The Jammu and Kashmir Destruction of Records Act, 1920

(1) This Act may be called the Destruction of Records Act, 1977. (2) It extends to the whole of Jammu and Kashmir State. It shall come into force on the 1st day of Baisakh, 1978.

Omitted.

(1) The authorities hereinafter specified may, from time to time, make rules for the disposal, by destruction or otherwise, of such documents as are, in the opinion of the authority making the rules, not of sufficient public value to justify their preservation. (2) The authorities shall be- (a) in the case of documents in the possession or custody of the High Court or, of the Courts of Civil or Criminal jurisdiction subordinate thereto,- the High Court ; (b) in the case of documents in the possession or custody of Revenue Courts and officers, -the Government or any officer specifically authorised in this behalf by the Government ; (c) in the case of documents in the possession or custody of any other public officer- the Government or any officer specially authorised in that behalf by the Government. (3) Rules made under this section by any authority other than the Government shall be subject to the previous approval of that Government.

All rules and orders directing or authorising the destruction or other disposal of documents in the possession or custody of any public offlcer, bcretore in force, shall be deemed to have had the force of law from the date on which they we& made, and all such rules and orders now in force shall continue to hsrc the force of law until they are superseded by rules ma& under this Act.

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to authorise the destruction of any document which, under the provisions of any law for the time being in force, is to be kept and maintained.