Chapter III. Professional Election
Article 15. The various professional organs in provinces or Special Municipalities should elect a number of Representatives according to the attached List No. 3.
Article 16. Organs of the liberal professions shall elect Representatives not according to localities or districts. Their numbers are fixed in attached List No. 4.
Article 17. The professional organs participating in the election are limited to those who were legally recognized before the adoption of this code of laws.
Article 18. The officers of the various professional organs shall nominate Representatives for those particular professions. Their number should be three times the number of Representatives to be elected. The officers mentioned above are limited to those who have executive power in that particular professional organ.
Article 19. Nominated Representatives for professional election should have the following qualifications:
i. Possess the privileges of an elector.
ii. Be above twenty-five years of age.
iii. Have been practicing in that profession for three years or more.
iv. Be a member of that professional organization.
The period of practicing that profession may be the sum of intermittent periods of practice.
Article 20. The Representatives of professional organs should be elected by legally recognized electors according to Article 6.
Article 21. If there are several sub-organs to a professional organization, the nomination of Representatives should be made by the officials of the lowest sub-organ, and elected by the members of the lowest sub-organ.
If the members of the professional organization form groups, then the election of Representatives should be done by the individual members of those groups.
Article 22. In Special Municipalities directly under the Executive Yüan, the nomination and election of Representatives from professional organizations should be in accordance with Article 24.
Article 23. For organs of the liberal professions, their manner of nominating and electing is the same as for professional organizations.