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In force1984 Revised Edition
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Part II · Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Director" means a person appointed under section 4 (1);

"Brunei National Archives" means the State

Archives of Brunei established under this Act;

"public archives" means -

(a)

public records

(i)

which are more than 25 years old;

(ii)

which are specified by the Director as being of enduring national or historical value or both; and

(iii)

which have been transferred to the

Brunei National Archives or any such place as the Director may from time to time direct; and

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Establish-ment of

Brunei

National Arc-hives

Management of Archives by the Direc-tor and pow-ers of Direc-tor

Brunei National Archives

(b)

any document, book or other material ac-quired for the Brunei National Archives by the

Director;

"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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Part III

Establishment and Management of

Part IV

Public Records