Article 3
When entering Taiwan, the individual biometric data of aliens, nationals without household registration in the Taiwan area, and people of the mainland China area, Hong Kong, and Macau shall be recorded, retrieved and identified upon inspection by the National Immigration Agency of the Ministry of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “National Immigration Agency”), with the provision that those who meet one of the circumstances under the subparagraphs of Paragraph 2 of Article 91 of the Act shall be exempted. Those whose individual biometric characteristics have been recorded shall go through the immigration inspection by giving the individual biometric verification data upon every entry and exit of the State.

Article 6
The individual biometric characteristics data shall be recorded pursuant to the following guidelines:
1. Fingerprints: both the right and left index fingers shall be affixed. If the right or left index finger is injured or hurt, the thumb, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger shall be affixed accordingly, with the name of each finger specified by the recording staff; provided that those who have no fingers and have been specified by the recording staff shall be exempted from the recording.
2. Face: the facial image shall be retrieved from the front, at eye level, and without hats. Any objects that affect the retrieval shall be removed.
The individual biometric characteristics data shall be recorded clearly; those that are unclear shall be re-recorded.
Those whose individual biometric characteristics have been recorded shall accept a new recording pursuant to Paragraph 1 upon the immigration inspection of reentry and exit of the State, if his/her individual biometric characteristics data could not match the original data due to injury, illness, or other reasons.