Annotated Republic of China Laws/Name Act/Article 6
←Article 2 to Article 5 | Name Act Republic of China (Taiwan) Law Article 6 |
Article 7 to Article 10→ |
Promulgated full amendment on 2001-06-20
edit(Derived from http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/news/news_detail.aspx?id=3508 )
Wikisource has original text related to: |
- Article 6
- A person who meets one of the following requirements may apply for a change of his surname:
- Acknowledged by his natural parent
- Adopted by or if an adoptive relationship is terminated
- A person has his surname changed according to the other law or other regulations
- After a couple gets married, either the wife or the husband may apply for attaching his/her spouse’ s surname or resuming his/her original surname. In case such person applies for resuming his/her original surname, in each marital relationship, only one of such resumption will be allowed.
Promulgated amendment on 2003-06-25
edit(Derived from http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/news/news_detail.aspx?id=3508 )
Wikisource has original text related to: |
- Article 6
- A person who meets one of the following requirements may apply for a change of his surname:
- Acknowledged by his natural parent
- Adopted by or if an adoptive relationship is terminated
- An aborigine surname becomes misleading after his aboriginal name is changed into a traditional Chinese surname
- A person has his surname changed according to the other law or other regulations
- After a couple gets married, either the wife or the husband may apply for attaching his/her spouse’ s surname or resuming his/her original surname. In case such person applies for resuming his/her original surname, in each marital relationship, only one of such resumption will be allowed.
Promulgated amendment on 2007-12-26
edit(From http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/news/news_detail.aspx?id=3508 )
Wikisource has original text related to: |
- Article 6
- A person who meets one of the following requirements may apply for a change of his surname:
- Acknowledged by his natural parent
- Adopted by or if an adoptive relationship is terminated
- An aborigine surname becomes misleading after his aboriginal name is changed into a traditional Chinese surname
- A person has his surname changed according to the other law or other regulations
- After a couple gets married, either the wife or the husband may apply for attaching his/her spouse’ s surname or resuming his/her original surname. In case such person applies for resuming his/her original surname, in each marital relationship, only one of such resumption will be allowed.