LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF THE

BANGSAMORO PARLIAMENT

LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY UNIT

It is responsible for the selection, acquisition and compilation of reference materials relevant to legislation. It organizes and maintains various library collections and service facilities to strengthen information and reference services in the Parliament. 


LEGISLATIVE ARCHIVES UNIT

It is responsible for the organization, preservation, maintenance, securing, and making the legislative and historical records of the Parliament, available for reference and research. 

Rule XXVI of the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Rules, Procedures, and Practices urging all concerned offices to hand over the BTA Parliament archival records as stipulated in the following sections:

 

Section 2. Delivery to Archives. – All papers and records relating to the completed business of the Parliament shall be delivered to, kept by, and preserved in the archives. All pending matters and proceedings shall terminate upon the expiration of the term of Parliament, and the records pertaining thereto, delivered to the archives within fifteen (15) days after such expiration.  

Section 3. Duty of Committee Secretaries. – Committee secretaries shall, within seven (7) days after the enactment of bills or joint resolutions, and fifteen (15) days after final adjournment of Parliament, deliver to the archives all bills, resolutions, petitions, and other papers referred to their respective committees including all records of proceedings, report of investigations conducted, and all evidences taken by such committees together with the electronic copies thereof.  


The Secretary-General, upon neglect or failure of the committee secretaries to comply with this Section within seven (7) days, shall thereafter take custody of all such papers, and may impose appropriate disciplinary action on concerned committee secretaries.