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• These Regulations are enacted in accordance with Article 10, Item 4 of the Organization Act of Academia Sinica.
• The Council of Academia Sinica shall meet at least once a year, summoned by the Chairperson. When it is deemed to be necessary or by the request of over one-third of the Council Members, the Chairperson can summon an interim meeting which can be conducted either through correspondence or through email. Those Council Members who cast their votes through correspondence or by email are considered to be present in person. The quorum for the meeting is a majority of Council Members. When the Chairperson is not able to chair the meeting, one of the Vice-Presidents shall be assigned by the Chairperson to act as chair.
• When the President of the Academia Sinica resigns or the post becomes vacant, the Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Academia Sinica shall summon an interim Council meeting; Council Members should select a chairperson to handle the voting for the candidates for the Presidency. Election of Presidential Candidates shall use secret preferential ballot. Each voter shall select four candidates on the ballot with preference ranking. The three candidates who receive the highest weighted ranking shall be considered elected as the Presidential Candidates.
• When the President of Academia Sinica is willing to continue in office into his (her) second term, one year before his (her) first term expires, the Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Academia Sinica shall summon a meeting to handle the voting for the continuation of the Presidency. Council Members vote anonymously, and a second term for the President is granted if it wins a majority of the votes.
• The motions intended to be discussed in the meeting shall be cosigned by at least 2 Members and shall be mailed to the Chief Executive Officer one month before the meeting so that it can be put onto the agenda. The Chief Executive Officer will then mail the agenda to all Council Members two weeks before the meeting. The motion rendered in the meeting shall be cosigned by at least 5 Members.
• The motion can be reviewed by the Review Committee organized by the Council Members and by the order of the Chairperson.
• The resolution for a particular motion must be approved by a majority of the attending members for the motion to pass.
• When the number of votes for and against a particular motion is tied, the Chairperson can cast his (her) vote to break the tie.
• When Council Members are not able to attend the meeting, it is not permitted to ask others to represent them. However, for some particular cases, one other Council Member through the authorization of correspondence can be another Member’s representative to cast that Member’s vote. Each Council Member can only be the representative of one other.
• At the first meeting of each term of the Council, Members shall vote among themselves for the Chief Executive Officer and then report to the President of the Academia Sinica for appointment.
• These Regulations may be amended by two-thirds of the attending Council Members of Academia Sinica.
• These Regulations shall take effect as of the date of their promulgation.

(These Regulations are drafted in both Chinese and English. If there is any inconsistency between the two, the Chinese version shall prevail.)