Act of Military Service for Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Armed Forces Article 37
If an Officer or Non-commissioned Officer died during the period of receiving the pension or alimony, then the payment will stop starting from the next month of his/her death, and in accordance with the Standard of Retirement Severance Pay when the beneficiary have died, pay one lump sum amount of indemnity to the bereaved dependents. The rules are as follows:Subparagraph 1 Receiveing the pension or alimony for less than one year, pay the full amount of retirement pay.Subparagraph 2 Receiveing the pension or alimony for more than one year but less than three years, pay the full amount of retirement pay. However, if the remaining retirement pay amount is less than half of the total retirement pay, then pay one half of the total retirement pay amount.Subparagraph 3 Receiveing the pension or alimony for more than three, pay the remaining amount of the retirement pay, and also pay an indemnity equivalent to 6 bases of the Active Service personnel of the same level, will be the same for those who have no remaining balance.The bereaved dependents stipulated in the preceding Paragraph receiving indemnity shall be given an amount. Other than the un-remarried spouse takes 1/2, the rest bereaved dependents are receiveing indemnity on average based the following order:Subparagraph 1 childrenSubparagraph 2 parentsSubparagraph 3 brothers and sistersSubparagraph 4 grandparentsIf the deceased Officers or Non-commission Officers do not have the bereaved dependents in Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding Paragraph, then the indemnity is again received separately by the un-remarried spouse. If he/she has no spouse, then the indemnity shall be jointly received by the bereaved dependents in accordance with the order in the preceding Paragraph in accordance with the following regulations:Subparagraph 1 If there are multiple people in the same order of the bereaved dependents, then they received on average based on the number of people.Subparagraph 2 If in the same order of the bereaved dependents, there are people chose to give up or had lost their receiving rights due to legal issues, then the indemnity shall be received by the other bereaved dependents of the same order in accordance with the preceding Paragraph. If there is no first order bereaved dependents, then it will be received by the second order in accordance with the preceding Paragraph.If the bereaved parents, spouse or minor children or adult children but unable to earn a living due to disability, don't want to receive one lump sum amount of indemnity, may change to receive annuity in accordance with the following regulations:Subparagraph 1 For spouses over fifty five years old and their marriage relationship had lasted for over ten years and did not remarried, then the can receive for their whole life. However, if they are unable to earn a living due to disability or their marriage relationship has lasted without remarried when the retirement severance had become effective, then they do not subject to age limit.Subparagraph 2 Minor children are given till they are adult.Subparagraph 3 Parents or adult children but unable to earn a living due to disability are given for their whole life.The un-remarried spouse or children that are unable to earn a living due to disabilities provided in Subparagraphs 1 and 3 of the preceding Paragraph shall comply to the disability qualification in legal serious conditions with the disability manual or proof or they are being supervised without being dismissed and they can hand in the income report data of the previous year for every year to prove their averaged monthly income did not exceed the legal minimum wage. But for those that have already received the bereaved annuity before the amendment of the Article is implemented shall continue receive the annuity.The bereaved dependents provided in Paragraph 4 that received the pension or alimony, optimized interests or other amount given from government budget or public service institute which is same as the paid amount given periodically in accordance with the Article or other order cannot choose to receive bereaved annuity. However, if the bereaved dependents chose to give up the receiving periodically given amount and had the consent from the originally reviewed agency are not limited.The bereaved annuity in Paragraph 4 starts from the next month after the Officers and Non-commission Officers receiving the pension or alimony is dead and is given in accordance with Article 26 and the half amount of the standards in Appendix 3. However, if the given amount is lower than the regulated averaged salary provided in Subparagraph 2 in Article 26 or the half of the current salary of Active Service Personnel, the annuity will still be given in accordance with the average salary or the half of the current salary of Active Service Personnel.If Officers and Non-commission Officers receiving the pension or alimony died before the amendment of the Article is being implemented, then their bereaved dependents can choose the condition to receive their annuity but still in accordance with the regulations before the amendment of the Article.
