Malaysia legislation
Section 11A
Section 11A
Without prejudice to functions specified in section 11, the
Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to such direction as may be issued by the Board, have the following additional functions:
(a)
to examine records which are in the custody or under the control of a public office, to identify records which are of 16
archival value and to advise on the creation, maintenance, storage, use and disposal of such records;
(b)
to acquire records and materials which in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer are or are likely to be of archival value;
(c)
to advise public offices on the establishment and maintenance of Agency Record Units;
(d)
to advise public offices in the planning, implementation and evaluation of their records management programmes;
(e)
to establish and maintain registers of public records and public archives;
(f)
to prepare guides, lists, indexes and other finding aids of public archives;
(g)
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 such public archives; and
(h)
to authenticate or certify copies or extracts of public records or public archives.
[Ins. Cap. A144.]
Ineligibility for appointment