Political Archives Act Article 8
A party to the subject matter of archives may apply for access to political archives pertaining to his or her case； when a party to the subject matter of archives is deceased, the party's spouse or heirs provided in Article 1138 of the Civil Code may apply for access.Where someone has applied to access political archives under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the NAA shall make them available for viewing, hand-copying, or duplicating at a designated location, except under one of the following circumstances：1.It is permitted by the provisions of this Act to declare the political archives to be classified； or2.A party to the subject matter of archives, or an heir thereof, has stated that he/she is unwilling to disclose private documents.Where political archives that someone has applied to access under the provisions of paragraph 1 involve matters of personal privacy, the NAA shall make them available for viewing or hand-copying at a specified location, and shall make them available for duplication if the portion(s) involving matters of personal privacy are separately treated to ensure that any viewer will be unable to identify a specific individual, provided, this shall not apply if the person in question is deceased or consents to their duplication.Political archives of the preceding two paragraphs to which the circumstances listed in subparagraph 2, paragraph 2 of this article or the main text of the preceding paragraph apply shall be made publicly available for viewing, hand-copying, or duplicating no later than 70 years from the date of their creation.The basis for calculation of the time periods set out in paragraph 2 and the main text of paragraph 4 of Article 5, paragraph 2 of Article 7, and the preceding paragraph shall be the date of creation of the earliest-dated document in the entire case.For any given political archives, the NAA shall prepare and publicly announce a name index of the parties to the subject matter of the archives. When an intelligence agency uses public security, crime prevention, or security control measures to collect or obtain — without the consent of the parties to the subject matter of the political archive — information regarding those parties' family relationships, spousal relationships, sexual relationships, personal notes, or other highly private matters, and when the archive contains contact information or information that could be used to identify the parties, then prior to public announcement of the names index, the NAA shall request the household registration authorities to conduct a check and take the initiative to notify the parties of the following matters (provided that where notification would clearly be difficult the NAA may instead issue a public announcement, and six months after mailing of notification or the issuing of a public announcement the NAA shall publish the names index)：1.The parties may apply in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 to view, hand-copy, or duplicate the archive；2.The parties may apply in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 7 to include a supplementary opinion in the archive； and3.The parties may express opinions in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 2, paragraph 2 of Article 9.A party to the subject matter of the archive, or an heir thereof, who believes that either the content of the archive or a statement made in materials pertaining to that party is erroneous or incomplete may furnish relevant documentary evidence and apply to include a supplementary opinion in the archive.When government agencies issue a public announcement in accordance with the following provisions, it shall send a copy of the public announcement to inform the NAA； the public announcement shall become as archives and be provided for public access：1.A person has received the redressing of a judicial wrong or an administrative wrong pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice；2.A person has received compensation and had his/her reputation restored pursuant to the provisions of the February 28 Incident Disposition and Compensation Act；3.A person has received compensation and had his/her reputation restored pursuant to the provisions of the Compensation Act for Wrongful Trials on Charges of Sedition and Espionage during the Martial Law Period； or4.A person has had his/her rights restored pursuant to the provisions of the Act Governing the Recovery of Damage of Individual Rights during the Period of Martial Law.A party to the subject matter of archives or his/her heir may mandate a third party to handle the applications provided for in paragraph 1 and paragraph 7 above.
