Regulation on the Retention Periods and Destruction of Agency Records Article 5
When government agencies establish their comprehensive records schedules based on this Regulation, the General Records Schedules, and other applicable laws and regulations, they shall specify the retention periods and disposal methods for each particular type of record.With respect to the disposal methods referred to in the preceding paragraph, the government agencies shall specify one of the following four methods for each records category: archives; agency records to be retained permanently; records to be assessed upon expiration; and records to be destroyed in accordance with regulation.The government agencies shall implement their comprehensive records schedules, referred to in paragraph 1, only after submitting them to the central archives competent authority for approval in accordance with the procedures set out in paragraph 1 of Article 10 of the Enforcement Rule of the Act. This provision shall apply to amendments to records schedules, however, not to amendments of the General Records Schedules.
中文原文 機關檔案保存年限及銷毀辦法第5條
各機關應就主管業務，依本辦法、機關共通性檔案保存年限基準及其他相關法規規定，編訂檔案保存年限區分表，區分檔案保存年限及清理處置方式。
前項清理處置方式應區分為列為國家檔案、機關永久保存、屆期後鑑定及依規定程序銷毀。
第一項檔案保存年限區分表應依本法施行細則第十條第一項各款規定程序，函送檔案中央主管機關審核後實施。
修正時，亦同。
但依機關共通性檔案保存年限基準修正者，不在此限。
前項清理處置方式應區分為列為國家檔案、機關永久保存、屆期後鑑定及依規定程序銷毀。
第一項檔案保存年限區分表應依本法施行細則第十條第一項各款規定程序，函送檔案中央主管機關審核後實施。
修正時，亦同。
但依機關共通性檔案保存年限基準修正者，不在此限。