Enforcement Rules of the Orders Act Article 9

For the purpose of the Enforcement Rules, the competent Yuan refers to the Executive Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, Judicial Yuan Yuan, and the Control Yuan; the preliminary review authority refers to the Ministry of Civil Service for a government functionary, expect for political officers, the Ministry of the Interior for those other than a government functionary, and the Overseas Community Affairs Council for overseas compatriot if the applicant is a competent authority of the Yuan.For the purpose of Article 8 of the Enforcement Rules, the competent authority of the outstanding contribution refers to the Ministry of Education for educational and cultural personnel, the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission for Mongolian and Tibetan individuals, and so on.If an application is made to grant the order to an overseas compatriot, the Overseas Community Affairs Council shall respectively provide the application to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Ministry of the Interior for review according to the location in which the overseas compatriot makes the outstanding contribution.