Hsieh Chi-ta
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Hsieh Chi-ta MLY |
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| 謝啟大 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 1996 – 31 January 2002 |
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| Constituency | Taichung |
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In office 1 February 1993 – 31 January 1996 |
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| Constituency | Hsinchu |
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10 February 1949 Shangrao, Jiangxi, Republic of China |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Political party | New Party |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Hsieh Chi-ta Chinese: 謝啟大; born 10 February 1949) is a retired Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002.
Hsieh was born in Shangrao on 10 February 1949. At the age of eighteen, she became a schoolteacher. Hsieh's legal career began at age 28, after she had focused her legal studies at National Taiwan University on juvenile delinquency. Hsieh was a judge for eleven years prior to her election to the Legislative Yuan, having been appointed to the Yilan and Hsinchu district courts, as well as the Hualien bench of the Taiwan High Court.
Hsieh represented Hsinchu district in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1996. She served another two terms in the Legislative Yuan, winning the 1995 and 1998 elections as a representative of Taichung. During her first term, Hsieh served on the education committee and worked to improve teaching style and curriculum in public schools. Soon after taking office, Hsieh unsuccessfully intervened in the capital punishment case of Liu Huan-jung, a Bamboo Union gang member who had killed five people and been placed on Taiwan's death row for seven years before his execution. She petitioned for the Judicial Yuan to rule on ROC Civil Code Article 1089, which stated that if parents were to disagree on a decision pertaining to the rights of a child, the father's decision was final. As written, Article 1089 was found to be unconstitutional. In further support of children's rights, Hsieh sought harsher punishments for child prostitution.
In her second term, Hsieh was named a member of the judicial committee. In 1997, Hsieh supported the passage of amendments to the Law Governing the Disposition of Juvenile Cases, making guardians partly responsible for the actions of juvenile delinquents. The next year, she drafted an amendment to the Sexual Violation Prevention Act and Witness Protection Act, subjecting rape allegations to immediate investigation. Hsieh also helped pass an amendment regarding compensation to crime victims. Believing that smaller constituencies would prevent elected officials from accurately reflecting "mainstream public opinion", she opposed a 1998 proposal on electoral district reform. The change from multi-member electoral districts to single-member districts coupled with party-list representation eventually occurred in 2008. Hsieh was a strong advocate for women's rights, and staunchly against the death penalty.
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