Political Archives Act Article 3
In this Act, the following terms are defined as follows：1.Political archives： This term means records or other files and documents dating to the period from 15 August 1945 to 6 November 1992 that are related to the February 28 Incident, mechanisms of mobilization in suppression of the communist rebellion, and martial law mechanisms, and are maintained in custody by government agencies (institutions), political parties, affiliated organizations, and party-owned entities； this also applies to records from agencies (institutions) that have been dissolved.2.A party to the subject matter of archives： This term means a person mentioned in political archives who has been arrested, subject to an investigation or inquiry, prosecuted, named in an arrest warrant, placed on trial, subject to compulsory enforcement, or otherwise mistreated by a public authority.3.Government agency (institution)： This term means an agency at the central or any local level or non-departmental public body, and any individual, legal person, or organization that the government has commissioned to exercise public authority, and any experimental (testing), research, cultural and educational, or medical institution, foundation, or state-owned enterprise established by an agency at any level.4.Private documents： This term means private correspondence, diaries, wills, manuscripts, photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, and electronic records, as well as other documents and unpublished works unrelated to the exercise of public authority, that are included among political archives； provided, however, that the above does not include documents sent to or from a government agency (institution), or evidence pertaining to an inquiry, litigation, or a supervision case.
中文原文 政治檔案條例第3條
本條例用詞，定義如下：
一、政治檔案：指由政府機關（構）、政黨、附隨組織及黨營機構所保管，自中華民國三十四年八月十五日起至八十一年十一月六日止，與二二八事件、動員戡亂體制、戒嚴體制相關之檔案或各類紀錄及文件；已裁撤機關（構）之檔案亦適用之。
二、檔案當事人：指政治檔案中遭逮捕、調查、偵查、起訴、通緝、審判、執行或其他受公權力侵害之人。
三、政府機關（構）：指中央、地方各級機關、行政法人及受政府機關委託行使公權力之個人、法人或團體，及各級機關設立之實（試）驗、研究、文教、醫療等機構、財團法人或公營事業機構。
四、私人文書：指政治檔案中之私人書信、日記、遺書、手稿、照片、錄音、錄影、電磁紀錄及其他與公權力行使無關之文書或未公開發表著作等。
但與政府機關（構）往來之文書及偵查、司法訴訟或監察案件之證據，不包括在內。
一、政治檔案：指由政府機關（構）、政黨、附隨組織及黨營機構所保管，自中華民國三十四年八月十五日起至八十一年十一月六日止，與二二八事件、動員戡亂體制、戒嚴體制相關之檔案或各類紀錄及文件；已裁撤機關（構）之檔案亦適用之。
二、檔案當事人：指政治檔案中遭逮捕、調查、偵查、起訴、通緝、審判、執行或其他受公權力侵害之人。
三、政府機關（構）：指中央、地方各級機關、行政法人及受政府機關委託行使公權力之個人、法人或團體，及各級機關設立之實（試）驗、研究、文教、醫療等機構、財團法人或公營事業機構。
四、私人文書：指政治檔案中之私人書信、日記、遺書、手稿、照片、錄音、錄影、電磁紀錄及其他與公權力行使無關之文書或未公開發表著作等。
但與政府機關（構）往來之文書及偵查、司法訴訟或監察案件之證據，不包括在內。