According to Article 2, Paragraph 3 of the Additional Articles to the ROC constitution, to avert imminent danger to the state or the people or to deal with a grave financial or economic crisis, by resolution of the Executive Yuan Council the president may issue an emergency decree.
按憲法增修條文第二條第三項規定，總統為避免國家或人民遭遇緊急危難或應付財政經濟上重大變故，得經行政院會議之決議發佈「緊急命令」，為必要之處置。