Section 6: Power of Director to examine public records

(1) The Director or any other officer designated by him shall have the power to examine records which are not confidential or secret and in the custody of any public officer and shall take such actions in their regard as are provided in the relevant sections of this Act.
(2) The Director or any other officer designated by him shall, with the permission of the head of the public office that has custody of the records, examine any confidential or secret records.
(3) If the records to be examined under subsection (2) of this section contain any prohibited or limited to certain purposes, the Director or any other officer designated by him shall take such oath or make such declaration relating to secrecy (with such modifications as the circumstances require) as is required by the relevant written law to be taken or made by persons having access to such records in the public office which has custody of the said records.
(4) A person who takes an oath or makes a declaration under subsection (3) of this section shall, for the purposes of any punitive provision of the written law relating to any disclosure in contravention of the written law, be deemed to be a person employed in carrying out the provisions of the relevant written law.