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(1) Where the court to which an application is made under sub-section (1) of section 68 is satisfied that the Central Authority of the foreign State or the competent authority of the foreign entity

(a) has requested a judicial record or an official record to be sent to it for a fixed period; and

(b) has agreed to comply with the terms and conditions that the court proposes to include in the order, the court may after having considered any representations of the persons to whom notice of the application was given under section 68 (1), make the relevant order and cause the Registrar of the Court to notify the Central Authority.

(2) The order made shall

(a) specify the type and description of the judicial record or official record,

(b) order the person or authority in possession of the judicial record or official record to give it to the person or authority designated in the order,

(c) specify the period of time at or before the expiration of which the judicial record or official record is required to be returned, and

(d) indicate any conditions for the safe custody of the judicial record or official record.

(3) The Central Authority shall as soon as practicable after notification, authorize the

appropriate person, body or authority to make available

(a) copies of the judicial or official records which are publicly available, or

(b) copies of judicial or official records which are not publicly available subject to the conditions that pertain to their provision under the laws of the Republic.