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Ancestral homes were eliminated in official records (e.g. on identity cards, household registrations, and passports) in 1996, and replaced with place of birth
Taiwan abolished ancestral-home (本籍) registration in 1992, not 1996.
Full reasoning
The date in this sentence is off by four years.
The Presidential Office's publication of the amended Household Registration Act shows that the relevant legal change was promulgated on June 29, 1992 (ROC year 81), not 1996. The amendment deleted the prior provisions and revised Article 16 so registration used place of birth instead.
Taipei's household-registration office likewise explains that, to address provincial-identity divisions, the government "於81年6月29日修正公布戶籍法…廢止本籍登記" — i.e., on June 29, 1992 it amended the Household Registration Act and abolished ancestral-home registration, replacing it with birthplace registration. The Ministry of the Interior also refers to "81年6月29日修正戶籍法前之本籍" versus "81年6月29日修正戶籍法之出生地", again confirming the operative change occurred in 1992.
So the article's statement that ancestral homes were eliminated from official records in 1996 is incorrect; the legal abolition happened in 1992.
3 sources
- Presidential Office Gazette: Amendment to the Household Registration Act (June 29, 1992)
公布日期：81年06月29日… 第十六條 中華民國人民初次申請戶籍登記時，其出生地依左列之規定…
- Taipei Da’an Household Registration Office: History of the national ID card
於81年6月29日修正公布戶籍法，刪除有關本籍規定之相關條文，廢止本籍登記，戶籍法第16條配合修正為出生地登記
- Ministry of the Interior: Interpretation regarding deletion of ancestral-home registration
所謂「籍貫」之認定得參考「81年6月29日修正戶籍法前之本籍」、「81年6月29日修正戶籍法之出生地」