National Pension Act Article 31
Citizens shall be deemed as the insured persons of the Insurance if they are aged 65 or above at the time of the implementation of this Act with a household registered in ROC and live in ROC for more than 183 days per year for the latest 3 years and are not qualified for any one of the following subparagraphs. The insured persons are entitled to apply for an old age basic guarantee pension payment of NT3,000 dollars monthly until they die. However, they are not applicable to the regulations regarding insurance payment as stipulated from Sec. 3 to Sec. 5 of this Chapter. Nor are they applicable to regulations of the insured persons and insurance effect in Chapter 2 and insurance premium in Chapter 3.1. Recipient of government’s full amount subsidy in accommodation.2. Recipient of military personnel retirement pay (lifetime living subsidy), or government affairs personnel, civil servants and teachers, and state-run enterprises employees receiving monthly retirement pay or lump sum retirement pay. However, those who have one of the following conditions are not included:(1) Recipient of military personnel retirement lump-sum pay, or government affairs personnel, civil servant and teachers, and state-run enterprises employee receiving lump sum retirement pay without applying preferential treatment deposits, nor receiving old age insurance benefits of Civil Servant and Teacher Insurance or discharge payments of Military Personnel Insurance; or if the person has received old age insurance benefits of Civil Servant and Teacher Insurance or discharge payments of Military Personnel Insurance, the amount of NT$3,000 monthly base shall be accumulated from the month in which the insured person reaches the age of 65 years until the month in which the amount equals to the total original pension payment.(2) aboriginals receiving lump sum retirement pay.3. Recipient of social welfare allowances.4. The total amount of every category income of individual income tax for the declaring year approved by the Revenue Service Office exceeds NT500,000.5. The total value of personal land and houses exceeds NT$5,000,000.6. Currently serving sentences in prison or being detained or kept in custody because of criminal cases.The land value in item 5 of the previous paragraph shall be calculated based on the assessed present value; as for the value of the house, it shall be calculated based on the appraised prices. However, deductions shall be applied under the following conditions.1. The zoning code of part or all of the lands has been set legally as the land reservation for public facilities. Additionally, these lands are not yet requisitioned or compensated because of government financial problems or other causes that are not the landowner’s responsibility.2. The house is the only one personally owned and actually lived. However, the total deductible amount for the assessed present value, together with the appraised house price, is limited to NT4,000,000 dollars.3. Lands reserved for Indigenous peoples without generating economic benefitsThe applicants whose accumulated amount equals the total original payment according to Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2, Item 1 of this Act before the implementation of the amended Act on June 13, 2011, cannot claim for back payment of old age basic guarantee pension payment.From January 1, 2012, onwards, those who have received old age basic guarantee pension payment still qualified for Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 to Subparagraph 4 and Subparagraph 6 after local governments adjusted the assessed present value, and their land and houses have not increased, will not be restricted by the stipulations of Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 5. The same rule shall be applied for the mentally/physically disability basic guaranteed pension payments and aboriginal benefits specified in Article 53.
中文原文 國民年金法第31條
本法施行時年滿六十五歲國民，在國內設有戶籍，且於最近三年內每年居住超過一百八十三日，而無下列各款情事之一者，視同本法被保險人，得請領老年基本保證年金，每人每月新臺幣三千元至死亡為止，不適用本章第三節至第五節有關保險給付之規定，亦不受第二章被保險人及保險效力及第三章保險費規定之限制：
一、經政府全額補助收容安置。
二、領取軍人退休俸（終身生活補助費）、政務人員、公教人員、公營事業人員月退休（職）金或一次退休（職、伍）金。
但有下列情形之一者，不在此限：
（一）軍人、政務人員、公教人員、公營事業人員領取一次退休（職、伍）金且未辦理政府優惠存款者，未領取公教人員保險養老給付或軍人保險退伍給付，或所領取公教人員保險養老給付、軍人保險退伍給付之總額，自年滿六十五歲當月起以新臺幣三千元按月累計達原領取總額。
（二）原住民領取一次退休（職、伍）金。
三、領取社會福利津貼。
四、財稅機關提供保險人公告年度之個人綜合所得稅各類所得總額合計新臺幣五十萬元以上。
五、個人所有之土地及房屋價值合計新臺幣五百萬元以上。
六、入獄服刑、因案羈押或拘禁。
前項第五款土地之價值，以公告土地現值計算；房屋之價值，以評定標準價格計算。
但有下列情形之一者，應扣除之：
一、土地之部分或全部被依法編為公共設施保留地，且因政府財務或其他不可歸責於地主之因素而尚未徵收及補償者。
二、屬個人所有之唯一房屋且實際居住者。
但其土地公告現值及房屋評定標準價格合計得扣除額度以新臺幣四百萬元為限。
三、未產生經濟效益之原住民保留地。
於本條中華民國一百年六月十三日修正之條文施行前，依第一項第二款第一目規定累計已達原領取總額者，不予補發老年基本保證年金。
中華民國一百零一年一月一日起，原已領取老年基本保證年金者，於各地方政府調整土地公告現值後，仍符合第一項第一款至第四款規定及第六款規定，且其個人所有之土地及房屋未新增時，不受第一項第五款規定之限制。
身心障礙基本保證年金及第五十三條所定原住民給付，亦同。
一、經政府全額補助收容安置。
二、領取軍人退休俸（終身生活補助費）、政務人員、公教人員、公營事業人員月退休（職）金或一次退休（職、伍）金。
但有下列情形之一者，不在此限：
（一）軍人、政務人員、公教人員、公營事業人員領取一次退休（職、伍）金且未辦理政府優惠存款者，未領取公教人員保險養老給付或軍人保險退伍給付，或所領取公教人員保險養老給付、軍人保險退伍給付之總額，自年滿六十五歲當月起以新臺幣三千元按月累計達原領取總額。
（二）原住民領取一次退休（職、伍）金。
三、領取社會福利津貼。
四、財稅機關提供保險人公告年度之個人綜合所得稅各類所得總額合計新臺幣五十萬元以上。
五、個人所有之土地及房屋價值合計新臺幣五百萬元以上。
六、入獄服刑、因案羈押或拘禁。
前項第五款土地之價值，以公告土地現值計算；房屋之價值，以評定標準價格計算。
但有下列情形之一者，應扣除之：
一、土地之部分或全部被依法編為公共設施保留地，且因政府財務或其他不可歸責於地主之因素而尚未徵收及補償者。
二、屬個人所有之唯一房屋且實際居住者。
但其土地公告現值及房屋評定標準價格合計得扣除額度以新臺幣四百萬元為限。
三、未產生經濟效益之原住民保留地。
於本條中華民國一百年六月十三日修正之條文施行前，依第一項第二款第一目規定累計已達原領取總額者，不予補發老年基本保證年金。
中華民國一百零一年一月一日起，原已領取老年基本保證年金者，於各地方政府調整土地公告現值後，仍符合第一項第一款至第四款規定及第六款規定，且其個人所有之土地及房屋未新增時，不受第一項第五款規定之限制。
身心障礙基本保證年金及第五十三條所定原住民給付，亦同。