The Arunachal Pradesh Public Records Act, 2011
The Arunachal Pradesh Public Records Act, 2011
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This law governs how the government of Arunachal Pradesh manages and keeps its official documents and digital data. It applies to all state government offices, public sector bodies, and other agencies. The main goal is to ensure that important records are properly preserved, organized, and accessible while preventing them from being taken out of the state without permission. The state government and the Director of Archives have the authority to supervise these records, set standards for their care, and decide when old records can be destroyed or kept permanently.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Power of the State Government to regulate, supervise or operationalise with administration, management etc. of public records.
- 4. Prohibition of taking of public records out of the State.
- 5. Records officer
- 6. Responsibilities of records officer.
- 7. Records officer to take appropriate action in the event of unauthorized removal, destruction etc. of public records in the custody.
- 8. Destruction or disposal of public records.
- 9. Penalty for contravention
- 10. Public records of historical or national importance
- 11. Receipt of records from private sources.
- 12. Archival Advisory Board
- 13. Archival Advisory Board.
- 14. Functions of the Board.
- 15. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 16. Power to remove difficulties
- 17. Power to make rules
- 18. Laying of rules before Legislative Assembly
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