Political Archives Act Article 5
Before political archives owned and administered by government agencies (institutions) are transferred to the NAA, the following matters shall be carried out：1.Classify and arrange the records, and carry out a two-level description at the item and file level.2.Review the declassification or downgrading of classified records.3.Organize and bind records, and check the readability of the storage medium.4.Electronically store the records in observance of the required format and naming principles.5.The item-level description shall be used to refer to records access categories.If part of the records are not to be made available for access, the government agencies (institutions) shall indicate the legal basis for this decision, and disclose the requirements for provision of access, and the number of years from the date of creation after which public access is required.With regard to the review of declassification or downgrading of classified records, as mentioned in subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, records that have been classified for more than 30 years without any expressly set date or conditions for declassification shall be declassified, and declassification shall not be avoided for any of the following purposes：1.To conceal violations of law or administrative error；2.To prevent embarrassment to a person, juridical person, or organization, or agency(institution)； or3.To prevent or delay the provision of archival content that must be made public.The agency that originally classified the archives, and its superior agency, shall complete the review within six months of completion of the inventory process required by paragraph 1 of the preceding paragraph. If the review is not completed within six months, the archives shall be deemed declassified from the day after the passage of six months.After completion of a review, if records are still deemed to contain classified national security information as referred to in Article 12 of The Classified National Security Information Protection Act, the agency that made the original classification shall report the matter to its superior agency to seek its consent for a requirement that the records be declassified after the passage of a maximum of 40 years； provided, however, that if the agency that made the original classification conducts a review prior to the declassification date, discovers any of the following circumstances, and there remains a need to prolong the classification, the agency shall on each such occasion report to the competent authority of the National Intelligence Work Act and request, providing facts and reasons, that the competent authority shall summit it, via that agency's superior agency to consent to prolonging of the classification, with each prolonging of the classification to last no longer than three years from the date of the superior agency's consent：1.Records contain information pertaining to the identities of intelligence personnel and intelligence support personnel who once collected intelligence on the mainland area, and disclosure of the records could jeopardize the lives, health, or freedom of said personnel；2.Records contain information pertaining to international intelligence service arrangements and cooperation, and disclosure of the records could seriously affect national security and foreign relations；3.Records contain information pertaining to intelligence service arrangements and collection of sensitive intelligence, and disclosure of the records could seriously affect the safety of intelligence service in the mainland area.For records that are classified, within six months from the day following the date on which the amendment to this Act enters into force, agency that originally classified them shall, acting in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 and paragraph 4, shall conduct renewed discussions on whether to declassify or downgrade them. Any records for which renewed discussions regarding declassification or downgrading have not been completed by the close of the six-month period shall be deemed declassified from the day following the end of that period.Electronic files created pursuant to subparagraph 4 of paragraph 1 shall be provided along with the records upon transfer.
中文原文 政治檔案條例第5條
政府機關（構）管有政治檔案於移轉為國家檔案前，應辦理下列事項：
一、檔案立案及案件、案卷二層級編目。
二、機密檔案解降密檢討。
三、檔案整理裝訂及儲存媒體可讀性查檢。
四、檔案應依規定格式及命名原則辦理電子儲存。
五、檔案應依案件層級敘明開放應用類型，如有部分開放或不開放者，應敘明其法規依據及開放應用要件或年限。
前項第二款機密檔案解降密檢討，屆滿三十年且無明定保密期限或解密條件之法律依據者，應予解密，並不得基於下列目的規避解密：
一、為隱瞞違法或行政疏失。
二、為掩飾特定之自然人、法人、團體或機關（構）之不名譽行為。
三、為拒絕或遲延提供應公開之檔案內容。
原核定機關及其上級機關應於完成清查後六個月內依前項規定完成檢討。
屆滿六個月未完成檢討者，自屆滿之翌日起視為解除機密。
經檢討後仍列屬國家機密保護法第十二條之國家機密檔案，原核定機關應報其上級機關同意，至遲應於屆滿四十年解密。
但原核定機關於期限屆滿前，經檢討有下列情形之一，且仍有延長保密之必要者，應敘明具體事實及正當理由，逐次報請國家情報工作法主管機關核轉其上級機關同意延長保密，每次延長期限自同意日起算不得逾三年：
一、涉及曾從事大陸地區情報蒐集之情報人員及情報協助人員之身分，且洩漏後足使其生命、身體或自由有受危害之虞。
二、涉及國際情報工作部署及合作，且洩漏後有嚴重影響國家安全及對外關係之虞。
三、涉及大陸地區情報工作部署及蒐獲機密情報，且洩漏後有嚴重影響大陸地區情報工作安全之虞。
原列屬機密之政治檔案，原核定機關應於本條例修正施行之日起六個月內，依第二項及第四項規定重新檢討解降密。
屆滿六個月未完成重新檢討者，自屆滿之翌日起視為解除機密。
第一項第四款之電子檔應於移轉時併同提供。
一、檔案立案及案件、案卷二層級編目。
二、機密檔案解降密檢討。
三、檔案整理裝訂及儲存媒體可讀性查檢。
四、檔案應依規定格式及命名原則辦理電子儲存。
五、檔案應依案件層級敘明開放應用類型，如有部分開放或不開放者，應敘明其法規依據及開放應用要件或年限。
前項第二款機密檔案解降密檢討，屆滿三十年且無明定保密期限或解密條件之法律依據者，應予解密，並不得基於下列目的規避解密：
一、為隱瞞違法或行政疏失。
二、為掩飾特定之自然人、法人、團體或機關（構）之不名譽行為。
三、為拒絕或遲延提供應公開之檔案內容。
原核定機關及其上級機關應於完成清查後六個月內依前項規定完成檢討。
屆滿六個月未完成檢討者，自屆滿之翌日起視為解除機密。
經檢討後仍列屬國家機密保護法第十二條之國家機密檔案，原核定機關應報其上級機關同意，至遲應於屆滿四十年解密。
但原核定機關於期限屆滿前，經檢討有下列情形之一，且仍有延長保密之必要者，應敘明具體事實及正當理由，逐次報請國家情報工作法主管機關核轉其上級機關同意延長保密，每次延長期限自同意日起算不得逾三年：
一、涉及曾從事大陸地區情報蒐集之情報人員及情報協助人員之身分，且洩漏後足使其生命、身體或自由有受危害之虞。
二、涉及國際情報工作部署及合作，且洩漏後有嚴重影響國家安全及對外關係之虞。
三、涉及大陸地區情報工作部署及蒐獲機密情報，且洩漏後有嚴重影響大陸地區情報工作安全之虞。
原列屬機密之政治檔案，原核定機關應於本條例修正施行之日起六個月內，依第二項及第四項規定重新檢討解降密。
屆滿六個月未完成重新檢討者，自屆滿之翌日起視為解除機密。
第一項第四款之電子檔應於移轉時併同提供。