18. No person may alienate, dispose of or alter inactive documents of a public body scheduled for permanent preservation.
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales, however, may authorize the disposal of the documents if they have been reproduced on another medium or if it considers them to be irremediably damaged or to no longer have any retention value.
1983, c. 38, s. 18; 2004, c. 25, s. 54.