Fishermen Associations Act Article 19

Any member of a fishermen association is under any of the following circumstances, except for those as stipulated in paragraph 2, shall be disaffiliated:(1)Death.(2)He/she is under any of the circumstances as referred to in sub-paragraph (1) to (3) of Article 17.(3)Loss of nationality of the Republic of China.(4)His/her household registration or vessel registration is changed to another district outside the district of the original fishermen association.(5)Expulsion.Any member of fishermen association who meets the following criteria which result in the change of household registration to another district outside the district of the original fishermen association as stipulated in sub-paragraph (4) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed as not disaffiliated. Notwithstanding this provision, he/she whose household registration is changed again shall be disaffiliated in accordance with the preceding paragraph:(1)A major plan approved by the Executive Yuan; and(2)His/her original residence was demolished owing to expropriation and such case is recorded by the Government.The provisions as stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall become effective as of 22 September 2005.For a person who was affiliated as a member of category A in a fishermen association before 12 November 1998 and whose household registration was changed to another district outside the district of the original fishermen association but then moved back to the district of the original fishermen association before 12 November 1998, in case that he/she has continued engaging in the labor work of fisheries and has paid the annual membership dues annually, he/she shall be deemed as affiliated again from the date he/she moved back.,