Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion

Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of National Mobilization for Suppression of the Communist Rebellion
Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of National Mobilization for Suppression of the Communist Rebellion
Traditional Chinese	動員戡亂時期臨時條款
Simplified Chinese	动员戡乱时期临时条款
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dòngyuán Kānluàn Shíqī Línshí Tiáokuǎn
Wade–Giles	Tung4-yüan2 K'an1-luan4 Shih2-ch'i1 Lin2-shih2 T'ien2-k'uan3
IPA	[tʊ̂ŋɥɛ̌n kʰánlɥɛ̂n ʂɻ̩̌tɕʰí lǐnʂɻ̩́ tʰjǎʊkʰwàn]

Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of National Mobilization for Suppression of the Communist Rebellion ^[1]^[2]
Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of National Mobilization for Suppression of the Communist Rebellion
Overview
Original title	動員戡亂時期臨時條款
Jurisdiction	China Mainland China: Shanghai, Peking, Manchuria and provinces north of Yangtze River, excluding Sinkiang, Sikang, Tsinghai, Tibet Area from 10 December 1948 to 7 December 1949; Provinces south of the Yangtze River including Nanking, Canton, Fukien and Chekiang from 7 July 1949 to 20 January 1955; Hainan from 14 March 1950 to 1 May 1950; ; Free Area: Taiwan from 19 May 1949 to 1 May 1991; Fukien (Kinmen and Matsu Islands) from 7 July 1949 to 1 May 1991; ;
Ratified	18 April 1948
Date effective	10 May 1948
System	Unitary parliamentary; constitutional republic (de jure); Unitary Tridemist one-party presidential; constitutional republic under a military dictatorship (de facto)
Government structure
Branches	Five (Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Examination, Control)
Head of state	President
Chambers	Tricameral (National Assembly, Legislative Yuan, Control Yuan)
Executive	Premier led Executive Yuan
Judiciary	Judicial Yuan
Federalism	Unitary
Electoral college	Yes (National Assembly)
History
First legislature	1 May 1950 (LY)
First executive	1 March 1950 (President)
Repealed	1 May 1991
Amendments	4
Last amended	1972
Supersedes	Suspension of the Constitution of the Republic of China

The Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of National Mobilization for Suppression of the Communist Rebellion^[4] were provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of China effective from 1948 to 1991 and amended four times by the Central Government of China. They effectively nullified the constitution and established martial law in Taiwan, where civil and political freedoms were curtailed. The official rationale for the provisions was the ongoing Chinese Civil War, but with the demise of the Kuomintang single-party system, the provisions were repealed.