NGO Version of the Draft Amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure for Robust Fact-Finding

Taiwan's Code of Civil Procedure has long lacked a comprehensive review of its rules of evidence and methods of taking evidence. In response, the Foundation has proposed a draft aimed at strengthening first-instance civil proceedings, incorporating issues such as "procedures for examining witnesses," "implementing collegiate panels at first instance in major cases," and "the scope of the court's ex officio investigation of evidence" into the proposed amendments. These are all crucial directions for strengthening fact-finding, and we urge the Legislative Yuan to give them serious consideration.

The NGO version of the draft can be found in the attachment.