Brunei National Archives Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part IV · Public Records
Section 10
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No person shall without the consent of the Direc-tor destroy or otherwise dispose of, or authorise the destruc-tion or disposal of, any public records which are in his pos-session or under his control.
public records
"public records" means papers, documents, re-cords, registers, printed material, books, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, microfilms, cine-matograph, films and sound recordings of any kind whatsoever, officially received or produced by any public office for the conduct of its affairs or by any officer or employee of a public office in the course of his official duties.
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Any person intending to destroy or dispose of or to au 'lorise the destruction or disposal of any public records shall first notify the Director of the said intention and shall in such notification specify the nature of the public records in question.
The Director may inspect any public records spe-cified in any notification under subsection (2) and shall if he requires such public records to be made available to him, inform the person making such notification of such require-ment; and such public records shall be made available to the
Director.
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Puolic re-cords to be surrendered on demand
No officer in any public office may destroy or dispose of public record without the authority of the Director
Terms defined in s 2
public records
Defined · s 2"public records" means papers, documents, re-cords, registers, printed material, books, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, microfilms, cine-matograph, films and sound recordings of any kind whatsoever, officially received or produced by any public office for the conduct of its affairs or by any officer or employee of a public office in the course of his official duties.