This Act is enacted to promote transitional justice by restoring people’s rights that were infringed during the period of authoritarian rule by an illegal act of the State.

The Executive Yuan shall establish the Restoration of Victim's Rights Infringed by Illegal Acts of the State During the Period of Authoritarian Rule Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the Restoration of Rights Foundation) to handle matters related to compensation and restoration of rights as specified in this Act.
The Restoration of Rights Foundation shall have thirteen directors whom shall be selected by the Executive Yuan from the following categories of qualified persons at the respectively specified numbers while the number of directors of any gender shall be not fewer than one-third of the total and the number of directors with membership of any single political party shall not exceed one-third of the total:
1.Six from representatives of relevant agencies;
2.Four from leaders with upright character and integrity in the society or scholars and experts;
3.Three from representatives of victims or their family members.
Anyone who had taken part in an illegal act of the State during the period of authoritarian rule may not be selected to serve as a director of the Restoration of Rights Foundation; where such a person has been selected to serve as such the said person shall be dismissed from the post of the director of the Restoration of Rights Foundation.
Public property needed by the Restoration of Rights Foundation for handling matters specified in this Act may be provided by government agencies free of charge.

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:
1.“The period of authoritarian rule” refers to the period from 15 August 1945 to 6 November 1992;
2.An “illegal act of the State” refers to judicial wrongs as defined by Article 6 of the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice and administrative wrongs defined by Article 6-1 of the aforementioned Act;
3.A “victim” refers to a person whose life, body, liberty, or property had been infringed by an illegal act of the State during the period of authoritarian rule;
4.A “family member” refers to an heir of a deceased victim in accordance with and in the order as specified in Article 1138 of the Civil Code.