Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Bihar State Public Records Act, 2014

General201417 sections

This Act regulates the management and preservation of public records in Bihar. Each office nominates a Records Officer responsible for its records, and public records cannot be taken out of the State, destroyed or transferred except as the Act allows. Damaging or unlawfully disposing of records is punishable. The Act also lets research scholars consult records and sets up an Archival Advisory Board.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Powers of the State Government
  4. 4. Taking Public Records out of state
  5. 5. Nomination of Records Officer
  6. 6. Liabilities of Records Officer
  7. 7. Duties of the Record Officer
  8. 8. Disposal of Public Records
  9. 9. Power to file case and punishment
  10. 10. Public Records not to be transferred
  11. 11. Obtain and provide public records
  12. 12. Such research scholar will return such record after study to the Archives on the same day.
  13. 13. Constitution of an Archival Advisory Board
  14. 14. Functions of the Board
  15. 15. Power of State Government to decide courses of Archival Science etc
  16. 16. Bar of suit
  17. 17. Power to make rules

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