The Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion was a series of temporary constitutional provisions passed by the National Assembly of the Republic of China on May 10, 1948 that provided to the then President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers amid the height of the Chinese Civil War against the Chinese Communists. The provisions allowed the President and Vice President of the Republic of China to be exempted from the two-term office limit. After the Chinese mainland was lost to the Communists and the government retreated to Taiwan in December 1949, these provisions were to remain in effect until the mainland could be recovered from the Chinese Communists. However, as history evolved, it became clear that retaking the mainland was more a dream than a real possibility. The National Assembly, on April 22, 1991, resolved to abolish the Temporary Provisions, and on April 30 of the same year, President Lee Teng-hui declared the Period of Communist Rebellion to be terminated as of May 1.[1]
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