Maintenance of records and registers.

(1) The Competent authority shall maintain—

(a) a separate register containing the names, particulars including age and sex and address of the persons recommended by it for permit for resettlement in the State; and

(b) record of the proceedings of the inquiry.

(2) The Government shall maintain—

(a) a separate register of persons declared eligible for resettlement in the State and of the persons to whom permits have been granted.

(3) When a permit for resettlement is issued under section 6 a duplicate copy thereof shall be prepared and preserved for records by the issuing authority.

(4) All entries made in the registers shall be authenticated and numbered consecutively and each entry shall relate to one person only.