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 29: Protection of action taken in good faith.
    No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any officer of the Government for anything which is in good faith done or is intended to be done under this Act.
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