Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Access to public records.— ( t) The oublic records accepted for deposit and preservation under sub-rule (1) of rule 5 shall be made available for bonafide consultation and reseatch purposes subject to the provision of sub-section (1) of section 12 and the following conditions namelv :— (i) a person who intends to co.isult the public records shall anplv to the Director General or head of the Archives, as the case may be, in Form-8. The Director General or (ii) head of the Archives, as the cate may be, may refuse such permission in public interest and for reasons to be recorded on the said application; foreign national intending to consult the public records may be permitted only on the production of letters of introduction from their sponsoring institution and (hi) diplomatic Mission; record, maps and cartographic records relating to the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Defence, in res- pect of Arunachal Pradesh (including Eastern Section ot the Sino-Indian bolder) Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, China and Myanmar and areas comprising Pakistan and Balgladesh may be made available for consultation keeping in view the security and the defence of India or of any part of the territory thereof. Records relating to the Ministry of External Affairs, Home Affairs and Human Resource Develooment in respect of Jammu and Kashmir (including Gilgit and Chitral) may also be nude available for consultation keeping in view the se curity and defence of Irdia or of any part of the territory thereof; Provided hat the Director General or head of the * archives, as the case may be, refuse such consulta tion; (iv) wherever microfilm rolls may be made avail able, the original records shall not be supplied for consultation to research scholar; (v) reprographic and transcription facilities may be made available on submission of an application in Form-9 and for such services the applicant shall have to make the payment of such service charges may be fixed by the Director General or head of the Archives, as the case may be, from time to time; (vi) a person consulting public records for the purpose of research and publishes the work which is based upon the material taken from the said records may acknowledge the same. (2) A person intending to consult the public re cords shall not,— (a) write and put any marks or indicati ens cn public records; (b) fold, tear, cut, crease, or otherwise damage or mutilate public records; (c) remove any public records without obtaining the permission from the Director General or head of the Archives, as the case may be; K H V m Pa r t iVj DELHI GAZETTE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY GOVT. : JANUARY 21, 1999/MAGHA 1, 1920 25 "tr (d) be allowed to take any eatable or drinking products or smoking while consulting public records; the case may be, is detrimental to the maintenance and preservation of public records. (e) place any thing or object on any public reco ords with a view to make out any copy of the said records; (f) disturb or interrupt any other person while consulting the public records; and (g) behave in a manner which, in the opinion of of the Director General or head of the Archives, as