Enforcement Rules for the Act Governing Relations between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area Article 33

Where there are several persons that may apply for the respective payments under Article 26-1, an agreement shall be reached to have one person from among them file the application on behalf of the others, and the entrusted person shall submit a letter of entrustment together with the application.In case the applicant cannot obtain a certificate of death of the deceased or other legal document verifying the death thereof, the applicant may request in writing that the agency (institution) or educational institution where the deceased last served provide assistance in verifying the deceased’s identity or issue a certifying document, except that the foregoing shall be issued by the Ministry of National Defense for deceased military personnel.Application for payment of the respective benefits reserved in accordance with law under Paragraph 3 of Article 26-1 of the Act shall be processed pursuant to the preceding four Articles. Where the application is not for payment of a lump sum of the death compensation for the personnel of the government, a state enterprise or an educational institution, a certificate of death or other legal document verifying death may be exempted from being filed with the application.