Public Interest Whistleblower Protection Act Article 5
The term "whistleblower" as used in this Act is defined as follows:I. Public sector whistleblowers: Refers to civil servants or counterparties who provide labor services and receive remuneration under employment, commissioned work, appointment, dispatch, contracting, special agreements, or other contractual relationships with government agencies (institutions), as well as their employees, who, upon having reasonable grounds to believe that a government agency (institution), its employees, or other civil servants are involved in any of the disclosure matters listed in Article 3, submit a signed disclosure to one of the agencies responsible for receiving disclosures as set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article.II. Whistleblowers in state-owned enterprises or government-controlled enterprises, groups, or institutions: Refers to contract-based workers who provide labor services and receive remuneration under assignment, employment, commissioned work, appointment and dispatch, contracting, special agreements, and other contractual relationships with state-owned enterprises or government-controlled enterprises, groups, or institutions, as well as their employees, who, upon having reasonable grounds to believe that the enterprise, group, or institution where they work or provide labor services, or its employees, are involved in any of the disclosure matters listed in Article 3, Subparagraph 5, 7, or 8, submit a signed report to one of the agencies responsible for receiving disclosures as set forth in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article.The term "civil servant" as used in Subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph refers to personnel engaged in public affairs in accordance with laws, excluding political appointees and elected representatives at all levels.The term "government agency (institution)" as used in this Act refers to central and local government agencies at all levels, non-departmental public bodies, public schools, public medical institutions, government-owned enterprises, and foundations that receive donations from the government.The term "state-owned enterprise" as used in this Act refers to enterprises as defined in Article 3 of the State-Owned Enterprise Management Act.The term "government-controlled enterprise, group, or institution" as used in this Act refers to those announced by the Ministry of Civil Service, including enterprises in which the government and its affiliated enterprise funds or non-profit funds have cumulatively invested 20% or more of the enterprise's total capital, whether through indirect investment or reinvestment, as well as enterprises, groups, or institutions whose personnel, finances, or operations are directly or indirectly controlled by the government, whether through indirect investment or reinvestment.Disclosures concerning the enterprises, groups, or institutions referred to in the preceding paragraph are limited to cases where the enterprise, group, or institution was included in the public announcement at the time the disclosure matter occurred.
中文原文 公益揭弊者保護法第5條
本法所稱揭弊者如下：
一、公部門揭弊者：指公務員或接受政府機關（構）僱用、定作、委任、派遣、承攬、特約或其他契約關係而提供勞務獲致報酬之相對人及其員工，有事實合理相信政府機關（構）或其員工、其他公務員涉有第三條所列之弊案，具名向前條第一項受理揭弊機關提出檢舉者。
二、國營事業、受政府控制之事業、團體或機構揭弊者：指接受國營事業、受政府控制之事業、團體或機構之派任、僱用、定作、委任、派遣、承攬、特約或其他契約關係而提供勞務獲致報酬之相對人及其員工，有事實合理相信任職或提供勞務對象之事業、團體或機構或其員工，涉有第三條第五款、第七款或第八款之弊案，具名向前條第一項之受理揭弊機關提出檢舉者。
前項第一款所稱公務員，係指政務官及各級民意代表以外，依法令從事於公務之人員。
本法所稱政府機關（構），係指中央與各級地方政府機關、行政法人、公立學校、公立醫療院所、公營事業、政府捐助之財團法人。
本法所稱國營事業，係指國營事業管理法第三條所規定之事業。
本法所稱受政府控制之事業、團體或機構，係指銓敘部公告之政府暨其所屬營業基金、非營業基金轉投資金額累計占該事業資本額百分之二十以上之轉投資或再轉投資事業、受政府直接或間接控制其人事、財務或業務之轉投資或再轉投資事業、團體或機構。
前項事業、團體或機構之揭弊，限於弊案原因發生時屬於公告所列之事業、團體或機構。
一、公部門揭弊者：指公務員或接受政府機關（構）僱用、定作、委任、派遣、承攬、特約或其他契約關係而提供勞務獲致報酬之相對人及其員工，有事實合理相信政府機關（構）或其員工、其他公務員涉有第三條所列之弊案，具名向前條第一項受理揭弊機關提出檢舉者。
二、國營事業、受政府控制之事業、團體或機構揭弊者：指接受國營事業、受政府控制之事業、團體或機構之派任、僱用、定作、委任、派遣、承攬、特約或其他契約關係而提供勞務獲致報酬之相對人及其員工，有事實合理相信任職或提供勞務對象之事業、團體或機構或其員工，涉有第三條第五款、第七款或第八款之弊案，具名向前條第一項之受理揭弊機關提出檢舉者。
前項第一款所稱公務員，係指政務官及各級民意代表以外，依法令從事於公務之人員。
本法所稱政府機關（構），係指中央與各級地方政府機關、行政法人、公立學校、公立醫療院所、公營事業、政府捐助之財團法人。
本法所稱國營事業，係指國營事業管理法第三條所規定之事業。
本法所稱受政府控制之事業、團體或機構，係指銓敘部公告之政府暨其所屬營業基金、非營業基金轉投資金額累計占該事業資本額百分之二十以上之轉投資或再轉投資事業、受政府直接或間接控制其人事、財務或業務之轉投資或再轉投資事業、團體或機構。
前項事業、團體或機構之揭弊，限於弊案原因發生時屬於公告所列之事業、團體或機構。