中文原文 陸海空軍軍官士官服役條例第37條
軍官、士官於領受退休俸或贍養金期間死亡者，自死亡之次月起停發，另依其死亡時之退除給與基準，發給遺屬一次金。
其規定如下：
一、支領退休俸或贍養金未滿一年者，發給退伍金總額。
二、支領退休俸或贍養金一年以上未滿三年者，發給其退伍金餘額。
但退伍金餘額，低於退伍金總額之半數時，仍照半數發給之。
三、支領退休俸或贍養金三年以上者，發給其退伍金餘額，並發給相當於同等級之現役人員六個基數之遺屬一次金；其無餘額者，亦同。
前項遺屬一次金之領受遺族，其應核給金額，除由未再婚配偶領受二分之一外，其餘由下列順序之遺族，依序平均領受之：
一、子女。
二、父母。
三、兄弟姊妹。
四、祖父母。
亡故之軍官、士官無前項第一款及第二款遺族者，其遺屬一次金由未再婚配偶單獨領受。
無配偶時，其應領之遺屬一次金，依序由前項各款遺族，依下列規定共同領受：
一、同一順序遺族有數人時，按人數平均領受。
二、同一順序遺族如有拋棄或因法定事由喪失領受權者，其遺屬一次金應由同一順序其他遺族依前款規定領受。
無第一順序遺族時，由次一順序遺族依前款規定領受。
遺族為配偶、父母、未成年子女或已成年因身心障礙而無工作能力之子女，如不領遺屬一次金，得依下列規定，改支遺屬年金：
一、年滿五十五歲之配偶，以其婚姻關係累積存續十年以上且未再婚者，給與終身。
但因身心障礙而無工作能力或於領俸人員退伍除役生效時已有婚姻關係存續之未再婚之配偶，不受支領年齡限制。
二、未成年子女，給與至成年為止。
三、父母或已成年因身心障礙而無工作能力之子女，給與終身。
前項第一款及第三款所定因身心障礙而無工作能力之未再婚配偶、子女，應符合法定重度以上身心障礙資格領有身心障礙手冊或證明，或受監護宣告尚未撤銷，並每年度出具前一年度年終所得申報資料，證明其平均每月所得未超過法定基本工資。
但本條例修正施行前，已領受遺屬年金者仍繼續支領。
第四項各款所定遺族領有依本條例或其他法令規定核給之退休俸、撫卹金、優存利息或其他由政府預算、公營事業機構支給相當於退除給與之定期性給付者，不得擇領遺屬年金。
但遺族選擇放棄本人應領之定期給與並經原核定機關同意者，不在此限。
第四項遺屬年金，自支領退休俸或贍養金之軍官、士官死亡時之次月起，依第二十六條附表三基準之半數發給。
但發給數額低於第二十六條第二項規定平均俸額或原階現役本俸之半數時，仍依平均俸額或原階現役本俸之半數發給。
支領退休俸或贍養金之軍官、士官於本條例修正施行前死亡者，其遺族擇領遺屬年金之條件，仍依本條例修正前之規定辦理。
其規定如下：
一、支領退休俸或贍養金未滿一年者，發給退伍金總額。
二、支領退休俸或贍養金一年以上未滿三年者，發給其退伍金餘額。
但退伍金餘額，低於退伍金總額之半數時，仍照半數發給之。
三、支領退休俸或贍養金三年以上者，發給其退伍金餘額，並發給相當於同等級之現役人員六個基數之遺屬一次金；其無餘額者，亦同。
前項遺屬一次金之領受遺族，其應核給金額，除由未再婚配偶領受二分之一外，其餘由下列順序之遺族，依序平均領受之：
一、子女。
二、父母。
三、兄弟姊妹。
四、祖父母。
亡故之軍官、士官無前項第一款及第二款遺族者，其遺屬一次金由未再婚配偶單獨領受。
無配偶時，其應領之遺屬一次金，依序由前項各款遺族，依下列規定共同領受：
一、同一順序遺族有數人時，按人數平均領受。
二、同一順序遺族如有拋棄或因法定事由喪失領受權者，其遺屬一次金應由同一順序其他遺族依前款規定領受。
無第一順序遺族時，由次一順序遺族依前款規定領受。
遺族為配偶、父母、未成年子女或已成年因身心障礙而無工作能力之子女，如不領遺屬一次金，得依下列規定，改支遺屬年金：
一、年滿五十五歲之配偶，以其婚姻關係累積存續十年以上且未再婚者，給與終身。
但因身心障礙而無工作能力或於領俸人員退伍除役生效時已有婚姻關係存續之未再婚之配偶，不受支領年齡限制。
二、未成年子女，給與至成年為止。
三、父母或已成年因身心障礙而無工作能力之子女，給與終身。
前項第一款及第三款所定因身心障礙而無工作能力之未再婚配偶、子女，應符合法定重度以上身心障礙資格領有身心障礙手冊或證明，或受監護宣告尚未撤銷，並每年度出具前一年度年終所得申報資料，證明其平均每月所得未超過法定基本工資。
但本條例修正施行前，已領受遺屬年金者仍繼續支領。
第四項各款所定遺族領有依本條例或其他法令規定核給之退休俸、撫卹金、優存利息或其他由政府預算、公營事業機構支給相當於退除給與之定期性給付者，不得擇領遺屬年金。
但遺族選擇放棄本人應領之定期給與並經原核定機關同意者，不在此限。
第四項遺屬年金，自支領退休俸或贍養金之軍官、士官死亡時之次月起，依第二十六條附表三基準之半數發給。
但發給數額低於第二十六條第二項規定平均俸額或原階現役本俸之半數時，仍依平均俸額或原階現役本俸之半數發給。
支領退休俸或贍養金之軍官、士官於本條例修正施行前死亡者，其遺族擇領遺屬年金之條件，仍依本條例修正前之規定辦理。