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National Archives Law (No. 48 of 1973) - Sect 13

Transmission of certain copies or specimens of certain publications to the Director

13.
(1) It shall be the duty of-
(a) the responsible officer of any public office to transmit to the Director a copy of every annual report, statement of accounts and any other publication issued by such office, within thirty days of such issue;
(b) the Postmaster-General to transmit to the Director a specimen of each new postage stamp, first-day cover, postal order form, money order form, aerogramme and post card issued by the Postmaster-General, within thirty days of such issue;
(c) the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to transmit to the Director a cancelled specimen of every new denomination of currency note and a specimen of every new coin issued by the Central Bank, within thirty days of such issue;
(d) the Surveyor-General to transmit to the Director a copy of every map, plan, chart or other publication issued by the Surveyor-General for sale to the public, within thirty days of such issue; and
(e) the candidate for any election or by-election of a member of the National State Assembly or of any local authority to transmit to the Director a copy of any election literature issued by or on behalf of such candidate for public circulation, within thirty days of such issue.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) " election literature" means any statement of policy, handbill, notice, placard, poster, leaflet, book, picture, photograph, map, drawing or sketch, handwritten, printed, cyclostyled or produced in any other way on paper or in any other material by or on behalf of a candidate.


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