Section 6 — Sabah State Records And Archives Enactment 2007

(a)

to examine records which are in the custody or under the control of a public office, to identify records which are of archival value and to advise on the creation, maintenance, storage, use and disposal of such records;

(b)

to take suitable measures in preserving any records which are in the custody or under the control of the State Records and Archives;

(c)

to acquire records and materials which in the opinion of the Director are or are likely to be of archival value;

(d)

to establish, maintain and operate Record Centres;

(e)

to establish, maintain and operate the Yang di-Pertua Negeri archives, ministerial archives and memorial archives;

(f)

to destroy or otherwise dispose of or to authorize the destruction or disposal of public records;

(g)

to advise public offices on the establishment of Agency Record Units;

(h)

to advise public offices in the planning, implementation and evaluation of their records management programmes;

(i)

to establish standards and procedures for the improvement of public records and archives management programmes;

(j)

to provide training in management of public records and archives administration;

(k)

to arrange, classify and preserve public archives;

(l)

to establish and maintain registers of public records and public archives;

(m)

to prepare guides, lists, indexes and other finding aids of public archives;

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(n)

to determine access and usage of public archives;

(o)

to provide facilities for research and reference;

(p)

subject to the terms and conditions on which they are obtained, and subject to the law relating to copyright, to reproduce or publish any public archives or any part of the public archives;

(q)

to do any such things which appear necessary or expedient to enable adequate use to be made of public archives;

(r)

to identify and make copies of vital records which are essential to the continued functioning or reconstruction of an organization during and after an emergency and also those records essential to the protection of rights and interests of that organization and of the individuals directly affected by its activities;

(s)

to authenticate copies or extracts of public archives;

(t)

to gather and disseminate historical information;

(u)

to establish a working relationship with any organization relating to public archives;

(v)

to conduct oral history interviews and recordings, and produce transcripts of selected interviews;

(w)

to prepare, publish, sell or distribute publications concerning or relating to public archives, or concerning the activities of and facilities provided by the

State Records and Archives;

(x)

to promote public awareness activities on aspects pertaining to records management and archives administration through exhibitions, audio-visual educational packages, and other educational programmes; and

(y)

to do all such things as may be incidental to or consequential upon the discharge of his powers and functions.

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Power to review