I: Foreword
In the past few decades, Taiwan has enjoyed remarkable progress in politics, economics and culture while industry and commerce have been booming and there has been significant social change. Thanks to the popularity of education and the enlightenment of the public, the number of administrative appeals has greatly increased.
The Administrative Appeal Act promulgated on June 23, 1933 is no longer able to meet the actual needs. Because of this, the Ministry of Justice established the Committee for Research into the Amending the Administrative Appeal System in July 1981 and started research into amending the administrative appeal system. After cautious research and reviews over 11 years, a draft of the amendment was completed and submitted to the Legislative Yuan for three readings. It was promulgated by the President on October 28, 1998. Also on February 3, 1999, the Act of Executive Yuan Organizations was promulgated.
The administrative court is divided into two levels of high courts and administrative supreme courts. Nevertheless, it involved major changes in trial levels and appeal procedures and required relevant preparation; the Ministry of Justice, therefore, requested the above two significant amendments to be promulgated on July 1, 2000 and approved the establishment of Taipei Administrative High Court, Taichung Administrative High Court and Kaohsiung Administrative High Court the same day.
The original administrative court was reorganized into the Administrative Supreme Court. The Court was established because of the abovementioned new system.
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