Section 24
Power to determine whether or not an article, etc., is antiquity or art treasure.
The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972
About this Act
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.
If any
question arises whether any article, object or thing or manuscript, record or other document is or is not an
antiquity or is or is not an art treasure for the purposes of this Act, it shall be referred to the Director
General, Archaeological Survey of India, or to an officer not below the rank of a Director in the
Archaeological Survey of India authorized by the Director General, Archaeological Survey of India and
the decision of the Director General, Archaeological Survey of India or such officer, as the case may be,
on such question shall be final.