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- Provide the UP Law Center with copies of administrative issuances pursuant to the
provisions of the Administrative Code of 1987; and
- Maintain a separate filing system of laws and issuances received from other government
agencies.

Handling of Non-current Records/Records Center Operations
- As a matter of policy, the Head of the N-CRSA shall have the responsibility to transfer all
materials with continuing value as determined by the RMIC to have Archives for posterity.
Such transfer shall be accompanied by an inventory list.

Protection of Records
- Records and documents shall be provided with preventive and protective measures in
order to safeguard from unauthorized and indiscriminate disclosure, damage, destruction
and loss in all stages of the life cycle of records depending on its classification. Records
classified as routine shall be given normal protection while records classified as
confidential or vital shall be provided with normal protection plus protection.

Disposal of Obsolete Records
- It shall be the responsibility of the Head of NCRS to invite the attention of the Head of the
Records Division to recommend to the RMIC and Head of the Agency the disposal of
records and documents after their retention period have elapsed and ceased to have
administrative, fiscal, legal, research or historical values, taking into account the guidelines
prescribed under DECS Order No. 13-A, series of 1998 and in accordance with the
Departments RRDS.