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Section 8: Destruction or disposal of public records.

The Maharashtra Public Records Act, 2005.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 4 of 2006

(1) Save as otherwise provided in any law for the time being in force, no public record shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of except in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

(2) No record, which is more than hundred years old on the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Public Records Act, 2005 (Mah. IV of 2006), shall be destroyed except where in the opinion of the Director, it is so defaced or is in such condition that it cannot be put to any archival use.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Public Records Act, 2005.
Section8
Marginal noteDestruction or disposal of public records.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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