Rule 17, Andhra Pradesh Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (Registration) Rules, 2025 [S6E-NX3]

Electronic records.—A record or return required by these rules may be maintained and furnished in electronic form in Form F, and a record so maintained shall be preserved for the period for which the corresponding record in physical form is required to be preserved, shall be capable of being produced for inspection on request by the Regional Controller of Mines in a form legible to him, and shall be copied to a separate medium at intervals of not more than forty-five days; and every transporter of minerals who maintains a record in electronic form shall intimate that fact to the Regional Controller of Mines within fifteen days of beginning to do so.