Civil Service Examinations Act Article 24

As of 1999, persons qualifying in the Special Civil Service Transfer Examinations for Veterans may only be appointed to posts within the Ministry of Defense the Veterans Affairs Commission of the Executive Yuan or the Coast Guard Administration of the Executive Yuan and affiliates thereof. Qualifiers are not permitted to transfer outside their original agencies of allocation or their affiliates for a period of six years. Military officers of the rank of colonel and above who have left the military and transfered to Civil Services, and who are deemed to possess the necessary qualifications, may only transfer to the National Security Council, the National Security Bureau, the Ministry of Defense, the Veterans Affairs Commission of the Executive Yuan, the Coast Guard Administration of the Executive Yuan and their affiliates, the military affairs administrations of the central government or the government of a municipality directly under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan, or to military training institutions. The preferential grade premium available to military reserve personnel who take the Senior or Junior Examinations, and to veterans taking the Special Civil Service Transfer Examination for Veterans, is limited in its availability to persons who have been awarded the Order of National Glory with Grand Cordon, the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun with Grand Cordon, the Order of Precious Tripod, the Order of Loyalty and Valour, the Order of Resplendent Banner, the Datong Medal or higher distinctions, or who have legally left the military subsequent to injuries received in war or in the performance of public service.