Section 25: Disposal of non-archival public records in the National Archive

(1) Where the Director is of the opinion that any public archives in the National Archives are duplicated or are in irreparable state of deterioration or have no permanent value for preservation or should for some other reasons not be preserved, he may, with the approval of the Minister, dispose of such non-archival records in any manner he deems fit.
(2) The lists of archives disposed of in the National Archives in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section as well as of any records connected therewith (including the records of approval of the destruction of disposal by the Minister) shall be preserved in the National Archives.