LawgistThe Antiquities and Art Treasures Act
30Application of other laws not barred
The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 (7 of 1904) or the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958), or any other law for the time being in force.
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All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Regulation of export trade in antiquities and art treasures
- 4 Application of Act 52 of 1962
- 5 Antiquities to be sold only under a licence
- 6 Appointment of licensing officers
- 7 Application for licence
- 8 Grant of licence
- 9 Renewal of licence
- 10 Maintenance of records, photographs and registers by licensees
- 11 Revocation, suspension and amendment of licences
- 12 Persons whose licences have been revoked may sell antiquities to other licensees
- 13 Power of Central Government to carry on the business of selling antiquities to the exclusion of others
- 14 Registration of antiquities
- 15 Appointment of registering officers
- 16 Application for registration and grant of certificate of registration
- 17 Transfer of ownership, etc., of antiquities to be intimated to the registering officer
- 18 Provisions of sections 14, 16 and 17 not to apply in certain cases
- 19 Power of Central Government to compulsorily acquire antiquities and art treasures
- 20 Payment of compensation for antiquities and art treasures compulsorily acquired under section 19
- 21 Appeals against decisions of licensing officers and registering officers
- 22 Appeals against awards of arbitrators
- 23 Powers of entry, search, seizure, etc
- 24 Power to determine whether or not an article, etc., is antiquity or art treasure
- 25 Penalty
- 26 Cognizance of offences
- 27 Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties
- 28 Offences by companies
- 29 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 30 Application of other laws not barred
- 31 Power to make rules
- 32 Repeal
- 33 Amendment of Act 24 of 1958
