Enforcement Law for Part V,Succession Law of the Civil Code Article 8
This English translation was last updated on 2013-01-30, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-08-17. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
If the succession opened before the coming into force of the Part of Succession of the Civil Code and if the deceased has no lineal descendant by blood and had also no heir under the law then in force, the heirs are determined, as from the date of the coming into force of the Part of Succession of the Civil Code, in accordance with the provisions of the said Part.
中文原文 民法繼承編施行法第8條
繼承開始在民法繼承編施行前，被繼承人無直系血親卑親屬，依當時之法律亦無其他繼承人者，自施行之日起，依民法繼承編之規定定其繼承人。