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Legislative Yuan
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<p>The Legislative Yuan (<a href="/facts/Traditional_Chinese_characters/bBFLkuz7">Chinese</a>: 立法院; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>Lìfǎyuàn</i>; lit. 'Law-establishing court') is the <a href="/facts/Unicameralism/Uv6VUhG4">unicameral</a> <a href="/facts/Legislature/ycUCe91S">legislature</a> of the <a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Republic of China</a> (Taiwan) located in <a href="/facts/Taipei/uxB89v54">Taipei</a>. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the <a href="/facts/Free_area_of_the_Republic_of_China/CYU8pHnt">Taiwan Area</a> through a <a href="/facts/Parallel_voting/6a0QRWbG">parallel voting</a> system. </p><p>Originally located in <a href="/facts/Nanjing/WennCVWt">Nanjing</a>, the Legislative Yuan, along with the <a href="/facts/National_Assembly_(Republic_of_China)/5WnYhcyw">National Assembly</a> (electoral college) and the <a href="/facts/Control_Yuan/zJNhRnKb">Control Yuan</a> (upper house), formed the <a href="/facts/Tricameralism/dIgHUSj7">tricameral</a> parliament under the original <a href="/facts/Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_China/PvIAnl6J">1947 Constitution</a>. The Legislative Yuan previously had 760 members representing constituencies in all of China (includes <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_China/e3hWhWHj">provinces</a>, <a href="/facts/Direct-administered_municipalities_of_China/NakNG3Fy">municipalities</a>, <a href="/facts/Tibet_Area_(administrative_division)/zGqRhao3">Tibet Area</a>, and various professions in <a href="/facts/Mainland_China/HFXJcUky">Mainland China</a>). </p><p>Until democratization, the Republic of China was an <a href="/facts/Authoritarianism/88Kfm2gU">authoritarian</a> state under the <i><a href="/facts/Dang_Guo/PhQQlbBf">Dang Guo</a></i> system. At the time, the Legislative Yuan functioned as a <a href="/facts/Rubber_stamp_(politics)/vLNo4lCU">rubber stamp</a> for the ruling regime of the <a href="/facts/Kuomintang/jxHMXkAo">Kuomintang</a>. </p><p>Like <a href="/facts/Parliament/n2zfmmBC">parliaments</a> or <a href="/facts/Congress/ozBFc2gM">congresses</a> of other <a href="/facts/Sovereign_state/TrUb8sns">countries</a>, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of <a href="/facts/Legislation/yUjkPsgX">legislation</a>, which is then sent to the <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Republic_of_China/xqF81Bms">president</a> for signing. For these similarities, it is also common for people to refer to the Legislative Yuan as "the parliament" (國會; <i>Guóhuì</i>; <i>Kok-hōe</i>). </p><p>Under the current <a href="/facts/Additional_Articles_of_the_Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_China/yajSbCKu">amended Constitution</a>, the Legislative Yuan, as the only parliamentary body, also holds the power to initiate several constitutional processes, including initiating <a href="/facts/Constitutional_amendment/VaS0dyDU">constitutional amendments</a> (then determined by a <a href="/facts/Referendums_in_Taiwan/II4YK050">national referendum</a>), <a href="/facts/Recall_election/YzRYwfYK">recalls</a> of the president (then determined by a <a href="/facts/Presidential_elections_in_Taiwan/sxlwWWqH">recall vote</a>), and <a href="/facts/Impeachment/KxfpuQ3d">impeachments</a> of the president (then tried by the <a href="/facts/Judicial_Yuan/MD5Blq7z">Constitutional Court</a>). </p>