Public Records Act, 1993

Bare Act · 1993

An Act to regulate the management, administration and preservation of public records of the Central Government, Union territory Administrations, public sector undertakings, statutory bodies and corporations, commissions and committees constituted by the Central Government or a Union territory Administration and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Act number: 69 of 1993
Enacted: 21 December 1993
Contents: 18 sections

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Section 1 – Short title and commencement
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Power of the Central Government to coordinate, regulate and supervise operations connected with administration, management, etc., of public records
Section 4 – Prohibition against taking of public records out of India
Section 5 – Records officer
Section 6 – Responsibilities of records officer (preview)
Section 7 – Records officer to take appropriate action in the event of unauthorised removal, destruction, etc., of public records in his custody (preview)
Section 8 – Destruction or disposal of public records (preview)
Section 9 – Penalty for contraventions (preview)
Section 10 – Public records bearing security classification (preview)
Section 11 – Receipt of records from private sources (preview)
Section 12 – Access to public records (preview)
Section 13 – Archival Advisory Board (preview)
Section 14 – Functions of the Board (preview)
Section 15 – Power of the Director General to lay down norms and standards for courses in archival science (preview)
Section 16 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
Section 17 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 18 – Laying of rules before Parliament (preview)

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