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THE UTTAR PRADESH PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, 2025

उत्तर प्रदेश लोक अभिलेख अधिनियम, 2025

Uttar Pradesh
Act number
11 of 2025
Department
Culture
Enacted
21 Aug 2025

Source: IndiaCode Portal, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Open on India Code Check against the official text before relying on it.

18 sections

  1. Section 1Short title and commencement
  2. Section 2Difinitions
  3. Section 3Power of the State Govemnment to co-ordinate, regulate and supervise operations connected with administration, management, etc., of public records
  4. Section 11Receipts of records from private sources
  5. Section 4Prohibition against taking of public records out of Uttar Pradesh
  6. Section 8Destruction or disposal of public records
  7. Section 7Records Officer to take appropriate action in the event of unauthorised removal, destruction, etc., of public records in his custody
  8. Section 9Penalty for contraventions
  9. Section 10Public records bearing security classifications
  10. Section 6Responsibilities of Records Officer
  11. Section 5Records Officer
  12. Section 13State Archival Advisory Board
  13. Section 15Powers of Director to lay down norms and standards for cources in archival science
  14. Section 12Access to public records
  15. Section 17Power to make rules
  16. Section 18Laying of rules before State Legislature
  17. Section 14Functions of the Board
  18. Section 16Protection of action taken in good faith