Appraisal and transfer of public records held by any public office to the Belize Archives and Record Service

(1) The Director shall have access to any public records held by any public office and shall have the power to appraise and transfer where necessary such public records to the Belize (2) It shall be the duty of the responsible officer of any public office or any other person for the time being having custody of any public records, (a) to afford the Director or any other officer authorized by him the necessary access and all facilities for the appraisal and transfer of such public records where necessary to the (b) to deposit with the Director two copies of all published reports and any other printed matter of his Ministry or Department within one month after publication.