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Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan)

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Chapter 1 General Principles
Article 1
This Law is enacted to establish the institution for the publication of government information, facilitate people to share and fairly utilize government information, protect people's right to know, further people's understanding, trust and overseeing of public affairs, and encourage public participation in democracy.
Article 2
Government information shall be made available to the public in accordance with the Law, except which regulated in other laws, the provisions of that law shall prevail.
Article 3
"Government information" as defined in the Law means information which a government agency produces or acquires within its respective authority and is saved in the forms of documents, pictures, photos, magnetic disks, magnetic tapes, optical disks, microfilms, integrated circuits chips or others which can be read, seen, listened or understood with the assistance of technology or auxiliary methods.
Article 4
A government agency as defined in the Law means any of the central government agencies, local government agencies, and institutes for experiment, research, education, culture, medicine, and management of special funds that are established by those agencies.
Individuals, legal persons or entities that are delegated to exercise the state power are treated as government agencies within the scope of such delegation.
Article 5
Government information shall be made available to the public actively in accordance with the Law or provided as requested by any person.
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