Chapter III. The People's Congress
Article 27. The People's Congress shall be constituted of delegates elected as follows:
1. Each district, municipality or area of an equivalent status shall elect one delegate, but in case its population exceeds 300,000, one additional delegate shall be elected for every additional 500,000 people. The status of areas to be equivalent to a district or municipality shall be defined by law.
2. The number of delegates to be elected from Mongolia and Tibet shall be determined by law.
3. The number of delegates to be elected by Chinese citizens residing abroad shall be determined by law.
Article 28. Delegates to the People's Congress shall be elected by universal, equal, and direct suffrage and by secret ballots.
Article 29. Citizens of the Republic of China having attained the age of twenty years shall, in accordance with law, have the right to elect delegates. Citizens having attained the age of twenty-five years shall, in accordance with law, have the right to be elected delegates.
Article 30. The term of office of Delegates of the People's Congress shall be six years.
When a Delegate is found guilty of violation of a law or neglect of his duty, his constituency shall recall him in accordance with law.
Article 31. The People's Congress shall be convened by the President once every three years. Its session shall last one month, but may be extended another month when necessary.
Extraordinary sessions of the People's Congress may be convened at the instance of two-fifths or more of its members.
The President may convene extraordinary sessions of the People's Congress.
The People's Congress shall meet at the place where the Central Government is.
Article 32. The powers and functions of the People's Congress shall be as follows:
1. To elect the President and Vice-President of the Republic, the President of the Legislative Yuan, the President of the Censor Yuan, the Members of the Legislative Yuan and the Members of the Censor Yuan.
2. To recall the President and Vice-President of the Republic, the President of the Legislative Yuan, the President of the Judicial Yuan, the President of the Examination Yuan, the President of the Censor Yuan, the Members of the Legislative Yuan and the Members of the Censor Yuan.
3. To initiate laws.
4. To hold referenda on laws.
5. To amend the Constitution.
6. To exercise such other powers as are conferred by the Constitution.
Article 33. Delegates to the People's Congress shall not be held responsible outside of Congress for opinions they may express and votes they may cast during the session of Congress.
Article 34. Without the permission of the People's Congress, no delegate shall be arrested or detained during the session except when apprehended in flagrante delicto.
Article 35. The organization of the People's Congress and the election as well as recall of its Delegates shall be determined by law.