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Chapter 1. General Provisions
Article 1
These enforcement rules are enacted in accordance with Article 82 of Household Registration Act (hereafter referred to as "this Act").
Article 2
The authority in charge of household registration administrations shall be the Civil Affairs Bureau of municipal and county (city) governments.
Article 3
The household is categorized as follows:
1. Common living household: It means the ordinary household of which the residents live together in the same family or place.
2. Common business household: It means the factory, shop, temple, organization, school or any other public or private place engaging in common businesses in the same place and under the same managing person.
3. Independent living household: It means the resident who lives independently in a place.
If there are different households in the same place, the households shall be separated according to the nature of such households. The name of a common business household, if any, shall be indicated.
Article 4
In the common living household, the members are placed in the following order:
1. The head of household
2. The spouse of the head
3. The lineal ascendants of the head
4. The lineal descendants of the head
5. The side relatives of the head
6. Other relatives
7. Lodgers
In the common business household, the members are placed in the following order:
1. The head of household
2. Employees
3. Students
4. Inmates
5. Other members
6. Lodgers
If the head has other common living household or independent living household, the address of such household shall be indicated.
Article 5
After receiving notice from immigration authority for a concerned party depart from the country for more than two years, household registration office shall notice the concerned party to apply for Move-out Registration in a certain period of time. In case the concerned party doesn’t apply for Move-out Registration in the certain time limit, household registration office may proceed with the Moving-out Registration at its discretion pursuant to the Article 42 of this Act, and then notify the concerned party.
Article 6
In case of applying pursuant to paragraph 2, Article 17 of this Act for Moving-in Registration shall apply to the household registration office in the place where to move into.
Article 7
Authority that needs household registration record may request the household registration authority to provide, or may transcribe and check by itself.
The authority that needs household registration record mentioned in the previous paragraph, which has built computerized information system shall apply by regulation for the linkage with the Household Registration Information System in order to obtain such record.
Article 8
(Deleted)