HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION ACT
Prescribed and promulgated by National Government on December 12, 1931; full text, 132 articles
Article 17, and Article 23 to Article 25 revised by National Government on March 31, 1934
Revised by National Government on January 3, 1946; full text, 61 articles
Article 17 and Article 18 amended by Order of President on December 18, 1954
Revised by Order of President, No. Tai-Tung (1)-Yi 3206, on July 17, 1973; full text, 71 articles
Revised by Order of President, No. Hua-Tsung (1)-Yi 3129, on June 29, 1992
Revised by Order of President, No. Hua-Tsung (1)-Yi 8600116250, on May 21, 1997; full text, 61 articles
Revised by Order of President, No. Hua-Tsung -1-Yi 8900166150, on July 5,2000
Revised and promulgated by Order of President, No. Hua-Tsung-1-Yi 09400088841,on June 15, 2005

Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1
The household registration for the nationals of the Republic of China (ROC) shall be implemented in accordance with this law.

Article 2
The competent authorities in charge of the administration of household registration are the Ministry of the Interior in the Central Government, the municipal governments in special municipalities, and the county(city) governments in counties(cities).

Article 3
The household registration shall be made on household basis.
All members living together in a family or a place under the same managing person, or engaging in common businesses shall belong to one household, with the head of family or the managing person as the head of the household. Who lives independently may constitute a household with himself/herself as the head of the household.
Any person shall not have two households simultaneously.

Article 4
The household registration herein referred to the following registration items:
1. Registrations of identity:
(1) Birth registration
(2) Acknowledgement registration
(3) Adoption and adoption termination registrations
(4) Marriage and divorce registrations
(5) Guardianship registration
(6) Death and death proclamation registrations
2. Registrations of migration:
(1) Immigration registration
(2) Emigration registration
(3) Address alteration registration
Who does not have household registration in this country but is approved to reside or register the household registration shall apply for the initial household registration.

Article 5
The special municipal and the county (city) governments shall establish census offices to deal with the household registrations in the area under individual office’s jurisdiction; the offices shall be established based on a hsiang (town, city, district). However, in the jurisdictional area, which is broad with a population of 300,000 and over, additional census office(s) may be established, of which the jurisdictional area shall be the household registration area.

Article 6
Any information of household registration shall not be carried out of the places where they are kept, except for avoiding natural disasters and accidents, census, or approved by the chief of the office.
the Ministry of the Interior shall stipulate the form and the retention period of the information mentioned in the previous paragraph.

Article 7
In the areas where the household registrations have been processed, the citizen’s identification card and extract of household registration shall be issued. In case the citizen’s identification card and extract of household registration have not been issued, the household registration certificate duplicate may be issued as the substitute.
The Ministry of the Interior shall stipulate the forms of citizen’s identification card and extract of household registration.

Article 8
The nationals who have reached the age of fourteen (14) shall apply for citizen’s identification Cards; and who are under the age of fourteen (14) may apply for citizen’s identification cards.