LawgistThe Public Records Act
12Access to public records
(1) All unclassified public records as are more than thirty years old and are transferred to the National Archives of India or the Archives of the Union territory may be, subject to such exceptions and restrictions as may be prescribed made available to any bona fide research scholar.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this sub-section, the period of thirty years shall be reckoned from the year of the opening of the public record.
(2) Any records creating agency may grant to any person access to any public record in its custody in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
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All sections
- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Power of the Central Government to coordinate, regulate and supervise operations connected with administration, management, etc., of public records
- 4 Prohibition against taking of public records out of India
- 5 Records officer
- 6 Responsibilities of records officer
- 7 Records officer to take appropriate action in the event of unauthorised removal, destruction, etc., of public records in his custody
- 8 Destruction or disposal of public records
- 9 Penalty for contraventions
- 10 Public records bearing security classification
- 11 Receipt of records from private sources
- 12 Access to public records
- 13 Archival Advisory Board
- 14 Functions of the Board
- 15 Power of the Director General to lay down norms and standards for courses in archival science
- 16 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 17 Power to make rules
- 18 Laying of rules before Parliament
