Dasar Penilaian dan Perolehan Rekod Awam Arkib Negara Malaysia (PRINCIPLES OF EVALUATION AND ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC RECORDS. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF MALAYSIA (ANM) : -

"Obtaining public records in the custody or under the control of a public office, to the custody and control of the National Archives through the process of transfer" - Section 28, National Archives Act 2003 [Act 629]