History

      History（Yilan District Prosecutors’ Office）※Geography:Yilan Prosecutors’ Office is in Yilan City,Yilan county,Taiwan.Yilan City is in the middle of Yilan County. Yilan County is located on Taiwan’s northeast corner with the Pacific Ocean to its east and the Central Mountains to its north. Between these two natural boundaries lies the county’s Lanyang Plain. The county neighbors Taipei County in the north, Tao-Yuan and Hsin-Chu Counties in the west, and Tai-Chung and Hua-Lien Counties in the south. Yilan County is surrounded with mountains on the north, west and south sides, the Pacific Ocean is on the east side. Most inhabitants in Yilan County are engaged in agriculture and fishery. The people are honest and diligent. The social are safe and secure. During the days of Japanese domination, civil and criminal cases of Yilan area were under the jurisdiction of Taipei District Court Yilan branch & Prosecutor Bureau.1. 1945：Original nameWhen Japan retroceded Taiwan to the R.O.C（Republic of China, Taiwan as known） in 1945,Taiwan High Court（Appeal Court） dispatched Huang Liang（Taipei District Prosecutor）to take over the matters concerned of Yilan Bureau of Taipei District Prosecutor on December,24th,1945, and changed the name to「Yilan Branch of Taipei District Court」.2. 1947：Upgrade and ExpansionOn March, 1st ,1947, Yilan Branch of Taipei District Court upgraded to「Yilan Prosecutors office of Yilan District Court」,and it was expanded the organization to deal with increasingly professional works, the office was still in the former place (No.51,Rd. wei shui,Yilan County) .3. 1962：Rebuilt A violent Typhoon named Ou Po raided on Yilan County area in August,1962, caused severe damages. The storm destroyed the office building that was made by the aged wood, As a result, the office moved to the Yilan County Government Library to carry on their work. In the meantime, a special fund was applied to rebuild a two stories office building at the former place. Seven months later, the construction was completed and was in operation in Octorber,1963. The whole area of the new office building is 617 ping（1 ping equals to 36 square feet）,The new building looked magnificent, both Yilan District Court and Yilan Prosecutors have been sharing the new office building.4. 1981：Expansion 1For the reasons of increasing workload and clerks, the space in the office was not adequate. Therefore, two period budget in 1981 and 1982 were been set to built another new office building at the former address（including a basement）,The total area of new built office building is 690 ping (both Yilan District Court and Yilan Prosecutors have been sharing the new office building till now.), the expanded area was used for the conference room, the file room, the booty and the garage etc.5. 1987：Expansion 2The office building was expanded again in 1987.The construction was started on January 8th, 1988, and it was finished in December1988 as on schedule, the expansion helped to solved the problem of insufficient space in the office. It has a great benefit for increasing work efficiency and has settled the accommodation problem of the single staff.6. 1989：Yilan District Prosecutors’ OfficeOn December 24th,1989, Court Organic Law was revised, the organization and the name has been changed ：The name of the organization has been changed to 「Yilan District Prosecutors’ Office」,and the organization has been subordinate to Ministry of Justice（not subordinate to Judicial Yuan as before）.

This office is under the supervision of Taiwan High Prosecutors Office. One Chief Prosecutor is appointed to manage the administrative affairs of the whole office, direct and supervise all prosecutors in this office. All the prosecutors in this office are divided into two divisions. Each of these divisions has a Head Prosecutor who supervises the business of his/her division. There are several class one units in this office, including chief clerk office, probation officer office, personnel office, accounting office, statistics office, civil service ethics office, and investigator for prosecutor office etc. Under the chief secretary division, there are records section, enforcement section, documentation section, research and evaluation section, general affairs section, information management office, and bailiff office etc. In addition, the Chief Prosecutor of this office is authorized by law to supervise Yilan Detention Center and Yilan Juvenile Detention House.

A Brief Introduction of Service Center

          Complaint Window for Victims of Felony        We are concernd about your rights and interests. If you or yourrelatives are victimized in a felony, please present your case throughthis window to us. We will handle the case immediately and properly.Complaint BOx : No.3, Sianjheng W. Rd., Yilan City, Yilan CountyComplaint Tel : ( 03 ) 9253661Complaint Fax : ( 03 ) 9252839Complaint P.0.Box : Yilan P.0. Box 142 Email Box : ilcmail@mail.moj.gov.tw Application Counter & Litigation Assistance Counter Telephone for litigation assistance : ( 03 ) 9253661                                                      ( 03 ) 9253000126 EXt . 326  Service hours 08:00 a.m. to 05:30 p.m. ( closed on holidays )  Subjects of service：The publicVictims and their relatives ( For enquiry about a case , ID is required ) Scrvice Counters : Application Counter : Receiving victims' petitions or mails Litigation Assistance Countr: Replying to questions about criminal procedure (including theprocedure to apply to the prosecutor for appealing the case) Helping a litigant or persons involved understand the procedure of Litigation Assisting persons of surrender to justice , persons who voluntrilysubmit , and the use of the accusation bell Assisting with the report on availability,filing an application , andrequesting for subpeena or postponement .  Assisting with the procedures of bailing ; fulfilling the obligation bythe party who bails out a criminal ; petition for end ofdetention ,removing the name from the wanted list , and liffing the ban of arrivaland departure of the country Assisting with payment of bails and fines .  Assisting with applying for Suspending Or delaying the execution ,converting the imprisonment into fines , paying nnes with installmentand converting hnes into imprisonment Assisting with the return of bails , loots , eVidence and ConduCt moneyfor witnesses or expert witnesses Assisting with the obtaining of prosecutorial documents , certificatefor the concusion of a case , and other documents . Replying to enquiries on the progress of reconsideration ,investigation , and other matters Writing or making a copy of routine petition without the reasons freeof charge on behalf of the applicants Providing legal assistance to common people . AS for questions onlegal affairs , please consult the Bar Association which provides legalassistance to common people . Accepting telephone petitions on the following matters : Reissuing the statement ofprosecution , and statement of  non-prosecution lssuing a certificate of autopsy lssuing a certificate oftheconclusionofacase Issuing a certificate on the Completion ofexeCution Petition for return of bail , Ioot orevidence Supplying free copies for the following forms , including routineforms , petition forms Certihcate of Appointment Pdition for transferring a case to the court for trial with another casetogelher  Petition for summoning a witness or an expert witness Petition for a change of the date of appearance Petition for reconsideration Petition for withdrawal Of the reconsideration Petition for withdrawal of a complaint Petition for hling an appeal by the prosecutor Petition for repealing a wanted order Petition for a reply to a request on the progress of a case Petition for a transfer of jurisdiction Petition for a change of destination in the delivery of message Petition for delivering a document Petition for additional copies of prosecutorial documents Petition for lifting departure restrictions Petition for returning the bails Petition for returning the evidence or other articles withheld Petition for converting imprisonment into fines Petition for the payment of fines in installments Petitlon for converting the unfulfilled part of a sentence into fines Petition for combining all the sentences to execute Petition for executing a sentence of imprisonment Petition for suspension or postponement of the execution of a sentence Petition for entrusting the other prosecutors' office to execute a sentence PetitIOn for certificate on the conclusion of a case  Petition for a certificate on the completion of the execution of a sentence Petition for a certificate of autopsy  Petition for reporting by written statement instead of appearance for a person under probation Petition for an overseas trip by a person under probation Petition for a change of residence by a person under probation Patition for extended report by a person under probation Petition for Ieaving a designated location by a person under probation Petition of legal assistance by a common person Document of Appointment DOcument of Reconciliation Document of Repentance Other items of service rendered by this office