Chapter 9 Supplementary Provisions
Article 44
The right to claim each payment or subsidy in cash according to this Act shall not be detained, transferred, or used for guarantee purposes.
Article 44-1
Government agencies at every level and public assistance institutions shall manage private or groups donations effectively. Cash donations shall be managed in a bank account designed for public assistance use. However, if donors specify purposes, donations shall be arranged accordingly.
Open investigations shall be conducted periodically into the accepted donation described above. All relevant matters shall be subject to the Enforcement rules of this Act.
Article 44-2
Applicants seeking payment of cash or subsidy under this Act shall open a specific bank account in a financial institution with the identify documents provided by the municipality and county (city) competent authorities. The name and address of the financial institution, the name of the account, and the household’s registered name shall be detailed and reported to the municipality and county (city) competent authorities for approval so as to properly use the account for saving each payment of cash or subsidy.
The savings in the account described above shall not be detained, transferred, or used for guarantee purposes.
Article 44-3
The competent authority may ask the relevant authority (institutions), Associations, corporations or individuals to provide the necessary information needed for the operation of the support efforts under this Act.
The competent authority shall properly practice the fiduciary duty for the information gained through the above description. The competent authority shall conduct a safety check on the operation of information; with the retention, processing and utilization of the information being subject to the Personal Information Protection Act.
Article 45
Enforcement rules for this Act will be prescribed by the central competent authority.
Article 46
This Act will take effect upon promulgation.
The Articles amended on June 12, 2009 shall be enacted from November 23rd, 2009.
The Articles amended on December 10th, 2010 shall be enacted from July 1st, 2011. However, before the Articles amended on June 12, 2009 has already been enacted. In case low-income households approved by the municipality and county (city) competent authorities do not meet the descriptions stated in Article 9 or Article 14 of this Act, the household shall be removed from the low-income name list after December 31st, 2011. Households that may be paid an increased sum of cash for living subsidies due to the municipality and county (city) competent authorities act of reclassifying the level of the low-income household based on the amended Articles, shall be paid the increased sum from July 1st 2011 to December 31st 2011.