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Compendium on Acts and Rules

108. Deleted.
Destruction of
exhibits or 109. It is to be clearly understood that these rules for" the destruction of English
private
documents. correspondence do not authorize the destruction of any exhibits or private documents.
India. The rules which govern the disposal of such documents will be found in Chapter V.

K.—Classification, preservation and destruction of Gazettes.
110. The India Gazette is not required by district officers to whom its supply has been
India
discontinued, under orders of the Government of India, with effect from the 1st January
Gazette.
1908. Copies of Parts V and VI of the Gazette, in which the India Council Bills and Acts

are published, will, however, continue to be supplied. The volumes that have already
been bound should now be sold off.
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111. The preservation of the Calcutta Gazette will be in accordance with the following
instructions. Two copies are supplied to each District Officer and one copy to each
Subdivisional Officer:—
(1) District Officer' s first copy.

As soon as possible after the end of the year, Parts I and IA of the Gazettes of the year
will be separated, bound and permanently preserved in the Library. All the remaining

parts including the supplements and the appendices will be kept in packets for 3 years
and then sold off in accordance with rule 112.
(2) District Officer's second copy.

This copy will be kept unbound in office for 3 years only for reference and then dealt with
under rule 112.
(3) Subdivisional Officer's copy.

This copy will not be bound but will be kept in the sub divisional office for 12 years, all
portions except Part J. and Part IA being removed at the end of 3 years for disposal
under rule 112. On the expiry of 12 years Parts I and IA also Till be disposed of under

the same rule.
112. In all cases the portions which are no longer required-will be sold as waste paper at

the times when, as described above, their preservation is no longer necessary.

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The Calcutta Gazette consists of the following parts:—Part I.— Notifications. Part IA.—
Government of India notifications. Part IB.— Notifications of results of examination, scholarships,
text hooks. Part II.—• Land sale notices of Revenue and Civil Courts, etc. Part III.—Bengal Acts.
Part IV.—Bengal Bills, Part XVA.—Proceedings of the Bengal Council. Part V.—Acts of the
.Government of India. Part VI.—Bills of the Government of India. Supplements. Appendices.
Part III.—Bengal Acts. Part IV.—Bengal Bills, Part XV"A.—Proceedings of the Bengal Council.
Part V.—Acts of the .Government of India. Part VI.—Bills of the Government of India.
Supplements. Appendices

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