“records officer”

The Public Records Act, 1993 · s. 2

(g) "records officer" means the officer nominated by the records creating agency under sub-section (1) of section 5. 1.1st March, 1995, vide notification No. S.O. 128(E), dated 1st March, 1995, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec.3(ii). This Act has been extended to the Union territory Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019). 3 . Power of the Central Government to coordinate, regulate and supervise operations connected with administration, management, etc., of public records .—(1) The Central Government shall have the power to coordinate, regulate and supervise the operations connected with the administration, management, preservation, selection, disposal and retirement of public records under this Act.