Archives Act Article 3

The central archives competent authority set up by the Executive Yuan shall govern matters relating to records. Before such competent authority is established, the Executive Yuan shall appoint an agency to exercise the aforesaid authority.The central archives competent authority in the preceding paragraph shall be established within two years after the promulgation of this Act.The organization of the central archives competent authority shall be enacted by law.The archives management committee shall be established by the central archives competent authority. The mission of the committee is to appraise and classify records, determine retention periods of records and settle related issues.