ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Archives and Documentation Service Act
5A. National documentation and information retrieval service
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
5A. National documentation and information retrieval service
(1)Every Principal Secretary or head of Government department or chief executive of a state corporation or local authority shall supply to the Director two copies of any published or generally circulated document or report produced by that office whether in hard copy or micro-film; and the creating office may prescribe the period for which the document shall remain restricted from circulation to other public offices or members of the public:Provided that the restriction from circulation shall only relate to exempt information provided for in section 6.(2)The Government Printer or his authorized agent shall supply to the service two copies of every publication produced by him.(3)The Director of the Central Bureau of Statistics shall supply to the Service two copies of every publication produced by him.(4)The Service shall, every six months, publish and circulate to all the major libraries in the country and in the link centres in the public services an accession list of reports and documents acquired.(5)Where documentation link centres do not exist in Government ministries, departments and parastatal organizations, the Service shall initiate appropriate measures for the establishment and development of such centres.(6)The Service shall, through the documentation link centres, coordinate the acquisition and preservation of reports and other generally circulated documents in the public service.