Political Archives Act Article 1
This Act is enacted in order to： (a) establish a system for access to political archives that is in line with the spirit of transitional justice while paying due attention to the privacy concerns of parties to the subject matter of archives； (b) promote historical research and transitional justice education focusing on such topics as authoritarian systems, national general mobilization, martial law, the period of national mobilization in suppression of communist rebellion, and the February 28 Incident； (c) disclose truths and spur social reconciliation； and (d) administer acquisition, organization, and preservation of political archives, access thereto, and related research and education.
中文原文 政治檔案條例第1條
為建立符合轉型正義精神、兼顧檔案當事人隱私之政治檔案開放應用制度，並推動關於威權體制、國家總動員、戒嚴、動員戡亂時期以及二二八事件之歷史研究與公民之轉型正義教育，公開真相並促成社會和解，辦理政治檔案之徵集、整理、保存、開放應用、研究及教育，特制定本條例。