Enforcement Rules for the Act Governing Relations between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area Article 29

People of the Mainland Area applying under Article 26-1 of the Act for the death payment of the civil servant or military personnel insurance, a lump-sum payment of the death compensation, the balance of military service retirement benefits or a lump-sum payment of the death benefit, shall first apply in writing, together with relevant documents, to the agency (institution) or educational institution where the deceased last served, to be forwarded after initial review to the competent authorities and if approved, said agency (institution) or educational institution shall notify the applicant, who shall then apply on the basis of the aforesaid notification for entry into the Taiwan Area to receive said payments accordingly. In regard to military personnel, the Ministry of National Defense shall be the review and notification agency.The respective payments prescribed in Paragraph 1 for retirees from the government, state enterprise or educational institution shall be processed in accordance with the regulations for insurance, retirement and compensation effective at the time of the death of the retirees concerned. The total amount of the aforesaid death payments shall not exceed two million New Taiwan Dollars, pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 26-1 of the Act, excluding the total amount of the estate assets inherited under Article 67 of the Act.Applicants for the respective payments prescribed in Paragraph 1 shall be restricted to natural persons in the Mainland Area.In case the agency (institution) or educational institution where the deceased last served and which is responsible for processing the matter has ceased to exist or has been merged, the matter shall be handed over for processing to the supervisory agency (institution) of the surviving or successor agency (institution) or educational institution.A certificate stating that the deceased left no surviving relative or legal beneficiary in the Taiwan Area shall be issued by the agency (institution) or educational institution where the deceased last served or by the Ministry of National Defense on the basis of the complete household registration in the Taiwan Area including all household members, and related information such as government employee r?sum?s or military registration data for military personnel. Where investigation and verification of the foregoing cannot be accomplished, the agency (institution) or educational institution where the deceased last served or the Ministry of National Defense shall post a notice of death in gazettes or newspapers, and a certificate may be issued after six months have elapsed and no one has come forward to acknowledge the deceased.