Malaysia legislation

Section 26

of Sabah State Records And Archives Enactment 2007

Section 26

(1)

The administrative head of a public office shall prepare and submit a record disposal schedule in the prescribed form for the disposal of public records to the Director for his approval.

(2)

The Director may approve the record disposal schedule submitted under subsection (1) and, in approving any such schedule, may impose any requirement or condition as he thinks fit.

(3)

For the purpose of this section, “records disposal schedule” means a schedule identifying those records of archival value to be preserved and authorizing the destruction of the remaining records after the lapse of specified retention periods.

Transfer of public records to State Records and Archives

Section 26 — Sabah State Records And Archives Enactment 2007