Section 11:
Receipt of records from private sources.
(1) The National Archives of India or the Archives
of the Union territory may accept any record of historical or national importance from any private source
by way of gift, purchase or otherwise.
(2) The National Archives of India or, as the case may be, the Archives of any Union territory may, in
such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, make any record referred to in
sub-section (1) available to any bona fide research scholar.