Act 39 of 2023

Preamble

GOVERNMENT OF GOA Department of Law Legal Affairs Division Notification 7/37/2023-LA The Goa Public Records Act, 2023 (Goa Act 39 of 2023), which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa on 09-08-2023 and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 22-09-2023, is hereby published for the general information of the public. Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai ,Joint Secretary (Law). Porvorim, 26th September, 2023. The Goa Public RecordsAct, 2023 (Goa Act 39 of 2023) [22-9-2023] AN ACT liac to regulate the management, administration and preservation of public records of the Government, local authorities, public sector undertakings, statutory bodies and corporations, commissions and committees constituted by the Government and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :-

Sections

Type to filter. 19 sections.

1. 1Short title and commencement
2. 2Definitions
3. 3
4. 4Prohibition against taking of public records out of State
5. 5Records officer
6. 6Responsibilities of records officer
7. 7
8. 8Destruction or disposal of public records
9. 9Penalty for contraventions
10. 10Public records bearing security classification
11. 11Receipt of records from private sources
12. 12Access to public records
13. 13Archival Advisory Board
14. 14Functions of the Board
15. 15Power of the Director to lay down norms and standards for courses in archival science
16. 16Protection of action taken in good faith
17. 17Power to make rules
18. 18Power to remove difficulty
19. 19Repeal and saving

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Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Every one of the 19 sections of this Act has its own page. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.