THE ANTIQUITIES AND ART TREASURES ACT, 1972

ACT NO. 52 OF 1972 · Enacted [9th September, 1972.] · 33 sections

Section 1.Short title, extent and commencement.

Section 2.Definitions.

Section 3.Regulation of export trade in antiquities and art treasures.

Section 4.Application of Act 52 of 1962.

Section 5.Antiquities to be sold only under a licence.

Section 6.Appointment of licensing officers.

Section 7.Application for licence.

Section 8.Grant of licence.

Section 9.Renewal of licence.

Section 10.Maintenance of records, photographs and registers by licensees.

Section 11.Revocation, suspension and amendment of licences.

Section 12.Persons whose licences have been revoked may sell antiquities to other licensees.

Section 13.Power of Central Government to carry on the business of selling antiquities to the exclusion of others.

Section 14.Registration of antiquities.

Section 15.Appointment of registering officers.

Section 16.Application for registration and grant of certificate of registration.

Section 17.Transfer of ownership, etc., of antiquities to be intimated to the registering officer.

Section 18.Provisions of sections 14, 16 and 17 not to apply in certain cases.

Section 19.Power of Central Government to compulsorily acquire antiquities and art treasures.

Section 20.Payment of compensation for antiquities and art treasures compulsorily acquired under section 19.

Section 21.Appeals against decisions of licensing officers and registering officers.

Section 22.Appeals against awards of arbitrators.

Section 23.Powers of entry, search, seizure, etc.

Section 24.Power to determine whether or not an article, etc., is antiquity or art treasure.

Section 25.Penalty.

Section 26.Cognizance of offences.

Section 27.Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties.

Section 28.Offences by companies.

Section 29.Protection of action taken in good faith.

Section 30.Application of other laws not barred.

Section 31.Power to make rules.

Section 32.Repeal.

Section 33.Amendment of Act 24 of 1958.