Enforcement Rules for the Act Governing Relations between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area Article 4

The term “People of the Taiwan Area” as defined in Subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Act shall include the following persons:1. Those who had household registrations in the Taiwan Area but changed their status to People of the Mainland Area before February 19, 2001, and later recovered their status pursuant to Article 6 of the Act as People of the Taiwan Area.2. Those who were born in the Taiwan Area of parents of parents both of whom are People of the Taiwan Area or one of whom is a person of the Taiwan Area while the other is a person of the Mainland Area.3. Those who were born in the Mainland Area of parents both of whom are People of the Taiwan Area and who have no household registrations in the Mainland Area or do not hold passports issued by the Mainland Area.4. Those who were born in the Mainland Area of parents one of whom is a person of the Taiwan Area and the other is a person of the Mainland Area who have no household registration in the Mainland Area nor hold a passport issued by the Mainland Area and make household registration in the Taiwan Area within one year of birth.5. Those who, pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 9-2 of the Act, are permitted by the Ministry of the Interior to recover their status as People of the Taiwan Area and who return to reside permanently in the Taiwan Area.People of the Mainland Area who have been permitted to enter into and reside permanently in the Taiwan Area and who have household registrations therein are People of the Taiwan Area.