Enforcement Rules of the Overseas Compatriot Identity Certification Act Article 8
The term “males who have not completed compulsory military service of conscription age or are close to conscription age,” as stipulated in Paragraph 3, Article 4 and Paragraph 1, Article 10 of the Act, refers to males who have had household registration in the R.O.C. (TAIWAN)” and are between January 1 of the year of age sixteen and December 31 of the year of age eighteen for those approaching conscription age, and between January 1 of the year of age nineteen and December 31 of the year of age thirty six for those of conscription age, who have not fulfilled or been exempted from their compulsory military service.