New Law for Defence of Popular Right private individuals having 90 of complaint against. any oper or illegal action of Government administrative organs may. seek redress from superior Government organs was-passd at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Yuan, The new law, which will Lo submitted immediately to the State Council for approval and promulgation, contains the following salient points:
1. Where a central or local government organ has by illegal or Smproper action impaired or eneroached upon the rights or Iawful interests of any private citizen, the aggrieved party may institute petition for redress, 2, Jurisdiction over petitions shall be: a3 follows: a. Petitions against the actions of a Municipal or District Government shall be addressed to the responsible Provincial Government organ concerned; appeals against, the: decisions of the latter organ bail be addressed to the Provincial Government Committee, Petitions against the actions of a Provincial-Government organ shall be addressed to the Provincial Government Committee; appeals against the decisions of the latter shall be addressed to the Central Government Ministry concerned.
Petitions against the actions of the Provincial Government Com: mittee shall be addressed to the Gentral Government Ministry concerned; appeals against the decisions of the latter shall headdressed to the Yuan concerned.
Petitions against the actions of @ Special Municipal Bureau shall the addvessod to th Special Municipal Government concerned; appeals against the decision of the Jatter shall be addressed to the Central Government Ministry concern-
Petitions against the actions of a Special Municipal, Government hall be addressed to the Central Government Ministry concerned; appeals against the decisions of the latter shall be addressed to the Central Government Ministry concerned; appeals against the decision of the Intter shall be addressed the Yuan concerned.
Petitions against the actions Miniotry or a Central Govern-
the said Ministry or Committee decision; appeals against. such Committee shall be addressed decisions shall be addressed to the Yuan concerned.
3, Where the action complained of is an "improper" action, the cision of the "appeal" or' "second petition"" shall be final; where the action complained of is an "illegal" one, the wzgrieved party, if disfeatisfied with the "second! appeal," may still institute proceedings, in the, Administrative Court against the Government organ concerned in accordance with law.—Kuo Min,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.