[Footnote 26: Wang Shih-chieh, _Pi-chiao Hsien-fa_, cited, p. 676 _ff._] The Judicial _Yüan_ serves as an administrative and budgetary agency for four agencies. The Ministry of Justice (_Ssŭ-fa Hsing-chêng-pu_) is, obviously, the prosecuting agency, attached to the executive in the United States, but made a part of the general judicial system in China. The Administrative Court (_Hsing-chêng Fa-yüan_) is an agency only potentially important; so is the Commission for the Disciplinary Punishment of Public Officers (_Kung-wu-yüan Ch'êng-chieh Wei-yüan-hui_). The _Yüan_ President is _ex officio_ chief magistrate of the Supreme Court (_Tsui-kao Fa-yüan_). Wang Shih-chieh says of this _Yüan_: Because of the fact that the Judicial _Yüan_ is itself not an organ of adjudication, and since all affairs concerning prosecution at law are handled by the Ministry of Justice, the actual work to be performed by the Judicial _Yüan_ is very simple and light. In addition to framing the budget for the _Yüan_ itself and approving the general estimates of the organs under it, the Judicial _Yüan_ has only three further duties to perform: (1) to bring before the Legislative _Yüan_ legislative measures connected with the Judicial _Yüan_ and its sub-organs; (2) to petition the President of the National Government with respect to such cases as special pardon, commutation of sentence, and the restoration of civil rights; and (3) to unify the interpretation of laws and orders, and changes in judicial procedure.[27] [Footnote 27: The same, p. 691.] With peace, reconstruction and prosperity, the Judicial _Yüan_ might acquire importance through its control of the administrative and technical aspects of the court system. Meanwhile, courts are more closely associated with their respective levels or areas of government than with one another in a unified judicial system. The Examination _Yüan_, with a President and Vice-President, is composed of a central _Yüan_ office, which supervises two organs: the Ministry of Personnel (_Ch'uan-hsü Pu_), operating a selective promotion system, and the Examinations Commission (_K'ao-hsüan Wei-yüan-hui_). In absolute numbers, few examinations have been held. In practice, standard recruitment technique continues to involve introduction, influence, or family connections. The familiarity of such devices in China at least gives them a high polish, and precludes utter inefficiency. Under the circumstances, the Examination _Yüan_ finds scope for valuable, creative work in the preparation of administrative studies and analyses of very considerable importance.