Rule 18, Kerala Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (Records and Returns) Rules, 2009 [S6Q-QFW]

Electronic records.—A record or return required by these rules may be maintained and furnished in electronic form in Form GFR 12-C, 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 Audit Officer in a form legible to him, and shall be copied to a separate medium at intervals of not more than twenty-one days; and every bank conducting Government business who maintains a record in electronic form shall intimate that fact to the Controller General of Accounts within forty-five days of beginning to do so.