Haryana Municipal (Destruction of Record) Rules, 1976

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    "id": 17029,
    "slug": "haryana-municipal-destruction-of-record-rules-1976",
    "title": "Haryana Municipal (Destruction of Record) Rules, 1976",
    "short_title": "Haryana Municipal (Destruction of Record) Rules, 1976",
    "act_number": "Published vide Haryana Government Notification No.",
    "act_year": 1976,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Haryana",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Haryana Municipal (Destruction of Record) Rules, 1976",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Haryana Municipal (Destruction of Record) Rules, 1976",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Haryana Municipal (Destruction of Record) Rules, 1976\nPublished vide Haryana Government Notification No. GSR 81/../76, dated 9.4.76 in the Haryana Government Gazette dated 13.4.76\nhl456\n1.\nThese rules may be called the Haryana Municipal (Destruction of Records) Rules, 1976.\n2.\nIn these rules unless the context otherwise requires,-\n(a) \"Act\" means the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973;\n(b) \"Executive Officer\" means the Executive Officer of a Committee;\n(c) \"form\" means the form appended to these rules;\n(d) \"Municipal Account Code\" means the Municipal Accounts Code, 1930;\n(e) \"Secretary\" means the Secretary of a Committee;\n(f) Words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.\n3.\nWeeding of the accounts records shall be done gradually in the respective offices in accordance with para 1.8 of the Municipal Accounts Code and the Schedule referred to therein.\n4.\nList of weeded record (including other accounts records not mentioned in the Schedule referred to in rule 3) shall be submitted periodically to the accounts branch of the Municipal Office in chronological order in form A.\n5.\nThe executive records that is the records other than those relating to accounts records will be destroyed in the offices of the Heads of Department under their orders after the periods prescribed for the preservation of such documents.\n6.\nThe accounts branch will, on receipt of the lists of accounts records and general sanction on receipt of the lists of executive records, record remarks against each item as regards destruction or preservation if it is still required for disposal of any audit objection.\n7.\nThe Executive Officer or the Secretary, as the case may be, will be the final authority for ordering destruction of all executive records and in case of accounts record other than those given in the Schedule referred in rule 3, orders of the committee shall be obtained.\n8.\nOn receipt of orders as to the destruction of records where necessary, the weeded records will be disposed of or destroyed or burnt as may be directed by the Executive Officer or Secretary, as the case may be after necessary entries have been made in the register of destruction of records which should be maintained in form B in each office and duly attested by the Head of the Department.\n9.\nA register of destruction of records in respect of Municipal Office will be maintained in the general section but until a separate room is available for keeping old records they will remain in the section concerned and their lists for purposes of weeding be prepared there.\n10.\nAll rules relating to destruction of records in the municipalities in force immediately before the commencement of these rules shall stand repealed:\nProvided that any order made or action taken under the rules so repealed shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.\nForm A\nSr. No.\nDescription\nPeriod to which the document relates\nPeriod for preservation if any\nRemarks\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\nForm B\nSerial number\nDescription\nPeriod to which the document relates\nHow disposed of\nInitials of the officer witnessing destruction\n\t\t\t\tor disposal\nRemarks\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6",
            "footnote": "",
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    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "hl456",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Haryana Government Notification No. GSR 81/../76, dated 9.4.76 in the Haryana Government Gazette dated 13.4.76",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1976",
        "Short Title": "Haryana Municipal (Destruction of Record) Rules, 1976",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Haryana"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}