鄉鎮市調解條例

鄉、鎮、市公所應設調解委員會，處理民事事件及告訴乃論之刑事事件。

A party must ask the mediation committee for mediation in writing or orally, and must provide the required transcript, copies, and dispute details.

Mediation may proceed only with the required consent: civil matters need the parties’ consent, and complaint-based criminal matters need the victim’s consent.

第一審法院可以把特定案件移付調解委員會調解；調解期間訴訟停止，但若兩個月內未成立調解，案件要送回法院續行訴訟，且不得對該裁定抗告。

This provision sets which township/city mediation committee handles a mediation request, based on where the parties live and, for some cases, where the other party lives, has a business/office, or where the offence occurred.

法院移付的調解事件，原則上由被告住居所、營業所或事務所所在地的調解委員會調解。

調解委員會在收到當事人聲請或法院移付後，應立即決定調解期日並通知當事人或代理人到場。

調解委員在調解事項涉及自己或同居家屬時，經當事人聲請，應迴避。

The parties may each appoint 1 to 3 people to attend the joint mediation.

與調解事件有利害關係的第三人，經調解委員會許可，可以參加調解程序；調解委員會也可以直接通知其參加。

調解由調解委員在當地公所或其他適當地點進行，原則上不公開；但若當事人另有約定，則例外。

調解委員會由7至15名委員組成，並互選1人為主席；符合特定情況時，縣政府可酌增委員名額，但最高不得超過25人。

If a party does not attend the mediation date without a valid reason, the mediation is deemed unsuccessful. The mediation committee may set a new mediation date if it thinks settlement is still possible.

調解要查明事實和雙方爭議所在，並可作必要調查；調解委員會處理調解事件時，也可請求相關機關協助。

調解委員要以和平、誠懇的態度，對當事人適當勸導，並徵詢協同調解人的意見，提出公正合理的調解方案；對調解事件中的當事人不得施以任何處罰。

調解時，勘驗費原則上由當事人實支；不得收取其他任何費用或以任何名義收受報酬。

If a mediation committee member or a person attending co-mediation uses violence, coercion, or fraud in mediation, blocks prosecution/complaint/private prosecution, or otherwise engages in suspected criminal conduct, the parties may take legal action.

Mediation committees must prepare a mediation record when a mediation is settled, have the parties and attending mediators sign or seal it, and report it to the township, town, or city office within 3 days.

鄉、鎮、市公所要在調解成立後十日內把調解書和卷證送法院審核；法院應儘速審核，核定時由法官簽名蓋印，未核定時要通知理由，且法院移付的調解還要續行訴訟程序。

Court-approved mediation blocks the parties from filing a new lawsuit, complaint, or private prosecution about the same matter.

民事事件在判決確定前調解成立並經法院核定，訴訟終結；原告可在送達核定調解書後三個月內，向法院聲請退還三分之二裁判費。

當事人可在法院核定調解後、符合無效或撤銷事由時，向原核定法院提起相關訴訟；法院移付成立的調解則可請求續行訴訟程序。

鄉、鎮、市長要依程序遴選並聘任調解委員，調解委員任期四年，且女性名額不得少於四分之一。

調解不成立時，當事人可以聲請調解委員會開立不成立證明書；委員會應在聲請後7日內發給。

If a complaint-right holder seeks mediation in a complaint-based criminal case and mediation fails, the township/town/city office must send the matter to the competent prosecutor for investigation, and the mediation request is treated as a complaint.

鄉、鎮、市公所每年一月及七月都要把前半年調解業務概況分別函送相關機關備查。

鄉、鎮、市調解委員會設一名秘書，由鄉、鎮、市長指派符合資格的人員擔任；業務繁重者得再置若干幹事，也由鄉、鎮、市長指派；設置基準由內政部訂定。

Mediation committee expenses are generally to be budgeted by township, town, and city offices based on actual needs; if a court orders a case transferred for mediation, the court bears those costs. The Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Justice, and county governments may also budget rewards based on committee performance.

區調解委員會委員的聘任、連任或解聘，須先由區長報請市政府同意。

司法院負責訂定法院移付調解的辦法。

This provision says the statute takes effect on the date it is published, and the amended provisions dated 15 December 2009 take effect from 23 November 2009.

有特定情形的人，不得擔任調解委員。

鄉、鎮、市長及民意代表不得兼任調解委員。

鄉、鎮、市公所應在聘任調解委員並選定主席後14日內，將第2條及第3條資料函送指定機關備查，並通知當地警察機關。

When the mediation committee conducts mediation, at least three mediators must be present. If both parties consent, one mediator may conduct the mediation directly.

If the chair cannot attend a mediation committee meeting, the committee members must choose one person to act as temporary chair.

Mediation commissioners must be dismissed if they fall within an Article 4 circumstance or, after notice, fail to attend mediation so that the annual total reaches at least one-third.