Act of Military Service System Article 44
Citizens who serve in the Military Services are entitled to the following rights:1.During the Active Service or military training period, students shall retain their student status and employees shall retain their original job position and seniority.2.During the Active Service or military training period, if one’s dependents are unable to maintain their livelihood, the government shall provide assistance.3.For those who become disabled due to an injury caused by wartime activities or in the line of official duties, the government shall take care of their rearing and education, or send them back to their hometowns according to their wish.4.For those who die in battle or on official duties, if their families cannot afford the rearing and education of their children, the government shall take care of the rearing and education of those children until they attain adulthood. For those who die in battle training or on official duties, and for those who die after serving more than ten (10) years in active service, the government shall take proper care of their surviving families the same way as the treatment of surviving dependents of veterans in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.5.For those who die in battle or on official duties, the government shall be responsible for their funerals, erecting memorial tombstones and monuments to honor them, and paying respect to them regularly.6.For those who die as a result of an illness or accident, their spouses, and the spouses of the Standing Servicemen specified in the preceding subparagraph can be buried in a military cemetery.7.The rights to other honors, rewards, bereavement compensations, insurance, solatia for injury or death, nursing allowances, and fringe benefits entitled by laws.The standards for determining disability caused by injury under Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense.The provisions of Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 1 do not apply to those who have served in Active Service for more than ten (10) years and die while driving a motor vehicle after taking alcohol, narcotics or other similar substances, or die from using illicit drugs, or by crime-related suicide or engaging in other illegal activities.The provisions of Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 1 also apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving families of those who die after serving more than ten (10) years in Active Service prior to the promulgation of articles amended on April 18, 2023.The provisions of Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to veterans who are recognized as honorable citizens and their spouses when they pass away.The government may handle the matters set out in Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1 and the preceding paragraph in view of the government’s fiscal conditions; the regulations governing qualifications, procedures, criteria, and other related matters shall be prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of the Interior respectively.
中文原文 兵役法第44條
國民為國服兵役時，享有下列權利：
一、在營服役或接受常備兵役軍事訓練期間，學生保留學籍，職工保留底缺年資。
二、在營服役或接受常備兵役軍事訓練期間，其家屬不能維持生活時，應由政府負責扶助之。
三、因服戰時勤務或執行公務受傷致身心障礙者，政府應負教養之責，或依其志願資送回鄉。
四、戰死或因公殞命者之子女，其家庭無力教養時，政府應負責教養至其成年為止；戰訓或因公殞命，或服現役十年以上死亡者之遺族，比照國軍退除役官兵遺眷，由政府依相關法令妥善照顧。
五、戰死或因公殞命者，政府應負安葬之責，並建祠立碑，定時祭祀，列敘方志，以資表彰。
六、因病或意外死亡之現役軍人及其配偶、前款現役軍人之配偶，得葬厝於軍人公墓。
七、其他勳賞、撫卹、保險、傷亡慰問、安養津貼及優待等法令規定應享之權利。
前項第三款受傷致身心障礙標準，由國防部定之。
服現役十年以上，因服用酒類、麻醉藥品或其他相類之物後駕駛動力交通工具、施用毒品、犯罪自殺或從事其他違法行為致死者，不適用第一項第四款規定。
本法中華民國一百十二年四月十八日修正之條文施行前已服現役十年以上死亡者之遺族，亦適用第一項第四款規定。
第一項第六款規定，於國軍退除役官兵取得榮譽國民證之本人及其配偶死亡者，準用之。
第一項第六款及前項所定事項，政府得視財政狀況審酌辦理之；其資格、程序、條件及其他相關事項之辦法，由國防部、內政部分別定之。
一、在營服役或接受常備兵役軍事訓練期間，學生保留學籍，職工保留底缺年資。
二、在營服役或接受常備兵役軍事訓練期間，其家屬不能維持生活時，應由政府負責扶助之。
三、因服戰時勤務或執行公務受傷致身心障礙者，政府應負教養之責，或依其志願資送回鄉。
四、戰死或因公殞命者之子女，其家庭無力教養時，政府應負責教養至其成年為止；戰訓或因公殞命，或服現役十年以上死亡者之遺族，比照國軍退除役官兵遺眷，由政府依相關法令妥善照顧。
五、戰死或因公殞命者，政府應負安葬之責，並建祠立碑，定時祭祀，列敘方志，以資表彰。
六、因病或意外死亡之現役軍人及其配偶、前款現役軍人之配偶，得葬厝於軍人公墓。
七、其他勳賞、撫卹、保險、傷亡慰問、安養津貼及優待等法令規定應享之權利。
前項第三款受傷致身心障礙標準，由國防部定之。
服現役十年以上，因服用酒類、麻醉藥品或其他相類之物後駕駛動力交通工具、施用毒品、犯罪自殺或從事其他違法行為致死者，不適用第一項第四款規定。
本法中華民國一百十二年四月十八日修正之條文施行前已服現役十年以上死亡者之遺族，亦適用第一項第四款規定。
第一項第六款規定，於國軍退除役官兵取得榮譽國民證之本人及其配偶死亡者，準用之。
第一項第六款及前項所定事項，政府得視財政狀況審酌辦理之；其資格、程序、條件及其他相關事項之辦法，由國防部、內政部分別定之。