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 4: Prohibition against taking of public records out of India.
    No person shall take or cause to be taken out of India any public records without the prior approval of the Central Government:
     Provided that no such prior approval shall be required if any public records are taken or sent out of India for any official purpose.
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