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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.

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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).

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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

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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.

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Public Records Act, 1993 Section 5

Title: Records Officer

State: Central

Year: 1993

(1) Every records creating agency shall nominate one of its officers as records officer to discharge the functions under this Act. (2) Every records creating agency may set up such number of record rooms in such places as it deems fit and shall place each record room under the charge of a records officer.

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Bombay Land Tenures Abolition (Recovery of Records) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Section 3

Title: Holder to Deliver Land Records to State Government

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

..... G. N., R. D., No. PKA-1055-M (Spl.), dated 21st January, 1956 (B. G., Pt. IV-B, p. 106) In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Bombay Land Tenures Abolition (Recovery of Records) Act, 1953 (Bom. L of 1953), the Government of Bombay hereby specifies 22nd January, 1956 as the date for the purpose of the said section 3 in respect of Deshmukh Watan of the Borpada Village in Navapur Taluka of the West Khandesh District abolished under the Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950. _______________________ 1. These words were substituted for the words within two months from the date of the commencement of this Act by Bom. 52 of 1954, section 3.

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Public Records Act, 1993 Section 12

Title: Access to Public Records

State: Central

Year: 1993

(1) All unclassified public records as are more than thirty yearsold arid 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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Bombay Land Tenures Abolition (Recovery of Records) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Preamble

Title: the Bombay Land Tenures Abolition (Recovery of Records) Act, 1953

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

THE BOMBAY LAND TENURES ABOLITION (RECOVERY OF RECORDS) ACT, 1953 [Act No. 50 of 19531] [7th October, 1953] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for taking over records maintained by the holders of lands or villages held on tenures which have been abolished by certain enactments in the State of Bombay. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for taking over records maintained by the holders of lands or villages held on tenures which have been abolished by certain enactments in the State of Bombay; It is hereby enacted as follows :- ______________________ 1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1953, Part V, page 435.

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Public Records Act, 1993 Preamble 1

Title: Public Records Act, 1993

State: Central

Year: 1993

THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, 1993 [Act, No. 69 of 1993] [21st December, 1993] PREAMBLE 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. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows :

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Public Records Act, 1993 Section 4

Title: Prohibition Against Taking of Public Records out of India

State: Central

Year: 1993

No person shall take or cause to be taken out of India any public records without the prior approval of the Central Government: Provided that no such prior approval shall be required if any public records are taken or sent out of India for any official purpose.

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