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Section 12: Access to public records

The Uttar Pradesh Public Records Act, 2025State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 11 of 2025

12. (1) All urclassified public records as are more than thirty years old and are transferred to the Uttar Pradesh State Archives may be, subject to such exceptions and restrictions as may be prescribed, made available to any bona fide research scholar.

Explanation - For the purpose of this sub-section the period of thirty years shall be reckoned from the year of the opening of the public record.

(2). Any Records Creating Agency may, grant to any person access to any public record in its custody in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed

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ActThe Uttar Pradesh Public Records Act, 2025
Section12
Marginal noteAccess to public records
JurisdictionState of Uttar Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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