The Antiquities and Art Treasures 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.1972
List of Chapters & Sections
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1Short title, extent and commencement2Definitions3Regulation of export trade in antiquities and art treasures4Application of Act 52 of 19625Antiquities to be sold only under a licence6Appointment of licensing officers7Application for licence8Grant of licence9Renewal of licence10Maintenance of records, photographs and registers by licensees11Revocation, suspension and amendment of licences12Persons whose licences have been revoked may sell antiquities to other licensees13Power of Central Government to carry on the business of selling antiquities to the exclusion of others14Registration of antiquities15Appointment of registering officers16Application for registration and grant of certificate of registration17Transfer of ownership, etc., of antiquities to be intimated to the registering officer18Provisions of sections 14, 16 and 17 not to apply in certain cases19Power of Central Government to compulsorily acquire antiquities and art treasures20Payment of compensation for antiquities and art treasures compulsorily acquired under section 1921Appeals against decisions of licensing officers and registering officers22Appeals against awards of arbitrators23Powers of entry, search, seizure, etc24Power to determine whether or not an article, etc., is antiquity or art treasure25Penalty26Cognizance of offences27Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties28Offences by companies29Protection of action taken in good faith30Application of other laws not barred31Power to make rules32Repeal33Amendment of Act 24 of 1958