Act Number: 69

Act Name: The Public Records Act, 1993

Year: 1993

Enactment Date: 1993-12-21

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Culture

Department:

Section 1: Short title and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Public Records Act, 1993.
     (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint
    
Notes:
1.1st March, 1995, vide notification No. S.O. 128(E), dated 1st March, 1995, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii)
This Act has been extended to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
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