政府資訊公開法 The Freedom of Government Information Law 第一章 總 則 Chapter 1 General Principles Article 1 為建立政府資訊公開制度，便利人民共享及公平利用政府資訊，保障人民知 的權利，增進人民對公共事務之瞭解、信賴及監督，並促進民主參與，特制定 本法。 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 政府資訊之公開，依本法之規定。但其他法律另有規定者，依其規定。 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 本法所稱政府資訊，指政府機關於職權範圍內作成或取得而存在於文書、圖 畫、照片、磁碟、磁帶、光碟片、微縮片、積體電路晶片等媒介物及其他得以 讀、看、聽或以技術、輔助方法理解之任何紀錄內之訊息。 “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 本法所稱政府機關，指中央、地方各級機關及其設立之實（試）驗、研究、 文教、醫療及特種基金管理等機構。 受政府機關委託行使公權力之個人、法人或團體，於本法適用範圍內，就其 受託事務視同政府機關。 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 政府資訊應依本法主動公開或應人民申請提供之。 Government information shall be made available to the public actively in accordance with the Law or provided as requested by any person.