Act on Promoting Transitional Justice Article 16

An agency (institution), organization, enterprise, or individual that is investigated in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall not evade, refuse, or impede such investigation without legitimate reason.An individual connected with an investigation conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall provide information that is true and complete to the best of his or her knowledge, without any concealment or misrepresentation, unless he or she is allowed under Article 181 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to refuse testimony.Where the TJC deems it necessary to provide protection and immunity to an individual connected with an investigation conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, protection and immunity provisions in the Witness Protection Act shall be applicable mutatis mutandis. Where the individual is a civil servant, the Commission may decide by resolution to provide immunity from related administrative liability.Where an individual connected with an investigation conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Act provides the TJC with information related to a political party, affiliated organization, or party-owned entity to which he or she has become privy in the performance of his/her job duties, that individual shall not be bound by any non-disclosure obligations otherwise owed to the political party, affiliated organization, or party-owned entity, and shall be immune from any legal liability for having provided the information.Where an investigation carried out by the TJC in accordance with this Act involves the use of personal information as defined in the Personal Information Protection Act, such use shall be deemed necessary for promotion of public interests as set forth by that Act in Article 16, subparagraph 2 and Article 20, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2.Any party which violates the provisions set forth in the first paragraph of this Article shall be subject to an administrative fine between NT$100,000 and NT$500,000, and consecutive fines may be imposed for each successive violation.
中文原文 促進轉型正義條例第16條
依本條例規定接受調查之有關機關(構)、團體、事業或有關人員,無正當理由不得規避、拒絕或妨礙調查。
依本條例規定接受調查之有關人員,除有刑事訴訟法第一百八十一條規定得拒絕證言之事項外,應據其所知如實為完全陳述,並提供相關資料,不得隱匿或虛偽陳述。
促轉會對於依本條例規定接受調查之有關人員,認有保護及豁免其刑責之必要者,準用證人保護法關於證人保護及豁免刑責之規定;該等人員為公務人員者,得決議免除其相關之行政責任。
依本條例接受調查之有關人員,提供促轉會因其職務或業務所知悉與政黨、附隨組織或黨營機構之相關資料者,不受其對政黨、附隨組織或黨營機構所負保密義務之拘束,免除其因提供該等資料之法律責任。
促轉會依本條例規定進行之調查,涉及個人資料保護法所定個人資料之使用者,視為符合該法第十六條第二款及第二十條第一項第二款所定之增進公共利益所必要之事由。
違反第一項規定者,處新臺幣十萬元以上五十萬元以下罰鍰,並得按次連續處罰。

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