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National Conscription

children until they reach adulthood. For those who die in battle training or on official duty, the gov-
ernment will take care of their surviving family members in a way equivalent to the treatment of the
surviving families of veterans in accordance with related laws.

5. For those who die in battle or on official duty, the government shall be responsible for their funer-
als, erecting memorial cemeteries and monuments to honor them, and paying respect to them
regularly.

6. For those who die as a result of an illness or accident, their spouses, and the spouses of the stand-
ing servicemen prescribed in the preceding sub-paragraph can be buried in a military cemetery.

7. The rights to other rewards, gratuities, insurance, solatia for injury or death, nursing benefits, and

fringe benefits entitled by the laws.
Veterans who are recognized as honorable citizens are qualified to apply mutatis mutandis
Sub-paragraph 6 of the preceding paragraph.

The government may deal with the matters prescribed in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 6 and the
preceding paragraph depending on the condition of the national treasury. The regulations for qual-
ifications, procedures, conditions, or other related matters shall be determined by the MND and the
MOI.

In addition, according to Article 44-1 of the Act of Military Service System, with respect to the
solatia for injury or death, the collective insurance against accident risks and other rewards and allow-
ances to which standing servicemen are entitled pursuant to Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 7 of the pre-

ceding article and other laws, unless otherwise prescribed by law, the regulations for the recipients,
categories, conditions, and procedures of the payments shall be drafted by the MND and the MOI,
and determined by the Executive Yuan.

The rewards, allowances, and other rights to which standing servicemen are entitled prescribed

in the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the civil servants or employed staff serving
the MND and its subordinate agencies, troops, or schools. The personnel previously mentioned can
participate in military collective insurance against accident risks at their own expense on conditions
equivalent to those of standing servicemen.

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