Indigenous Peoples Status Act Article 2

The terms "indigenous/indigenous person" herein include indigenous persons of the mountains and plains. Status recognition, unless otherwise herein provided, is as provided in the following:1. Mountain indigenous person: resident of the mountain administrative zone before the retrocession of Taiwan, and the household registration record shows the individual or immediate kin of the individual as of indigenous descent.2. Plains indigenous person: resident of the plains administrative zone before the retrocession Taiwan, and the household registration record shows the individual or immediate kin of the individual as of indigenous descent, and that the individual is registered as Plains indigenous person in the village (town, city, district) administration office.