Documents and Pictures (Regulation of Export) Act, 1945

Export licences.

4.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Minister shall, on the application of a person proposing to export an article to which this Act applies, grant to that person a licence to export the article.

(2) Where an application is made to the Minister for an export licence to export an article to which this Act applies, the Minister may request the applicant to afford the Minister such facilities as he may think necessary for the making within a reasonable time of photographic copies of the article, and in that case he shall not grant the export licence unless the request has been complied with.