Article 3
Where the forest has been registered pursuant to the Land Act and the Land Registration Regulation, such registration shall govern.
Where the forest has not been registered pursuant to the Land Act and the Land Registration Regulation, the land descriptions of and the scope of rights in such forest as indicted in the maps and records kept by the competent forestry authority shall govern.
The maps and records kept by the competent forest authority shall govern with respect to the registration of bamboos and/or trees of forests not used for forestry purposes.

Article 6
The bamboos and/or trees of a private forest shall be filed for registration by the owner of such forest who shall fill out the application form and submit it with a photocopy of the forest land ownership title deed to the administration office of the hsiang (town, city, district) where such forest is located. Such administration office shall, after conducting the preliminary examination of the application, forward the same to the municipal, county (city) forestry authority for approval and issuance of the registration license. The same shall apply to changes of registration.
Where the bamboos and/or trees to be registered are managed by a joint venture manager, the application for registration shall be submitted with a photocopy of the joint venture agreement.

Article 8
The hsiang (town, city, district) administration office shall, within two weeks after receiving the application provided in the first paragraph of Article 6, dispatch personnel to complete the on-site inspection for verification, and publish the application thereafter for a period of one month and, if no objection is raised within said publication period, forward such application to the municipal, county (city) forestry authority for approval.

Article 12
The registrant of the bamboos and/or trees of a private forest shall report and submit an application to the original hsiang (town, city, district) administration office for registration of the termination of his/her management of such forest for such administration office to forward the same to the municipal, county (city) forestry authority for approval. In such case, the original registration license shall be returned and cancelled. Notwithstanding, no application for termination of management may be filed if the subject forest has been legally designated as a forest serving forestry purposes or suitable for serving forestry purposes.