National Heritage Board Bill

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Establishment of National Heritage Board

5 Constitution of Board

6 Functions of Board

8 Appointment of committees and delegation of powers

10 Directions by Minister

11 Establishment of museums

12 Appointment of directors of museums

13 Initial vesting of objects in Board

14 Certain gifts vesting on or after appointed day

15 Acquisition and disposal of objects

16 Lending and borrowing of objects

17 Establishment of National Archives of Singapore

18 Appointment of director of National Archives

19 Transfer of public records to National Archives

20 Return of illegally removed public records

21 Destruction or disposal of public records only on authority of Board

22 Inspection of public records and recordings

23 Certified copy of public records

24 Reproduction of public records and recordings

25 Prohibition of export, etc., of public records

26 Deposit of certain recordings

27 Establishment of oral history centre

28 Chief executive officer of Board

29 Appointment of staff

30 Public servants for purposes of Penal Code

31 Funds and property of Board

34 Income of Board to be exempt from income tax, etc.

35 Establishment of National Heritage Endowment Fund

36 Financial provisions

37 Transfer of assets and liabilities

38 Existing agreements, etc.

39 Pending legal proceedings

40 Transfer of employees

41 Pension rights, etc., of Government employees to be preserved

42 No benefits in respect of abolition or reorganisation of office

43 Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings

44 Misconduct or neglect of duty by employee before transfer

45 Interpretation of this Part

46 Power to enter upon lands to conduct archaeological investigation

48 Immunity of Board and its employees, etc.

50 Repeal and transitional provisions

National Heritage Board Bill

Bill No. 5/1993

Read the first time on 26th February 1993.

An Act to establish the National Heritage Board, to transfer to it the National Museum, the National Archives and Records Centre and the Oral History Department and to repeal the National Archives and Records Centre Act (Chapter 193 of the 1985 Revised Edition) and section 21 of the Science Centre Act (Chapter 286 of the 1985 Revised Edition) and for matters connected therewith.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the National Heritage Board Act 1993 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

“Board” means the National Heritage Board established under section 3;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board and includes any temporary Chairman of the Board;

“chief executive officer” means the chief executive officer of the Board and includes any person acting in that capacity;

“Deputy Chairman” means the Deputy Chairman of the Board and includes any temporary Deputy Chairman of the Board;

“Fund” means the National Heritage Endowment Fund established under section 35;

“member” means a member of the Board;

“National Archives” means the National Archives of Singapore established under section 17;

“object” includes any work of art and any artifact;

“public archives” means those public records that —

(a)	are more than 25 years old;
(b)	are specified by the Board as being of national or historical significance; and
(c)	have been transferred to the Board or to such other place as the Board may from time to time determine;

“public office” means any department, office, institution, agency, commission, board, local authority or statutory body or any other office of the Government or branch or subdivision thereof, and any other body that the President may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be a public office;

“public records” means papers, documents, records, registers, printed materials, books, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, microforms, videotapes, films, machine readable and electronic records, sound recordings and other forms of records of any kind whatsoever, produced or received by any public office in the transaction of official business, or by any officer in the course of his official duties, and includes public archives.

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