Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Public Debt Act, 1944

Year: 1944

Enactment Date: 1944-11-22

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Government securities and to the management by the Reserve Bank of India of the public debt of the Government.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Economic Affairs

Section 25: Inspection of documents.
    No person shall be entitled to inspect, or to receive information derived from any Government security in the possession or custody of 1[the Government] or from any book, register, or other document kept or maintained by or on behalf of 1[the Government] in relation to Government securities or any Government security, save in such circumstances and manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1949, s. 6, for "The Central Government" (w.e.f. 1-4-1949).
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