Annotated Republic of China Laws/Name Act/Article 1

Name Act Republic of China (Taiwan) Law Article 1

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Promulgated full amendment on 2001-06-20

(Derived from http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/news/news_detail.aspx?id=3508 )

Article 1

Any citizen of the ROC should have one real/legal full name and such full name should be the one entered in his/her household registration.

The name registration of Taiwan aborigine is according to his/her cultures and customs. If an aborigine has his name registered in the traditional Chinese name, he may apply for the resumption of his traditional name. After he resumes his traditional name, he may apply for the resumption of his original Chinese name and such resumption will be limited to one time only.

Promulgated amendment on 2003-06-25

(From http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/news/news_detail.aspx?id=3508 )

Article 1

Any citizen of the ROC should have one real/legal full name and such full name should be the one entered in his/her household registration.

The name registration of Taiwan aborigine is according to his/her cultures and customs. If an aborigine has his name registered in the traditional Chinese name, he may apply for the resumption of his traditional name. After he resumes his traditional name, he may apply for the resumption of his original Chinese name and such resumption will be limited to one time only.

In the case that a citizen of the ROC is married to a alien or a stateless person, the Chinese surname of his/her spouse and a child of such couple should be met the conventions　 practiced in the ROC. And the same shall also apply to the　surname of an alien or a stateless person who applies for　nationalization.