Compensation Act for Wrongful Trials on Charges of Sedition and Espionage during the Martial Law Period Article 14

The payment of the compensation shall be made completely within two months from the date on which the foundation approves the application. The compensation shall be assigned to the Treasury if the payment is not collected within five years after the recipient is notified, unless there is a good cause for not collecting the compensation.People residing in mainland China who are eligible for claiming the compensation may either collect the payment by themselves or delegate people in the Taiwan to do so. Those who wish to collect the payment by themselves may apply for entering Taiwan. If there are more than two people eligible for the same compensation, they shall authorize one of them to collect the payment on behalf of the other(s).
中文原文 戒嚴時期不當叛亂暨匪諜審判案件補償條例第14條
經基金會調查認定符合補償要件者,應於認定核發之日起二個月內一次發給。
受領取之通知而未於五年內領取者,除有正當事由者外,其補償金歸屬國庫。
大陸地區之受領權人得自行或委託臺灣地區人民領取。
其欲自行領取者,得申請進入臺灣地區,同一補償事件有二受領權人以上者,應委託其中一人代表領取。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.