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The Native Peoples Basic Law contains 35 articles and was promulgated by the President on 5 February 2005. The law is enacted with the goals of safeguarding native peoples’ basic rights, facilitating the development and subsistence for native peoples, and establishing the coexistence and co-prosperity relationship among ethnic groups. The essential points are:
1) That the Executive Yuan shall set up a Promoting Committee in charge of reviewing and coordinating relevant matters specified under this law, and to provide for the matters relevant to members and organization of the Committee (Article 3)
2) That the government shall safeguard native peoples’ equal status and implement autonomy in pursuance of their will (Article 4)
3) That the State shall provide sufficient resources, and shall annually budget for assisting native peoples in developing their autonomy (Article 5)
4) That the Office of the President shall convene a consultation meeting for solving any dispute over autonomy between the government and native peoples (Article 6)
5) That the government shall safeguard native peoples’ right to education in pursuance of their will, and based on the spirit of diversity, equality and respect, (Article 7)
6) That local governments shall designate dedicated agencies or persons to deal with affairs involving native peoples (Article 8)
7) That the government shall designate a dedicated agency responsible for the development and research of native peoples’ languages, and shall create a system of certifying language skills (Article 9)
8) That the government shall preserve and protect native peoples’ culture, assist cultural enterprises, and cultivate professional specialists (Article 10)
9) That the government shall reinstate native peoples’ traditional names of tribes, mountains and rivers in pursuance of their will (Article 11)
10) That the government shall safeguard native peoples’ access to mass media, create a Foundation of Native Peoples’ Cultural Enterprises, and map out a mass media or institute dedicated to native peoples and their languages (Article 12)
11) That the government shall protect and facilitate the development of native peoples’ traditional biological diversity and intellectual innovation (Article 13)
12) That the government shall map out economic policy, give guidance about conservation and utilization of natural resources, and develop economic enterprises for native peoples in pursuance of their will and the characteristics of environment and resources (Article 14)
13) That the government shall budget for actively improving transportations, postal services, telecommunications, water resources and irrigation, tourism and other public works in native peoples habitation, and urge public utilities to accomplish this goal (Article 15)
14) That the government shall map out housing policy for native peoples, assist them in buying or leasing houses, and shall actively push forward with the plan for tribal renewal (Article 16)
15) That the government shall safeguard native peoples’ right to work (Article 17)
16) That the government shall create a Foundation of Comprehensive Development for Native Peoples to deal with economic development and to give guidance to enterprises (Article 18)
17) To provide for the nonprofit activities that may be carried out by native peoples in their habitation (Article 19)
18) That the government would acknowledge native peoples’ land and natural resources rights; that for the purposes of surveying and processing these lands, the government shall create a Committee to deal with this matter (Article 20)
19) That while engaging in land development and utilizing natural resources, environmental conservation and academic research on native peoples’ habitation, the government or individual shall consult with native peoples or seek their participation, and native peoples may share in the benefits; that native peoples shall be consulted in case of the government, laws and regulations place restrictions on utilization of their lands and natural resources. (Article 21)
20) That while creating a national park, national scenic area, forest area, ecological conservation area, recreational area and other resources administration agency in native peoples’ inhabitation, the government shall consult with native peoples and establish a mechanism for co-management (Article 22)
21) That the government shall respect native peoples’ rights to choose the way of living, custom, clothing, type of social economic structure, way of utilizing resources, mode involving land’s ownership, utilization and management (Article 23)
22) The government shall map out public health and medical policy for native peoples in pursuance with their characteristics, include their inhabitation in nationwide medical network, implement health care, establish an impeccable framework for long-term care, emergency relief and aftercare, and safeguard their health and safety on life (Article 24)
23) That the government shall establish a system for natural disasters prevention and recovery measures in the aftermath of disasters in native peoples’ inhabitation, and shall designate and create natural disasters’ preferential protection areas for safeguarding their safety on life and property (Article 25)
24) That the government shall actively deal with native peoples’ welfare, map out a framework for their social security, and shall especially safeguard the benefits of children, women and disabled people (Article 26)
25) That the government shall actively promote mutual savings and other cooperative businesses for native peoples, and shall give guidance to business administration, and may adopt tax incentive measures (Article 27)
26) That the government shall safeguard and assist native peoples living outside their inhabitation in their health, living standards, financing, education, employment, medical treatment and social adaptability (Article 28)
27) That for the purpose of safeguarding native peoples’ dignity and basic human rights, the government shall additionally include a chapter titled ‘safeguarding native peoples’ human rights’ in the bill of national human rights (Article 29)
28) That the government shall respect native peoples’ languages, traditional custom, culture and value judgment, and shall safeguard their legal rights while dealing with enactment of law, or carrying out proceedings involving judicial and administrative remedies, notarial acts and meditations, and an interpreter shall be provided to those who don’t understand Mandarin; that for the purpose of safeguarding their judicial rights, the government may create a native peoples courthouse or court (Article 30)
29) That the government shall not store hazardous substances in native peoples’ inhabitation against their will (Article 31)
30) That the government shall not forcibly relocate native peoples from their inhabitation, unless an imminent and apparent danger arises (Article 32)
31) That the government shall actively facilitate economic, social, political, cultural, religious, academic and ecological exchange and cooperation between native peoples and international native peoples or ethnic minorities (Article 33)
32) That the competent authority shall amend, enact or abolish relevant laws and regulations in accordance with the principles set forth under this law within 3 years after taking effect of this law. (Article 34)(35 provisions, p.43-48)