Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Acceptance of public records of permanent nature,— (1) The Director General or head of the Archives, as the case may be, shall accept for de posit and preservation public records of permanent nature which have been retained after recording by the records creating agency in its records room for the last twenty five years or more. (2) Records officer shall intimate to the Director General or head of the Archives, as the case may be, each year before 31st day of January, in Form-I, the particulars of all public records of permanent nature which are due for appraisal during the year. (3) On receipt of an intimation under sub-rule (2), the Director General or head of the Archives, as the case may be, through his officers shall assist the records officer in conducting the appraisal of public records. When '.he appraisal is over, the records officer shall prepare in triplicate, a transfer list in Form-2 of all public records and deposit the same for preservation with the Director General or head of the Archives, as the case may be who shall after his satisfaction, return one copy of the transfer 1 6 0 D G / 9 9 — 4 . . . . _ _ _ _ _ _ i ? . J L H U — r — r - list! to the records. officer as a of the n (4) If the records offices after appraisal deems it necessary to retain any record or file of perma nent nature beyond the period of twenty five years, he may do so for reasons to be recorded in writing and under intimation to the Director General or head of the Archives, as the case may be.