Enforcement Rules of the Name Act Article 14

Before the May 20, 2015 amendments to the Act took effect and were promulgated, if a person applied for a surname alteration, adoption of spouse’s surname, restoration to original surname, alteration of given or full name, correction of real/legal name, resumption of traditional Indigenous full name, or resumption of Chinese full name, and no changes (corrections) were made to the names of the person’s spouse or child(ren), the household registration office shall, in accordance with its authority, update the household registration records of the person’s spouse and child(ren).After the household registration office updates said household registration records in accordance with its authority, it shall notify the person’s spouse and child(ren), if any, and request that they apply for a replacement of their National ID Card and Household Certificate simultaneously.