Prohibition against destruction of public records

Prohibition against destruction of public records.

1. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, no public record shall be destroyed or disposed of except in accordance with the provisions of this Act and under and in accordance with the mode of destruction prescribed by the Government in this behalf.
2. (2) No public record shall be destroyed or disposed of unless it is reviewed by a departmentally constituted Records Review Committee and certified by it that the records are of no further administrative or historical value and provided that the records are not in any court case or audit or Inquiry.
3. (3) The Records Review Committee shall be constituted by notification in the official gazette by the Government.