengsiou Tiáowún Wade–Giles Chung¹-hua² Min²-kuo² Hsien⁴-fa³ Tseng¹-hsiu¹ T'iao²-wen² Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jonghwa Min'gwo Shiannfaa Tzengshiou Tyauwen MPS2 Jūnghuá Mínguó Shiànfǎ Tzēngshiōu Tiáuwén Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˋ ㄗㄥ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄨㄣˊ Hakka Romanization Chûng-fà Mìn-koet Hien-fap Chen-siû Thiàu-vùn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Hiàn-hoat Cheng-siu Tiâu-bûn Tâi-lô Tiong-hûa Bîn-kok Hiàn-huat Tsing-siu Tiâu-bûn

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: About the procedure of the amendment of the Constitution and alteration of the national territory.
• Article 2: About the president and the vice president.
• Article 3: About the premier and the Executive Yuan.
• Article 4: About the Legislative Yuan.
• Article 5: About the Judicial Yuan.
• Article 6: About the Examination Yuan.
• Article 7: About the Control Yuan.
• Article 8: About the remuneration and pay of the members of the Legislative Yuan.
• Article 9: About the local governments.
• Article 10: About the basic national policy.
• Article 11: About the Cross-Strait relations (rights and obligations between the free area of the ROC and the mainland).
• Article 12: About the amendment of the Constitution.

Comparison of the governmental structure

The present structure of government are regulated by the Additional Articles in 2005.

Governmental structure	Original Constitution (1947)	Additional Articles (2005)
Head of state	The president and the vice president are elected separately by the National Assembly for a duration of 6 years	The president and the vice president are elected in a group by the citizens of the Free area for a duration of 4 years, renewable once.
Head of government	The premier is nominated by the president, and consented by the Legislative Yuan.	The premier is appointed by the president.
Parliament	Bicameralism: National Assembly and Legislative Yuan. The members of the National Assembly are elected for a duration of 6 years. The members of the Legislative Yuan are elected for a duration of 3 years.	Unicameralism: Legislative Yuan. The 113 members of the Legislative Yuan are elected for a duration of 4 years.
Judiciary	The justices are nominated by the president, and consented by the Control Yuan. The justices are tenure.	The 15 justices are nominated by the president, and consented by the Legislative Yuan for a duration of 8 years, non-renewable.
Local government	Two level system: provincial Level, county Level	The provinces are streamlined. Counties and cities under provinces are directly led by the central government.

See also

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

External links

• 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