it is necessary that members of the Legislative Yuan of the first convention continue to perform their functions. "The delegates and members elected in the first central elections have exercised their powers of office for forty years now, and they are gradually succumbing to the ravages of time.
次屆選舉時，若聽任立法、監察兩院職權之行使陷於停頓，則顯與憲法樹立五院制度之本旨相違，故在第二屆委員未能依法選出集會與召集之前，自應仍由第一屆立法委員、監察委員繼續行使職權。」至今，第一屆中央民意代表已整整行使職權四十年。