Public Interest Whistleblower Protection Act Article 4

The term "agency responsible for receiving disclosures” as used in this Act is defined as follows:I. Directors and heads of government agencies (institutions) or personnel and units designated by them.II. Directors or persons in charge of state-owned enterprises, government-controlled enterprises, groups, or institutions, or units and personnel designated by them.III. Prosecutorial agencies.IV. Judicial police agencies.V. Competent authorities of the respective enterprises.VI. The Control Yuan.VII. Government employee ethics units.If the whistleblowing content involves classified national security information governed by the Classified National Security Information Protection Act, the whistleblower shall report to any of the following agencies to be protected under this Act:I. Confidential matters shall be reported to the agencies receiving disclosures as listed in Subparagraphs 1, 3, or 6 of the preceding paragraph.II. Matters classified as Top Secret information and Secret information shall be reported to the Supreme Prosecutors Office or the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office and its branches.The agency receiving a disclosure shall protect the contents thereof in accordance with applicable laws.Where the agency receiving the disclosure determines that it is not the content authority to handle the matters, it shall forward the disclosure to the relevant competent authority and notify the whistleblower. A disclosure that is forwarded to the relevant competent authority shall continue to be protected under this Act.