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| (1) No person shall except on the authority of a licence issued in that behalf by the Director, export out of Sri Lanka any public record, document or manuscript or any other printed matter, being a public record, document, manuscript or printed matter which is over fifty years old and which is of a historical or cultural or literary value. |
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| (2) The Director may in his discretion refuse to issue a licence if he considers that such record, document or manuscript is of such historical, cultural or literary value that its export will not be in the national interest. |
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| (3) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Director to issue any licence under this section may appeal against such refusal to the Minister within fourteen days of the communication of such refusal and the decision of the Minister thereon shall be final and conclusive. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts