Difinitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- a) ‘Board’ means the Archival Advisory Board constituted under this Act; b) ‘Director’ means Director of Art & Culture Department, Government of Mizoram, and includes any officer authorised by the Government to perform the duties of the Director; c) ‘Government’ means the Government of Mizoram, d) ‘Head of the Archives’ means Archivist, Mizoram State Archives or any other officer authorised to perform the duty of the Archivist; e) “Official Gazette” means Mizoram Gazette. f) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; g) ‘public records’ includes- i) any document, manuscript and file; ii) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document; iii) any reproduction of image or images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and iv) any other material produced by computer or by any other device, of any records creating agency. h) ‘records creating agency’ includes- i) in relation to State Government-Any Administrative Department, Directorate, or office under the State Government. ii) in relation to any statutory body or corporation wholly or substantially controlled or financed by the Government, or Commission or any Committee Constituted by the State Government or the offices of the said body, Corporation, Commission or Committee; i) ‘records officer’ means the officer nominated by the records creating agency,