Section 8: Destruction or disposal of public records

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

8. (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 datc of commencement of this Act 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

Act	The Uttar Pradesh Public Records Act, 2025
Section	8
Marginal note	Destruction or disposal of public records
Jurisdiction	State of Uttar Pradesh
Status	In force as published by the source

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