Article 96 of the Constitution provides that the Control Yuan may, taking into account the work of the Executive Yuan and its various ministries and commissions, set up a certain number of committees to look into their activities with a view to ascertaining whether or not they are guilty of violation of law or neglect of duty. According to the organic law of the committees of the Control Yuan, seven have been established, namely:

• Committee on internal and minority nationality affairs,
• Committee on foreign and overseas Chinese affairs,
• Committee on national defense and intelligence affairs,
• Committee on financial and economic affairs,
• Committee on educational and cultural affairs,
• Committee on communication and procurement affairs,
• Committee on judicial and prison administration affairs.

　　The committees are organized by Control Yuan members. Each member can join no more than three committees, but can participate in other committees as a non-voting member. A committee cannot have more than 14 members, who should elect a convener from among themselves to handle its day-to-day business. The members of a committee are called into session by the convener, who should serve as its chairperson. An extraordinary meeting may be held upon the proposal by at least three members. A joint session may be held to handle a case that involves two or more committees.

　　Each committee is staffed with two secretaries, two or three administrative assistants, and one clerk.

　　The supporting staff of each committee are to be transferred by the Yuan president in consideration of the workload of the committee.

　　In keeping with the stipulations of Paragraph 3 of Article 2 of the organic law of the committees, the Control Yuan has set up the following eight special committees:

• Committee on statutory studies,
• Committee on consultation,
• Committee on discipline for Control Yuan members,
• Committee on anti-corruption,
• Committee on deliberation of petitions,
• Committee on budget planning and execution,
• Committee on international affairs,
• Committee on human rights protection.

　　Except the committee on consultation, the other three -- the committee on statutory studies, the committee on discipline for Control Yuan members, and the committee on anti-corruption -- are organized by members of the Control Yuan. They are charged with the study of supervisory statutes, deliberation on the disciplinary cases involving members of the Control Yuan, and the deliberation and disposal of asset-reporting cases involving public functionaries.

　　Each of these special committees shall have a secretary, and the supporting staff shall be served concurrently by Control Yuan officials.

　　Paragraph 3 of Article 52 of the Petition Law provides that the Control Yuan shall set up a committee on deliberation of petitions. This committee shall have nine to thirteen members with the vice president of the Control Yuan as an ex officio member and as the chairperson. At least a half of the committee members shall be recruited by the Control Yuan president from among the impartial personalities, scholars, or specialists in society. The rest shall be recruited by the president from among the members other than those serving in the committee on anti-corruption. Their task, as the title of the committee suggests, is to handle the petitions on the disposal. The committee shall have an executive secretary, whereas all the other posts are to be filled by the Control Yuan employees concurrently.

　　About the administrative system of the Control Yuan, please see Appendix Two.

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