Responsibilities of a Record Officer

(1) The Records Officer shall be responsible for,- (a) proper arrangement, maintenance and preservation of public records under his/her charge; (b) periodical review of all public records and weeding out public records of ephemeral value; (c) appraisal of public records which are more than 25 (twenty five) years old in consultation with State Archives with a view to retaining public records of permanent value;