Act Number: 52

Act Name: The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972

Year: 1972

Enactment Date: 1972-09-09

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Culture

Department:

Section 27: Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in section 32 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), it shall be lawful for any Presidency Magistrate or any Magistrate of the First Class to pass any sentence under this Act in excess of his power under section 32 of the said Code.
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