# Annotated Republic of China Regulations/Enforcement Rules of the Name Act/2004

The Enforcement Rules of the Name Act as of 2004 from http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/news/news_detail.aspx?id=1078 is shown below, with later amended articles in separate pages.

## Article 1.

These Regulations are stipulated pursuant to Article 13 of the Name Act (hereinafter referred to as "the present Act").

## Article 2.

The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card; whereas for　the person under the age of fourteen (14), the formal name can be identified by the household register or the transcript of domiciliary register as a substitute.
Before a person applies for naturalization or restoring nationality, his/her formal name shall be identified by the permit of naturalization or restoration of nationality. The formal name of a national residing abroad without domiciliary register in the Republic of China (R.O.C.) may be identified by the following document:
    1. Passport
    2. Overseas Chinese ID certificate.
    3. Overseas National Register
    4. Nationality Certificate
    5. Evidencing document carrying formal Chinese name certified by an embassy or representative of R.O.C. or any other Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) authorized organization abroad (hereinafter referred to as the "R.O.C. representative abroad"):
       (1) Identification card or any other certificate issued by the government of R.O.C.,
       (2) Certificate issued by an overseas school (non-military) registered or filed with the government of R.O.C.,
       (3) Certificate issued by an overseas Chinese association registered with the competent government authority, or
       (4) Document certified by a R.O.C. representative abroad.

## Article 7.

The certificate documents for applying for a name change according to Article VIII of this statute are as follows:
    1. The certificate carrying formal name in case the application is made pursuant to sub-paragraph 1.
    2. The identity certificate of monk or nun, or the certificate of restoration to the laity in case the application is made pursuant to sub-paragraph 2.
    3. The certificate issued by the organization where a person works in case the application is made pursuant to sub-paragraph 3.

## Article 8.

Any person who applies for any item in Article IV, if approved and holding the documents, may file for the registration of a name change or for a change of registration on the certificate.

## Article 9.

In case of applying pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the present Act for the names in diplomas, work certificates, licenses, property certificates and other certificates, an application form shall be filled out, stating the reason for the difference between the name in such documents and the formal name, and attached with the transcript of domiciliary register or the documents fully proving that these two names are actually belonging to the same person and the certificates in which the names in the diplomas, work certificates, licenses and other certificates should be corrected, to apply to the original issuing authorities or competent authorities for correction, re-marking or replacement respectively.

## Article 12.

If each kind of application stipulated by this statute is incompliant with the regulations, the approval organization shall reject it in written form.

## Article 13.

When it receives an application for a family name change, a name change,　or both by a national above fourteen years old, the registry office shall　check for compliance with the condition of Article 12 in this statute.

## Article 14.

These particulars are enforced starting on the day of announcement.