HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION LAW
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 09300000311,on January 7, 2004
Revised and promulgated by Order of President, No. Hua-Tsung-1-Yi 09400088841,on June 15, 2005
Hua-Tzon(1)Yi/Tze No. 09700000841, on Jan 9, 2008
President Order Hua-Tzon(1)Yi/Tze No. 09700061901, on May 28,2008

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 competent authority, 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.

○ Article 4
One person cannot be registered at two households.
Household registration used herein shall mean the following registrations:
1. Registrations of personal status:
(1) Birth Registration
(2) Acknowledgement Registration
(3) Adoption and end of adoption registration
(4) Marriage and Divorce Registrations
(5) Guardianship Registration
(6) Supplementary registration
(7) Registration of the executing or exercising of the right and obligation for the under-age children
(8) Death and Death Announcement Registrations
2. Registrations of household initiation
3. Registrations of movement :
(1) Moving-out Registration
(2) Moving-in Registration
(3) Address Alteration Registration
4. Separation(Union) Household Registration
5.Birth Place Regisrtation

○ 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.

Chapter 2. Categories of Registrations
○ Article 6
Any birth under 12 years of age shall be subject to birth registration, and the same shall also apply to any abandoned or helpless child without household registration.

○ Article 7
Any acknowledgement shall be subject to the acknowledgement registration.

○ Article 8
Any adoption shall be subject to the adoption registration.
Any termination of adoption shall be subject to the Adoption termination registration.