ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Archives and Documentation Service Act
6. Public access to public archives
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
6. Public access to public archives
(1)Subject to any written law prohibiting or restricting the disclosure of information obtained from members of the public and to the provisions of this section, public archives which have been in existence for a period of not less than thirty years may be made available for public inspection, and it shall be the duty of the Director to provide reasonable facilities at such times, and on the payment of the prescribed fees, for members of the public to inspect or obtain copies of, or extracts from, such public archives.(4)Nothing in this section shall—(a)limit any right of inspection of any public archives or any category thereof to which members of the public had access before their transfer to the national archives; or(b)preclude the Director from permitting any person authorized by him in writing to have access to any public archives or any category thereof which are specified in such written authorization, save to the extent provided by any such written law as is referred to in subsection (1) and, in the case of public archives obtained otherwise than by transfer under section 5, subject to the terms and conditions on which such public archives were obtained.