Public Assistance Act Article 4
The low-income households described in this Act shall qualify under the following conditions: they are approved by their local municipality competent authority via application; their average divided monthly income among each person in the household falls below the lowest living index; and their total household assets do not exceed the specific amount announced by the central and municipality competent authorities in the year of application.The abovementioned lowest living index is based on the standard announced by the central department of budget, accounting and statistics, and is defined by the central and municipality competent authorities as 60% of the median rate of the expenditure per person in the past year in the household’s local area. The lowest living index shall be adjusted when the difference between the amount of the index calculated in the past year and the amount of the existing index is more than 5%. The municipal competent authority shall report the index to the central competent authority for review and reference.In addition, the abovementioned lowest living index shall neither exceed the national median rate of the expenditure per person announced by the central department of budget, accounting and statistics in the past year, nor be lower than 60% of the median rate of the expenditure per person in any other county in Taiwan. The household assets described in the first paragraph include liquid assets and real assets whilst the financial value of the assets shall be defined separately.The documents shall be attached, and the approval procedures of the application stated in the first paragraph shall be defined by the municipality and county (city) competent authorities.While the application is undertaken in accordance with the first paragraph, the members of the household must be confirmed as actually living in the registered household municipality city or county (city), and shall have been living in Taiwan for more than 183 days in the past year. There is no time limit for registering of a household during the application process.
中文原文 社會救助法第4條
本法所稱低收入戶，指經申請戶籍所在地直轄市、縣（市）主管機關審核認定，符合家庭總收入平均分配全家人口，每人每月在最低生活費以下，且家庭財產未超過中央、直轄市主管機關公告之當年度一定金額者。
前項所稱最低生活費，由中央、直轄市主管機關參照中央主計機關所公布當地區最近一年每人可支配所得中位數百分之六十定之，並於新年度計算出之數額較現行最低生活費變動達百分之五以上時調整之。
直轄市主管機關並應報中央主管機關備查。
前項最低生活費之數額，不得超過同一最近年度中央主計機關所公布全國每人可支配所得中位數（以下稱所得基準）百分之七十，同時不得低於台灣省其餘縣（市）可支配所得中位數百分之六十。
第一項所定家庭財產，包括動產及不動產，其金額應分別定之。
第一項申請應檢附之文件、審核認定程序等事項之規定，由直轄市、縣（市）主管機關定之。
依第一項規定申請時，其申請戶之戶內人口均應實際居住於戶籍所在地之直轄市、縣（市），且最近一年居住國內超過一百八十三日；其申請時設籍之期間，不予限制。
前項所稱最低生活費，由中央、直轄市主管機關參照中央主計機關所公布當地區最近一年每人可支配所得中位數百分之六十定之，並於新年度計算出之數額較現行最低生活費變動達百分之五以上時調整之。
直轄市主管機關並應報中央主管機關備查。
前項最低生活費之數額，不得超過同一最近年度中央主計機關所公布全國每人可支配所得中位數（以下稱所得基準）百分之七十，同時不得低於台灣省其餘縣（市）可支配所得中位數百分之六十。
第一項所定家庭財產，包括動產及不動產，其金額應分別定之。
第一項申請應檢附之文件、審核認定程序等事項之規定，由直轄市、縣（市）主管機關定之。
依第一項規定申請時，其申請戶之戶內人口均應實際居住於戶籍所在地之直轄市、縣（市），且最近一年居住國內超過一百八十三日；其申請時設籍之期間，不予限制。