Malaysia legislation
Section 29
Section 29
(1)
The State Records and Archives shall, unless expressly provided otherwise by any written law, have the custody of or control over all public records of a defunct public office.
(2)
Section 7 shall apply for the purpose of reviewing classified records of a defunct public office.
(3)
For the purpose of this section, “defunct public office” means a public office no longer in operation and there is no successor to its duties and functions.
Acquisition of private records