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Public Records Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....other legal proceedings shall lie against any person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder. SECTION 17: POWER TO MAKE RULES (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely;- (a) the period after which public records of permanent nature may be accepted under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 3-; (b) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which public records can be destroyed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 6-; (c) the manner in which periodical review of classified public records for downgrading shall be undertaken under clause (f) of subsection (1) of section 6-; (d) the manner in which the records officer will report to the Director General or the head of the Archives under clause (k) of subsection (1) of section 6-; (e) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which public records may be destroyed or disposed of under.....

The Himachal Pradesh Public Records Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: Himachal

Year: 2006

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, 2006 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, 2006 [Act No. 24 of 2006] [Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see R.H.P. Extra., dated 25th August, 2006, p. 3980 and 3988.] [19th October, 2006] PREAMBLE AN ACT to regulate the management, administration and preservation of public records of the State Government, public sector undertakings, statutory bodies and corporations, commissions and committees constituted by the State Government and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Fifty-seventh Year of Republic of India, as follows: Section 1 - Short title 1 Himachal Pradesh Public Records Act, 2006. 2 In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, Section 2 - Definitions (a) "Board" means the Archival Advisory Board constituted under sub-section (1) of section 13. (b) "Director" means the Director, Language, Art and Culture Department, Himachal Pradesh appointed by the State Government and includes any officer authorised by the State Government to perform the duties of the Director; (c).....

Land Records Maintenance Act, 1895 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1895

LAND RECORDS MAINTENANCE ACT, 1895 LAND RECORDS MAINTENANCE ACT, 1895 3 of 1895 29th May, 1895 An Act to provide for the maintenance of Records of tenant-rights in Bengal, and for the recovery of the cost of Cadastral Surveys and Settlements. Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the maintenance of records of tenant-rights and of settlement records in Bengal, and for an alternative method of recovering the cost of cadastral surveys and settlements; It is hereby enacted as follows:- PART 1 Preliminary Section 1 Short title. Extent. Commencement (1) This Act may be called "The Land Records Maintenance Act, 1895." (2) It shall come into force only in districts or parts of districts of which a field survey and a record of rights have been made under Chapter X of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, or under any other law for the time being in force, and to which the [State Government] may, from time to time, extend it by an order published in the [Official Gazette]; and thereupon this Act shall commence and take effect in the districts or parts of districts named in such order on the day which shall be in such order provided for the commencement thereof. Section.....

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 3

Title: Power of the Central Government to Co-ordinate, Regulate and Supervise Operations Connected with Administration, Management, Etc., of Public Records

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....of records and application of standards, procedures and techniques of records management; (j) survey and inspection on public records; (k) organising training programmes in various disciplines of Archives administration and records management; (l) accepting records from any private source; (m) regulating access to public records; (n) receiving records from defunct bodies and making arrangement for securing public records in the event of national emergency; (o) receiving reports on records management and disposal practices from the records Officer; (p) providing authenticated copies of, or extracts from, public records; (q) destroying or disposal of public records; (r) obtaining on lease or purchasing or accepting as gift any document of historical or national importance.

The Kerala Record of Rights Act, 1968 1 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1968

.....caused or likely to be caused or any injury suffered or likely to be suffered by anything in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules thereunder. (3) No prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any officer or other person for anything in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules thereunder. 15. Power to make rules.-(1) The government may, by notification in the Gazette, make rule for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or two successive session, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or the Legislative Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice.....

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 6

Title: Responsibilities of Records Officer

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....of annual, indices of public records; (i) compilation of organisational history and annual supplement thereto; (j) assisting the National Archives of India or, as the case may be the Archives of the Union territory for public records management; (k) submission of annual report to the Director General or, as the case may be, head of the Archives in such manner as may be prescribed; (l) transferring of records of any defunct body to the National Archives of India or the Archives of the Union territory, as the case may be, for preservation. (2) The records officer shall act under the direction of the Director General or, as the case may be, head of the Archives while discharging the responsibilities specified in sub-section (1).

Bombay Land Tenures Abolition (Recovery of Records) Act, 1953 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

.....at any time before the abolition of the tenure on which such land or village was held ; (4) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. SECTION 03: Holder to deliver lands records to State Government It shall be the duty of every holder to deliver, in the prescribed manner, [within two months from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf] all land records in his possession to the Collector or to such officer as may be appointed by the State Government in this behalf: Provided that in the case of any holder, the Collector or the Officer as the case may be, may, for sufficient reasons, extend such period by a further not exceeding two months. SECTION 04: POWER TO MAKE SEARCHES If the Collector or the officer appointed under section 3 has reasons to believe that any holder is not likely to deliver the land records as required by section 3 or is likely to destroy them or tamper with them, he may, for the purpose of recovering such records, issue a search warrant and exercise all such powers with respect thereto as may be lawfully exercised by a Magistrate under the provisions of chapter VII of the Code of.....

Public Records Act, 1993 Complete Act

Title: Public Records Act, 1993

State: Central

Year: 1993

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

Destruction of Useless Records Act, 1895 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1895

.....rules now in force under the aforesaid enactments and circulars shall have the force of law until they are repealed by other rules made under this Act. SECTION 03: 3[CHIEF CONTROLLING REVENUE AUTHORITY In this Act," "Chief Controlling Revenue Authority" means the ''Board of Revenue"]. SECTION 04: DELEGATION OF POWERS TO HIGH COURT TO MAKE RULES FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF USELESS RECORDS The High Court may, from time to time, make rules for the destruction of such records, books and papers belonging to it, or the Courts subordinate thereto as may in its opinion be useless or un worthy of being permanently preserved. 1. Received the Prime Minister's assent on the 19th Isfandar, 1305 Fasli/6th Shaban, 1313 Hijri. 2. Amended by Act No. III of 1308-F. 3. Subs, by A.O. 1956. 4. Subs, by A.O. 1960. SECTION 05: AFORESAID POWERS TO THE CHIEF CONTROLLING REVENUE AUTHORITY The Chief Controlling Revenue Authority may, from lime to time, make rules for the destruction of such records, books and papers belonging to it, or to the offices, subordinate thereto, as may, in its opinion, be useless or un worthy of being permanently preserved. SECTION.....

Public Records Act, 1993 Section 7

Title: Records Officer to Take Appropriate Action in the Event of Unauthorised Removal, Destruction, Etc., of Public Records in His Custody

State: Central

Year: 1993

(1) The records officer shall, in the event of any unauthorised removal, destruction, defacement or alteration of any public records under his charge, forthwith take appropriate action for the recovery or restoration of such public records. (2) The records officer shall submit a report in writing to the Director General or, as the ease may be, the head of the Archives without any delay on any information about any unauthorised removal, destruction, defacement or alteration of any public records under his charge and about the action initiated by him and shall take action as he may deem necessary subject to the directions, if any, given by the Director General or, as the case may be, head of the Archives. (3) The records officer may seek assistance from any government officer or any other person forthe purpose of recovery or restoration of public records and such officer or person shall render all assistance to the records officer.