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