The Organic Act Establishing the National Archives Administration, National Development Council


 * Article 1
 * The National Development Council has established the National Archives Administration (NAA) to deal with the management and use of government agency records.


 * Article 2
 * The NAA shall be in charge of the following matters:
 * 1.studying and drafting policies, legislation, and management systems for archives;
 * 2.supervising and assessing the management and use of government agency records, and compiling and publishing government agency records catalogs;
 * 3.reviewing the government agency record retention periods and disposal practices;
 * 4.appraising and classifying archives, setting retention periods, and settling disputed matters;
 * 5.acquiring, transferring, organizing, and preserving national archives, making them available for use, and planning and implementing the establishment of facilities;
 * 6.accepting donations of, accepting custody of, and purchasing documents or artifacts owned by private individuals or groups;
 * 7.planning and coordinating the building of documents and archives information systems;
 * 8.researching the management and use of archives, and conducting related publishing, technology development, academic exchange, and international cooperation, as well as training of archive management personnel;
 * 9.planning and implementing document timeliness control at government agencies under the Executive Yuan; and
 * 10.other matters pertaining to archives.


 * Article 3
 * The NAA shall have one director-general, who shall be a 13th-grade senior-level career civil servant, and two deputy directors-general, who shall be 12th-grade senior-level career civil servants.


 * Article 4
 * The NAA shall have one chief secretary, who shall be an 11th-grade senior-level career civil servant,


 * Article 5
 * The civil service ranks and occupational grades attaching to each occupational title at the NAA shall be separately set out in a staffing chart.


 * Article 6
 * This Act shall enter into force on the date prescribed by an order of the Executive Yuan.