ABSTRACT

The Act states Tt shall be the duty of the Mayor of any local authority in Belize, and of the Chairman of any public corporation, statutory body or similar institution to furnish the Government Archivist with two copies of every published report referring to his institution within three months after such report has been published’. The penalty for contravention of this Ordinance is a fine exceeding 50 dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 days. It seems that this Ordinance does apply to newspapers or to periodicals. None of the laws mention audio-visual material, and only the Belize Archives Act mentions preservation as a goal.