Act of Military Service for Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the Armed Forces Article 39

The pension and maintenance allowance received by an Officer or Non-commissioned Officer after retirement, or the survivor annuity received by surviving family may be adjusted by the Executive Yuan in conjunction with the Examination Yuan, taking into consideration the overall national economic environment, government finance, and the Pension Fund's reserve ratio when the cumulative change in consumer price index as published by the Central BAS Agency reaches positive or negative 5 percent; or reviewed at least once every four years. Provisions related to the implementation of such adjustments shall be set out in the Enforcement Rules of this Act.After an adjustment to the pension and maintenance allowance received by Officers or Non-commissioned Officers after retirement, or to the survivor annuity received by surviving families is made in accordance with the preceding paragraph, if the adjusted payment amount will exceed the originally received payment amount by five percent or will be lower than the originally received payment amount, the adjustment must be approved by the Legislative Yuan.