Section 12
Access to public records.
About this Act
An Act to regulate the management, administration and preservation of public records of the Central Government, Union territory Administrations, public sector undertakings, statutory bodies and corporations, commissions and committees constituted by the Central Government or a Union territory Administration and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) All unclassified public records as are more than thirty years old
and are transferred to the National Archives of India or the Archives of the Union territory may be,
subject to such exceptions and restrictions as may be prescribed made available to any bona fide research
scholar.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this sub-section, the period of thirty years shall be reckoned from the year of the opening of the public record.
(2) Any records creating agency may grant to any person access to any public record in its custody in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this sub-section, the period of thirty years shall be reckoned from the year of the opening of the public record.
(2) Any records creating agency may grant to any person access to any public record in its custody in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.