This change will help to guarantee the rights of military people and conforms better to Article 9 of the Constitution, which prohibits military jurisdiction over non-military personnel. The two articles which caused the greatest debate were the second and the ninth.
過去，非軍人結夥搶劫須接受軍事審判，解嚴後非軍人犯罪不再由軍事機關而改交司法機關審判，也更能符合憲法第九條﹘﹘「人民除現役軍人外，不受軍事審判」所賦予的基本人權。