18. Inspection of public records and recordings

Terms defined in s 2

• Board

  Board

  Defined · s 2

  “Board” means the National Library Board established under section 3;

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• National Archives

  National Archives

  Defined · s 2

  “National Archives” means the National Archives of Singapore transferred by the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2012 to the Board and administered in accordance with Part 2A;

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• public archives

  public archives

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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• public office

  public office

  Defined · s 2

  “public office” means any department, office, institution, agency, commission, board, local authority or statutory body or any other office of the Government or branch or subdivision thereof, and any other body that the President may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be a public office;

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• public records

  public records

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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