Annotated Republic of China Laws/Civil Code/Article 8
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First promulgated on 1929-05-23
[edit | edit source](Effective on 1929-10-10, derived from http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawSearchNo.aspx?PC=B0000001&DF=&SNo=8 )
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- Article 8
- An absent person who has disappeared for more than ten years may be declared dead by the court upon the application of any interested person.
- If the absent person was over eighty years of age and has disappeared for more than five years, he may be declared dead.
- If the absent person was in a catastrophe, he may be declared dead when he has disappeared for more than three years.
Promulgated amendment on 1982-01-04
[edit | edit source](Effective on 1983-01-01, from http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawSearchNo.aspx?PC=B0000001&DF=&SNo=8 )
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- Article 8
- An absent person who has disappeared for more than seven years may be declared dead by the court upon the application of any interested person or the public prosecutor.
- If the absent person was over eighty years of age and has disappeared for more than three years, he may be declared dead.
- If the absent person was in a catastrophe, he may be declared dead when it has been over a year after the end of the catastrophe.
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[edit | edit source]The minimum waiting time to declare missing persons dead has been reduced, and public prosecutors have become specifically eligible to apply to declare missing persons dead.