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The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 Act 52 of 1972
The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 An Act to regulate the export trade in antiquities and art treasures, to provide for the prevention of smuggling of, and fraudulent dealings in, antiquities, to provide for the compulsory acquisition of antiquities and art treasures for preservation in public places and to provide for certain other matters connected therewith or incidental or ancillary thereto.
Section Title 1
Short title, extent and commencement. Read 2
Definitions. Read 3
Regulation of export trade in antiquities and art treasures. Read 4
Application of Act 52 of 1962. Read 5
Antiquities to be sold only under a licence. Read 6
Appointment of licensing officers. Read 7
Application for licence. Read 8
Grant of licence. Read 9
Renewal of licence. Read 10
Maintenance of records, photographs and registers by licensees. Read 11
Revocation, suspension and amendment of licences. Read 12
Persons whose licences have been revoked may sell antiquities to other licensees. Read 13
Power of Central Government to carry on the business of selling antiquities to the exclusion of others. Read 14
Registration of antiquities. Read 15
Appointment of registering officers. Read 16
Application for registration and grant of certificate of registration. Read 17
Transfer of ownership, etc., of antiquities to be intimated to the registering officer. Read 18
Provisions of sections 14, 16 and 17 not to apply in certain cases. Read 19
Power of Central Government to compulsorily acquire antiquities and art treasures. Read 20
Payment of compensation for antiquities and art treasures compulsorily acquired under section 19. Read 21
Appeals against decisions of licensing officers and registering officers. Read 22
Appeals against awards of arbitrators. Read 23
Powers of entry, search, seizure, etc. Read 24
Power to determine whether or not an article, etc., is antiquity or art treasure. Read 25
Penalty. Read 26
Cognizance of offences. Read 27
Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties. Read 28
Offences by companies. Read 29
Protection of action taken in good faith. Read 30
Application of other laws not barred. Read 31
Power to make rules. Read 32
Repeal. Read 33
Amendment of Act 24 of 1958. Read
