Act of Human Rights Protection and Compensation for Hansen’s Disease Patients Article 10

For those who contracted Hansen’s disease during the period from October 25, 1945, to the implementation of this Act, and died during the period from October 26, 2005, to the implementation of this Act, the surviving dependents (i.e., spouse and lineal descendants), if any, will be given a lump-sum consolation money of NT$200,000.For the granting of the consolation money mentioned in the preceding paragraph, if there are two or more surviving dependents, they shall jointly claim the money upon the competent authority’s notification of any one of them, and the provision set forth in Paragraph 3 of Article 7 shall apply.