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| (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), it shall be the duty of the Chief Justice, District Judge, Commissioner of Requests, Magistrate, or President of a Rural Court, to whom a direction of the Minister of Justice under section 2 is communicated, to cause the record to which such direction relates to be transmitted to or delivered at the office of the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice. |
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| (2) Where a record to which a direction of the Minister of Justice under section 2 relates-
| | (a) is being used in any trial, inquiry or other proceeding that is in progress, or | | |
| | (b) is with the Attorney-General, or | | |
| | (c) has been destroyed in accordance with the provisions of the Destruction of Valueless Documents Ordinance, | | |
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| (3) Where it is manifest on the face of the record, or it is made manifest in any other way, that the record is required in the court on any particular day, it shall be the duty of the Permanent Secretary to cause the record to be returned before that day. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts