Enforcement Rules for the Act Governing Relations between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area Article 13

The servicemen of the Taiwan Area who were sent over to the Mainland Area for military service and have stayed there since 1945 as referred to in Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 2 of Article 16 of the Act shall mean those persons verified and recognized by the Ministry of National Defense pursuant to the name lists submitted by the Municipalities under direct jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan and by the County (City) governments in the Taiwan Area.The former officers or enlisted men of the armed forces captured in battles or during the execution of special missions after the Government moved to Taiwan in 1949 as referred to in Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 2 of Article 16 of the Act shall mean those persons on record who, after following the Government to Taiwan, were resent to the Mainland Area.Where an application to reside permanently in Taiwan, filed by a relative in Taiwan or by the original dispatching unit on behalf of a person as described in the preceding Paragraph, is approved by the Ministry of National Defense, the referred person and his/her spouse may enter into the Taiwan Area.