Article 4
Persons disqualified from practicing law:
1. Any person having been convicted of a crime and been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of greater than one year, said conviction involving a crime of moral turpitude affecting their moral fitness to practice law and for that reason having been disbarred by the Attorney Disciplinary Committee. Exceptions to this provision are in the case of those who have been released on “probation with a suspended sentence where there has been no actual custody sentence served” which has not been recalled on a termination date, and those whose convictions did involve a “non-intentional” crime.
2. having been disbarred for a cause enumerated in this Act;
3. having been a governmental employee who was subject to a “Dismissal Disposition”, for the period of its effect or acurrent government employee who was suspended or fired from their position as a punishment for the period of its effect.
4. having been certified by a teaching hospital to be suffering from a mental disability or other mental impairment that makesthe attorney unable to fulfill their duties;
5. having been declared bankrupt, with resolution still pending.
6. Where the person has become subject to the order of the commencement of guardianship or assistantship and the order has not been cancelled
One who, having been admitted to the practice of law, has been found subject to the conditions of clause 1 or 2 of Article 4,shall have his/her license to practice law revoked.
One who, having been admitted to the practice of law, has been found subjectto the conditions under clauses 3 , 4, 5 or 6, of Article 4 will have his license to practice law suspended.

Article 53
The Law shall be implemented from the date of promulgation.
The date of implementation for the amendments to Articles 20~1,42, 45, 46, 47~1 through 47~14, 48 through 50 and 51~1 shall be determined by the Executive Yuan. And article were revised on December 15, 2009 shall take effect from the date of November 23, 2009