This Act is formulated in accordance with Article 118 of the R.O.C. Constitution and Article 9, paragraph 1 of the Amendment of the Constitution of the R.O.C. The local government shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The local governments are subdivided into the provincial government and special municipalities (Art. 3). Special municipalities, counties/cities, and townships/cities are local selfgoverning bodies, and shall carry out self-government matters in accordance with this Act as well as the matters commissioned by higher government agencies (Art. 14). Chapter 4-1 provides for the mountain indigenous districts of special municipalities. Districts of special municipalities that have been converted from mountain indigenous townships shall be referred to as mountain indigenous districts of special municipalities. Indigenous districts shall be local self-governing bodies, and shall have district councils and district offices(Art.83-2). The self-government matters of mountain indigenous districts are listed in Article 83-3, including: organization and management of the indigenous districts, social welfare, waste disposal and handling, public utilities and public-run enterprises in the indigenous districts, etc.
Taiwan Province of China · 1999-01-25