TITLE 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE

SUBTITLE A - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

CHAPTER VI - DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

SUBCHAPTER A - UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS

PART 700 - UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS

subpart k - GENERAL REGULATIONS

700.1127 - Control of official records.

  (a) No person, without proper authority, shall withdraw official records or correspondence from the files, or destroy them, or withhold them from those persons authorized to have access to them.

  (b) Except as specifically provided in this section, maintenance of personal records of individuals, and the release of those records, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act and directives issued by the Secretary of the Navy.

  (c) Except as specifically provided in this section, the release of departmental records to private parties shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and directives issued by the Secretary of the Navy.