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ACT XLVI OF 1975 ACT XLVI OF 1975 ARCHIVAL MATERIAL (PRESERVATION AND EXPORT CONTROL) ACT, 1975 An Act to provide for the preservation and control of the export of archival material [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 28th April 1975] The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 24th April 1975, and is hereby published for general information :- 2. Definitions.---In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "Advisory Committee" means the Advisory Committee constitutes under the Government of Pakistan, Education Division, Notification No. F. 8-5/74-AD (Arch), dated the 10th June 1974, or any other committee that may be set up by the Federal Government for the purpose; (b) "archival material" means any book, pamphlet, brochure, letter, hand-out, gazette, newspaper, journal, file, manuscript, whether written, printed or typed, which is not less than twenty-five years old and is of, historical significance to Pakistan. Explanation.---For the purpose of this clause, a book, pamphlet, brochure, letter, hand-out, gazette, newspaper, journal, file or manuscript shall be deemed to be of historical significance to Pakistan if- (i) its subject-matter is the political situation in or religious or communal matters relating to South Asia, or (ii) it is, or contains, the original of a letter written by or to the Quaid-e-Azam or the All-India Muslim League, or (iii) it is, or contains, the original of a letter written to the President or other office-bearers of the All-India Muslim League or any other political, social or cultural organisation concerning itself with the Muslims of South Asia, and includes an enclosure or appendix to any such book, pamphlet, brochure, letter, hand-out, gazette, newspaper, journal, file or manuscript; (c) "Director" means the Director of Archives, Government of Pakistan, and includes an officer authorised by him to exercise or perform all or any of the powers or functions of the Director under this Act; and (d) "export" means export from Pakistan by sea, land or air.