中文原文 政治檔案條例第8條
檔案當事人得申請與其本人所涉案件之政治檔案；檔案當事人死亡時，其配偶或民法第一千一百三十八條各款所定繼承人得申請之。
依前項規定申請之政治檔案，除有下列情形之一外，檔案局應於指定場所提供閱覽、抄錄或複製：
一、依本條例規定得依法核定之機密檔案。
二、經其他檔案當事人或其繼承人表示不予公開之私人文書。
依第一項規定申請之政治檔案涉及個人隱私者，檔案局應於指定場所提供閱覽、抄錄，或就涉個人隱私部分經分離處理使其無從識別特定之個人後，提供複製。
但該個人死亡或同意複製者，不在此限。
前二項政治檔案，有第二項第二款或前項本文所定情形者，至遲應於檔案屆滿七十年提供閱覽、抄錄或複製。
第五條第二項、第四項本文、前條第二項及前項所定年限之計算，以該檔案全案中文件產生日最早者為計算基準。
檔案局應就政治檔案中之檔案當事人編製人名索引並公告之；就情報機關應用保防、偵防、安全管制等措施，未經檔案當事人同意而蒐集取得其家庭關係、伴侶關係、性別關係或涉私領域之監譯紀錄等高度個人隱私，且於檔案中載有聯絡資訊或足資辨識其身分者，於該人名索引公告前，應請戶政機關查復後，主動通知該檔案當事人下列事項，通知顯有困難者，得以公告代之，並於通知寄出或公告六個月後，公告該人名索引及其檔案目錄：
一、得依第一項規定申請閱覽、抄錄或複製檔案。
二、得依第七項規定申請加註補充意見附卷。
三、得依第九條第二項第二款規定表示意見。
檔案當事人或其繼承人對檔案內容中與檔案當事人個人相關資料之敘述認有錯誤或不完整者，得檢附相關證明文件申請加註補充意見附卷。
機關依下列規定作成公告時，應將該公告副知檔案局列為國家檔案，提供應用：
一、依促進轉型正義條例作成平復司法不法及行政不法之公告。
二、依二二八事件處理及賠償條例作成賠償及名譽回復之公告。
三、依戒嚴時期不當叛亂暨匪諜審判案件補償條例作成補償及名譽回復之公告。
四、依戒嚴時期人民受損權利回復條例作成權利回復之公告。
第一項及第七項規定，檔案當事人或其繼承人得委任第三人申請辦理。
依前項規定申請之政治檔案，除有下列情形之一外，檔案局應於指定場所提供閱覽、抄錄或複製：
一、依本條例規定得依法核定之機密檔案。
二、經其他檔案當事人或其繼承人表示不予公開之私人文書。
依第一項規定申請之政治檔案涉及個人隱私者，檔案局應於指定場所提供閱覽、抄錄，或就涉個人隱私部分經分離處理使其無從識別特定之個人後，提供複製。
但該個人死亡或同意複製者，不在此限。
前二項政治檔案，有第二項第二款或前項本文所定情形者，至遲應於檔案屆滿七十年提供閱覽、抄錄或複製。
第五條第二項、第四項本文、前條第二項及前項所定年限之計算，以該檔案全案中文件產生日最早者為計算基準。
檔案局應就政治檔案中之檔案當事人編製人名索引並公告之；就情報機關應用保防、偵防、安全管制等措施，未經檔案當事人同意而蒐集取得其家庭關係、伴侶關係、性別關係或涉私領域之監譯紀錄等高度個人隱私，且於檔案中載有聯絡資訊或足資辨識其身分者，於該人名索引公告前，應請戶政機關查復後，主動通知該檔案當事人下列事項，通知顯有困難者，得以公告代之，並於通知寄出或公告六個月後，公告該人名索引及其檔案目錄：
一、得依第一項規定申請閱覽、抄錄或複製檔案。
二、得依第七項規定申請加註補充意見附卷。
三、得依第九條第二項第二款規定表示意見。
檔案當事人或其繼承人對檔案內容中與檔案當事人個人相關資料之敘述認有錯誤或不完整者，得檢附相關證明文件申請加註補充意見附卷。
機關依下列規定作成公告時，應將該公告副知檔案局列為國家檔案，提供應用：
一、依促進轉型正義條例作成平復司法不法及行政不法之公告。
二、依二二八事件處理及賠償條例作成賠償及名譽回復之公告。
三、依戒嚴時期不當叛亂暨匪諜審判案件補償條例作成補償及名譽回復之公告。
四、依戒嚴時期人民受損權利回復條例作成權利回復之公告。
第一項及第七項規定，檔案當事人或其繼承人得委任第三人申請辦理。