National Pension Act Article 53

Indigenous peoples aged 55 or above with household registration in ROC and not qualified for any one of the following shall be entitled to apply for the monthly payment of NT$3,000 until the month before they become 65 years old after the implementation of the amended Act on June 13, 2011. Funding shall be budgeted and paid on a yearly basis by the central competent authority in charge of Aboriginal affairs1. Military personnel, civil servants, and personnel of state-run or private enterprises currently on the posts, but those with work salaries not exceeding the first grade on the insured salary grading table of labor insurance are not included.2. Recipient of monthly retirement pay of Government employees, civil servants, teachers, and state-run enterprise employees. Recipients of military retirement pay ( lifetime living subsidy ) are also included.3. Recipients of living subsidy for people with disabilities or allowance of veteran accommodations.4. Applicants qualified for one of the conditions stipulated in Article 31, Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1, 4, 5, and 6. but the Lands Reserved for Indigenous peoples without generating economic benefits are not included in the total value of land under Article 31, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 5.The age limit on an individual’s application of NT3,000 dollars per month, according to the previous paragraph, shall be adjusted after the implementation of the laws to increase gradually to the minimum year of application of 65 years old according to the ever-decreasing gap of the average residual life span between Indigenous peoples and the whole citizens. The adjustment of the minimum applying age policy shall be examined every 5 years by the central competent authority in charge of aboriginal affairs, which will then report to the Executive Yuan for approval.