CHAPTER IV
Historical information
Section 26. A State agency shall deliver official information, which it does not wish to keep or which is kept beyond the period under paragraph two as from the date of completing such information, to the National Archives Division, Fine Arts Department or other State agencies as specified in the Royal Decree, in order that it is selected for public studies.
The period of delivery of the official information under paragraph one shall be classified as follows:
(1) in respect of official information under section 14, seventy-five years;
(2) in respect of official information under section 15, twenty years.
The period under paragraph two may be extended in the following cases:
(1) where the State agency still needs to keep the official information for its own use; provided that, it shall be kept and made available for public studies as agreed upon with the National Archives Division, Fine Arts Department;
(2) where State agency is of the opinion that such official information should not yet be disclosed; provided that, an order extending the period shall be issued for each particular case and such order shall also specify the length of extension which shall not exceed five years each.
The inspection or review of the extension of time in excess of necessity shall be in accordance with the rules and procedure as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to official information the destruction of which is required or allowed to be carried out by State agencies or Slate officials without need to keep it in accordance with the Rule prescribed by the Council of Ministers.
