National Library Board Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2A · National Archives of Singapore and Oral History Centres
17. Destruction or disposal of public records only on authority of Board
Feedback & supportA person must not, without the authorisation of the Board under subsection (4), destroy or otherwise dispose of, or authorise the destruction or disposal of, any public records which are in the person’s possession or under the person’s control.
Any person intending to destroy or dispose of, or to authorise the destruction or disposal of, any public records must first notify the Board of that intention and must, in the person’s notification, specify the nature of the public records in question.
public records
“public records” means papers, documents, records, registers, printed materials, books, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, microforms, videotapes, films, machine‑readable and electronic records, sound recordings and other forms of records of any kind, that are produced or received by any public office in the transaction of official business, or by any officer in the course of his or her official duties, and includes public archives;
The Board may inspect any public records specified in any notification under subsection (2) and must, if it requires those records to be made available to it, inform the person making the notification of that requirement, and the public records must be made available to the Board.
The Board may authorise the destruction of any specified classes of public records which by reason of their number, kind or routine nature do not in its opinion possess any enduring value for preservation as public archives.[14D
public archives
“public archives” means those public records that —(a)are more than 25 years old;(b)are specified by the Board as being of national or historical significance; and(c)have been transferred to the Board or to any other place that the Board may determine;