Not in force
8.1. Notwithstanding section 2 of the Photographic Proof of Documents Act (chapter P-22), the documents or copies of documents forming part of the records and archives of the department may be destroyed at all times after being reproduced. In the cases where they were reproduced before the coming into force of this section, they are deemed to have been validly reproduced even if they were so reproduced in the presence of only a single officer of the department.
The officer may make the declaration contemplated in section 3 of the Photographic Proof of Documents Act within six months of the date of the coming into force of this section.