To organize a civil association, the initiators shall submit an application form, a draft of the articles of association, and a list of the initiators to the competent authority to apply for approval.
There must be no less than thirty initiators, and any person who is an adult and, except for the situations described below, he/she may be an initiator as referred to in the above paragraph:
1. Is condemned to limited term imprisonment, and the imprisonment has not been executed or finished yet. However, this does not include probation.
2. Is under rehabilitative measure that has not been executed or finished yet.
3. Is announced to be bankrupted, and not yet restored related rights.
4. Has been placed under declaration of guardian and such declaration of guardian has not yet been withdrawn.
The format of the application form referred to in the first paragraph shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

After the application for establishment of a civil association is approved, an initiators’ meeting shall be called to elect committee members to organize a preparation committee, and an establishment conference shall be held after the preparation is finished.
To call a meeting of the preparation committee and the inaugural meeting, a notice shall be given to the competent authority, and the competent authority may send personnel to attend the meetings as non-voting delegates.

A civil association shall, within thirty days after the inaugural meeting is held, report the articles of association, a list of members, and curriculum vitae of the elected personnel, to the competent authority for approval and accreditation, and the competent authority shall grant an accreditation certificate.
A civil association shall prepare an official seal by itself and submit the impression to the competent authority for reference; the length, width, diameter or short diameter of an official seal shall be three centimeters or more and shall not be subject to the Statute of Seal.
The competent authority may make the registrations of civil associations available for public inquiries via the Internet or otherwise.

After being approved and registered by the competent authority, a civil association may register itself as a judicial person at the governing local court, and shall submit a photocopy of the registration certificate to the competent authority for reference within thirty days after the registration is finished.

The articles of civil association shall include the following contents:
1. Name
2. Purpose.
3. Organizational area.
4. Site
5. Task.
6. Organizations.
7. Entry, withdrawal, and dismissal of members.
8. Rights and obligations of members.
9. Quota, authority, tenure, appointment, and recall of member representatives, directors, and supervisors.
10. Meeting.
11. Funds and accounting.
12. Procedure for modifying the articles of association.
13. Other matters that should be described according to law.