Annotated Republic of China Laws/Name Act/Article 2

Promulgated full amendment on 2001-06-20
(Pending translation)


 * Article 2

Promulgated amendment on 2003-06-25
(From http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/news/news_detail.aspx?id=3508 )


 * Article 2
 * The that are allowed to be entered in the household registration shall be of the Chinese characters that may be found in the Chinese dictionaries edited by the Ministry of Education or in other large, accredited dictionaries.
 * The origin-traditional name or the traditional Chinese name of an aborigine may be of the characters chosen via Roma pronunciation and is not limited by the paragraph of the preceding article.
 * If name characters other than the ones as referred to in paragraph 1 are chosen, such characters will not be allowed to be registered.

Promulgated amendment on 2009-07-08
(Derived from http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/news/news_detail.aspx?id=3508 )


 * Article 2
 * The that are allowed to be entered in the household registration shall be of the Chinese characters that may be found in the Chinese dictionaries edited by the Ministry of Education or in other large, accredited dictionaries.
 * The origin-traditional name or the traditional Chinese name of an aborigine may be of the characters chosen via Roma pronunciation and is not limited by the paragraph of the preceding article.
 * If name characters other than the ones as referred to in paragraph 1 are chosen, such characters will not be allowed to be registered.
 * If name characters other than the ones as referred to in paragraph 1 are chosen, such characters will not be allowed to be registered.

中華民國法律註解/姓名條例/第2條