The official responsibility shall be divided into two levels. The Director-General and Deputy Directors-General serve as the first level and the directors and deputy directors of all departments and office serve as the second level. The chief of first and second levels may authorize deputy chief(s) to deal with part of responsible official affairs of each level. In the condition of chief’s official trip or leave, the deputy chief of each level or the designated agent shall act on the chief’s behalf regarding the duties and functions.

The management of DGT’s official affairs can be divided into the followings according to its nature of difficulty and the responsibility of importance:
1. Extremely important and important official affairs: The chief of the first level.
2. Ordinary official affairs: The chief of the first level authorizes the chief(s) of the second level.

Each department and office shall, according to the scope of function, divide the official affairs into three categories: extremely important, important, and ordinary. The detail sheet of assuming responsibilities by respective levels shall be reported to the Director-General for approval.

Each level of staff shall be responsible for the following authorized affairs:
1. Mistakes or overstepping one’s authority occurs in managing affairs; however, non-illegal acts shall not be included.
2. The director shall be responsible for the ordinary official affair where a mistake occurs in the official document in the name of the department or office.
3. The drafter and the section chief shall be responsible for the mistake in quoting laws, precedent cases, words and numbers, and format of the document. For serious circumstance, the director shall be jointly responsible therefor.
4. The drafter and proofreader shall be responsible for the mistake of writing or typing.
5. The handling person shall be responsible for the omissions or mistakes on the receipt and dispatch of documentation, payment, and articles.
6. Other matters with mistakes, the maker shall bear the responsibility by law according to the Functions Instruction Manual.

The chief of the first level may, at any time, rectify the circumstance that any who deals with official affairs against law, beyond authorization or instructions and may modify the scope of authorization if necessary.

DGT’s external official document shall be in the name of the Director-General. The chief in charge shall determine the official document regarding authorized affairs.

For the official affairs subject to the stipulations of assuming responsibilities of respective level, the department/office director may manage the affairs beforehand and make up a report for approval when encountering occasional or emergent cases.

The staff’s powers and responsibilities of each level shall be in accordance with the Functions Instruction Manual.