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Title:The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Act Open new window for Chinese

Announced Date:May 23, 1935

Date:January 8, 2014

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Chapter II  Organization

〈Board of Directors〉
Article 5
[Authorized Regulations]
 The Bank shall have a Board of Directors consisting of eleven to fifteen 
directors to be nominated by the Executive Yuan and appointed by the President. 
A Board of Executive Directors composed of five to seven executive directors 
shall be designated among the directors.
 The Governor of the Bank, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of 
Economic Affairs shall be ex officio directors and executive directors. 
Among the directors, there shall be at least one each from the agricultural, 
the industrial and commercial, and the banking sectors.
 Except for the ex officio directors, the directors shall be appointed for a 
term of five years, and may be reappointed upon the expiration of such term.

〈Powers and Functions of the Board of Directors〉
Article 6
[Authorized Regulations]
 The powers and functions of the Board of Directors shall be as follows:
 1. To examine and approve policies concerning money, credit and foreign 
   exchange;
 2. To examine the adjustment of the Bank's capital;
 3. To approve the operation plans of the Bank;
 4. To examine the budget estimate and financial statements of the Bank;
 5. To examine and approve major by-laws and regulations of the Bank;
 6. To examine or approve the establishment, adjustment and dissolution 
   of the Bank's administrative units, branch offices, representative 
   offices and subsidiary institutions;
 7. To approve the appointment and the removal of the heads of the Bank's 
   administrative units, branch offices, representative offices and 
   subsidiary institutions;
[Related Regulations]
 8. To examine matters proposed by the Directors.
 The Board of Directors may delegate all or part of the above powers and
functions to the Board of Executive Directors. The resolution of the
Board of Executive Directors shall be reported to the Board of Directors
for record and approval.
 The Board of Directors shall establish rules and regulations of board
meetings. Such rules and regulations shall be reported to the Executive
Yuan for record.

〈Board of Supervisors〉
Article 7
[Authorized Regulations]
 The Bank shall have a Board of Supervisors, composed of five to seven 
supervisors to be nominated by the Executive Yuan and appointed by the 
President. The Minister of Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and 
Statistics of the Executive Yuan shall be an ex officio supervisor.
 Except for the ex officio supervisor, the supervisors shall be appointed for a
term of three years andmay be re-appointed upon the expirations of such term.
 The Board of Supervisors shall have a chairman to be elected from among
the supervisors.

〈Powers and Functions of the Board of Supervisors〉
Article 8
[Authorized Regulations]
 The powers and functions of the Board of Supervisors shall be as follows:
 1. To examine the Bank's assets and liabilities;
 2. To audit the Bank's accounts;
 3. To examine the reserves for the issuance of currency by the Bank;
 4. To examine the amount of currency issued by the Bank;
 5. To examine and approve the Bank's financial statements;
 6. To investigate any case involving violation of this Act and the by-laws
   and regulations of the Bank. The result of such investigation shall be
   referred to the Board of Directors for corrective action.

〈Governor and Deputy Governors〉
Article 9
 The Bank shall have a Governor with the rank of special appointment and 
two Deputy Governors with the rank equivalent to Grade 14; all of whom 
shall be appointed for a term of five years and may be reappointed upon 
the expiration of such term.
 The provision of the preceding paragraph that the rank of Deputy Governor 
is equivalent to Grade 14 shall apply to Deputy Governors appointed after 
the revision of this Act, amended on 8 April 2011, has come into force.

〈Duties of Governor and Deputy Governors〉
Article 10
 The Governor shall be the chief executive in directing and supervising the
operations of the Bank, shall carry out resolutions of the Board of
Directors, and shall represent the Bank on all occasions. The Deputy
Governors shall assist the Governor in the execution of the above duties.
 The Governor shall be the chairman of the Board of Directors and the
Board of Executive Directors.Whenever the Governor is unable to attend
in person, the Deputy Governor designated to act for the Governor shall
be the chairman.

〈Administrative Units and the Grades and Quotas of the Bank’s Personnel〉
Article 11
[Authorized Regulations]
 Administrative units established in the Head Office of the Bank shall be 
named as Department or Office.
 The grades and quotas of the Bank's personnel shall be tabulated separately..

〈Personnel Management〉
Article 11-1
Except for the appointment, removal, remuneration, retirement and indemnity of the Governor and Deputy Governors as specified in this Act and other laws, the regulations for the appointment, dismissal, remuneration, bonus, welfare, performance rating, incentives and discipline, retirement, indemnity, severance and other personnel management matters related to the Bank's personnel shall be proposed by the Bank, authorized by the Board of Directors and reported to the Executive Yuan for approval.
[Authorized Regulations]
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