1.The full text of 49 articles were promulgated by the Nationalist Government on 11 November 1929 and became effective from 1 July 1930.
2.Article 2, 3, 18, 19, 34, 38, 39, and 47 were amended and promulgated by the Nationalist Government on 5 August 1932.
3.The full text of 65 articles was amended and promulgated by the President on 30 April 1970.
4.Article 2 was amended and promulgated by the President on 6 January 1986.
5.The full text of 71 articles was amended and promulgated on 1 February 1991 by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) Yi-Tzu No. 0670.
6.Article 2, 45, 48, and 69 were amended and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) Yi-Tzu No. 09100120990 on 19 June 2002.
7.Article 7-1 and 53-1 were added, and Article 8 was amended and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) Yi-Tzu No. 09100243580 on 18 December 2002.
8.Article 41 was amended and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) Yi-Tzu No. 09700002351 on 9 January 2008.
9.Article 11-1 and 64-1 were added and Article 64 was amended and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) No. 10100264231 on 28 November 2012.
10.Article 69-1 was added and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) No. 10200088111 on 8 May 2013.
11.Article 39-1, 41-1, 41-2, and 64-2 were added, and Article 41, 43, 44, 60, 64, and 65 were amended and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) No. 10200156101 on 21 August 2013.
12.Article 69-2 was added and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) No. 10400013341 on 4 February 2015.
13.Article 40-1, 40-2, 63-1, and 63-2 were added, and Article 57 and 68 were amended and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) No. 10400075341 on 1 July 2015.
14.Article 39, 40 to 40-2, 47, 63-1, 63-2, and 67 were deleted; and Article 7-1, 49, 61, 68, and 71 were amended and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) No. 10500078581 on 20 July 2016, and they became effective upon the date of promulgation. Notwithstanding, Article 7-1, 39, 40 to 40-2, 63-1, 63-2, and 68 became effective six months after promulgation.
The mandates that belong to the “Coast Guard Administration” as stipulated in Article 11-1, paragraph 4; Article 49, paragraph 1 and 4 were originally under the mandates of the “Coast Guard Administration, Executive Yuan” and shall be under the mandates of the “Coast Guard Administration of the Ocean Affairs Council” from 28 April 2018.The mandates that belong to the “Coast Guard Administration, Executive Yuan” as stipulated in Article 39-1, paragraph 2 shall be under the mandates of the “Ocean Affairs Council” from 1 August 2023, as promulgated by the announcement Yuan-Tai-Guei-Tzu No. 1070172574 made by the Executive Yuan on 27 April 2018.
15.Article 59-1 was amended and promulgated by Presidential Order Hua-Tsung (1) No. 10700140851 on 26 December 2018.
The mandates that belong to the “Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan” as stipulated in Article 2; Article 5; Article 6; Article 7; Article 7-1; Article 8; Article 9; Article 10; Article 11; Article 11-1, paragraph 1, 3, 4; Article 12; Article 13; Article 14; Article 17, paragraph 1; Article 19, paragraph 1; Article 21, paragraph 2,3; Article 25, paragraph 1; Article 26; Article 29; Article 35; Article 36, paragraph 1; Article 37; Article 38; Article 39-1, paragraph 1,2,4,5,6; Article 41, paragraph 2,3,5; Article 41-2, paragraph 1; Article 43; Article 44; Article 45; Article 46; Article 48, paragraph 2; Article 49, paragraph 1,4; Article 50; Article 51; Article 52; Article 53; Article 53-1; Article 54; Article 55; Article 56, paragraph 1; Article 57; Article 59-1; Article 60, paragraph 2; Article 61; Article 64, subparagraph (2); Article 64-2, subparagraph (1) ; Article 65, subparagraph (9) ; Article 69, paragraph 2,3; Article 69-1, paragraph 2; and Article 70 shall be under the mandates of the “Ministry of Agriculture” from 1 August 2023. The mandates hat belong to the fisheries research institutes as stipulated in Article 58, paragraph 1 were originally under the mandates of the “Fisheries Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan” and shall be under the mandates of the “Fisheries Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture” from 1 August 2023, as promulgated by the announcement Yuan-Tai-Guei-Tzu No. 1125014346 made by the Executive Yuan on 27 July 2023.