Legislative Yuan

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government body national legislature unicameral legislature

The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral national legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan), responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Legislative Yuan (Republic of China) 1
National Assembly of the Republic of China 1
立法院 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government body ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation LY ⓘ
branchOf legislative branch of the Republic of China ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
currentStatus active ⓘ
electoralSystemIncludes aboriginal constituencies ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ
single-member districts ⓘ
elects President of the Legislative Yuan ⓘ
Vice President of the Legislative Yuan ⓘ
hasCommittee Economic Committee ⓘ
Education and Culture Committee ⓘ
Finance Committee ⓘ
Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee ⓘ
Internal Administration Committee ⓘ
Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee ⓘ
Procedure Committee ⓘ
Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee ⓘ
Transportation Committee ⓘ
hasHouse single chamber ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle President of the Legislative Yuan ⓘ
Vice President of the Legislative Yuan ⓘ
hasMembers 113 ⓘ
hasPower amend laws ⓘ
approve budget ⓘ
enact laws ⓘ
initiate constitutional amendments ⓘ
interpellate the Executive Yuan ⓘ
ratify treaties ⓘ
languageUsed Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
legislatureOf Republic of China ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
locatedAtAddress No. 1, Zhongshan South Road, Taipei ⓘ
locatedIn Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
surface form: Taipei

Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
meetsIn Legislative Yuan Building ⓘ
nativeName Legislative Yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 立法院
nativeNameLanguage zh ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
oversees Executive Yuan ⓘ
partOf Government of Taiwan ⓘ
surface form: central government of the Republic of China
precededBy Legislative Yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Assembly of the Republic of China
responsibleFor government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
scriptUsed Traditional Chinese ⓘ
seat Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
surface form: Taipei
supervises Council of Grand Justices nominations ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
usesVotingSystem mixed-member majoritarian ⓘ
website https://www.ly.gov.tw ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taipei, Taiwan → isSeatOf → Legislative Yuan ⓘ
subject surface form: Taipei
Republic of China → legislativeBody → Legislative Yuan ⓘ
Kinmen → legislativeRepresentation → Legislative Yuan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Yuan (Republic of China)
Republic of China → legislature → Legislative Yuan ⓘ
Republic of China → lowerHouse → Legislative Yuan ⓘ
Control Yuan → memberConfirmationBy → Legislative Yuan ⓘ
Legislative Yuan → nativeName → Legislative Yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 立法院
Examination Yuan → parallelTo → Legislative Yuan ⓘ
Legislative Yuan → precededBy → Legislative Yuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Assembly of the Republic of China
Control Yuan → sisterBranches → Legislative Yuan ⓘ