Act Info:
Preamble1 - PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, 1993
Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Power of the Central Government to co-ordinate, regulate and supervise operations connected with administration, management, etc., of public records
Section4 - Prohibition against taking of public records out of India
Section5 - Records officer
Section6 - Responsibilities of records officer
Section7 - Records officer to take appropriate action in the event of unauthorised removal, destruction, etc., of public records in his custody
Section8 - Destruction or disposal of public records
Section9 - Penalty for contraventions
Section10 - Public records bearing security classification
Section11 - Receipt of records from private sources
Section12 - Access to public records
Section13 - Archival Advisory Board
Section14 - Functions of the Board
Section15 - Power of the Director General to lay down norms and standards for courses in archival science
Section16 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section17 - Power to make rules
Section18 - Laying of rules before Parliament