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Definition :

Public records, includes:

(i) any document, manuscript and file,

(ii) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document,

(iii) any reproduction of images embodied is such microfilm (whether enlarged or not), and

(iv) any other material produce by a computer or by any other device, of any records creating agency. [Maharashtra Public Records Act, 2005, s. 2(g)]

Public records, includes:

(i) any document, manuscript and file;

(ii) any microfilm microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;

(iii) any reproduction of images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and

(iv) any other material produced by a computer or by any other device of any records creating agency. [Public Records Act, 1993 (69 of 1993), s. 2 (e)]

The general Records of the Realm are in the custody of the Master of the Rolls (see RECORD), and may be proved by a copy purporting to be carried by the deputy keeper of these Records [see the (English) Public Record Office Acts, 1838-1898]. As to public documents, see Mercer v. Denne, (1905) 2 Ch 538.