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Title: Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972
State: Central
Year: 1972
.....for antiquities and art treasures compulsorily acquired under section 19 Section21 - Appeals against decisions of licensing officers and registering officers Section22 - Appeals against awards of arbitrators Section23 - Powers of entry, search, seizure, etc Section24 - Power to determine whether or not an article, etc., is antiquity or art treasure Section25 - Penalty Section26 - Cognizance of offences Section27 - Magistrates power to impose enhanced penalties Section28 - Offences by companies Section29 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section30 - Application of other laws not barred Section31 - Power to make rules Section32 - Repeal Section33 - Amendment of Act 24 of 1958
List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Section 19
Title: Power of Central Government to Compulsorily Acquire Antiquities and Art Treasures
State: Central
Year: 1972
.....in a public place, that Government may make an order for the compulsory acquisition of such antiquity or art treasure. (2) On the making of an order under sub-section (1) the Collector of the district in which such antiquity or art treasure is kept shall given notice to the owner thereof intimating him of the decision of the Central Government to acquire the same and it shall be lawful for the Collector to take possession of such antiquity or art treasure, for which purpose the Collector may use such force as may be necessary. (3) Where the owner of any antiquity or art treasure he possession of which has been taken over by the Collector under sub-section (2) objects to the taking over of such possession, he may, within a period of thirty days from the date on which such possession was taken over, make a representation to the Central Government putting forth his objections: Provided that the Central Government may entertain the representation after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if it is satisfied that the owner of such antiquity or art treasure was prevented by sufficient cause from making the representation in time. (4) On receipt of any.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Section 14
Title: Registration of Antiquities
State: Central
Year: 1972
(1) The Central Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify those antiquities which shall be registered under this Act. (2) In specifying the antiquities under sub-section (1), the Central Government shall have regard to the following factors, namely :-- (i) the necessity for conserving the objects of art; (ii) the need to preserve such objects within India for the better appreciation of the cultural heritage of India; (3) Every person who owns, controls or is in possession of any antiquity specified in the notification issued under sub-section (1) shall register such antiquity before the registering officer-- (a) in the case of a person who owns, controls or possesses such antiquity on the date of issue of such notification, within three months of such date; and (b) in the case of any other person, within fifteen days of the date on which he comes into ownership, control or possession of such antiquity, and obtain a certificate in token of such registration.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Section 13
Title: Power of Central Government to Carry on the Business of Selling Antiquities to the Exclusion of Others
State: Central
Year: 1972
.....the date specified therein; (b) the provisions of this act, in so far as they relate to the licensing of persons carrying on the business of selling or offering for sale of antiquities shall cease to have effect except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such cesser of operation and section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply upon such cesser of operation as if those provisions had been repealed by a Central Act: Provided that every licence granted under section 8 and in force on the date aforesaid shall, notwithstanding that the period specified therein has not expired, cease to be in force. (3) Every person whose licence has ceased to be in force under the proviso to clause (b) of sub-section (2) shall, within such period, in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, make a declaration before the licensing officer of all the antiquities in his ownership, control or possession immediately before the date specified in the notification issued under sub-section (1).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Section 20
Title: Payment of Compensation for Antiquities and Art Treasures Compulsorily Acquired Under Section 19
State: Central
Year: 1972
.....such persons; (g) nothing in the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of 1940) shall apply to arbitration under this section. (2) While determining the compensation under sub-section (1), the arbitrator shall have regard to the following factors, namely :-- (i) the date or the period to which the antiquity or art treasure belongs; (ii) the artistic, aesthetic, historical, architectural, archaeological or anthropological importance of the antiquity or art treasure; (iii) the rarity of the antiquity or art treasure; (iv) such other matters as are relevant to the dispute. (3) The arbitrator appointed under sub-section (1), while holding arbitration proceedings under this section, shall have all the powers of a Civil Court, shall trying a suit, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (5 of 1908) in respect of the following matters, namely:-- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) reception of evidence of affidavits; (d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Preamble 1
Title: Antiquities and Art Treasuresact, 1972
State: Central
Year: 1972
THE ANTIQUITIES AND ART TREASURES Act, 1972 [Act No.52 of 1972] [9th September, 1972] PREAMBLE 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. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: -
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Section 5
Title: Antiquities to Be Sold Only Under a Licence
State: Central
Year: 1972
1[As from the date of expiry of a period of six months from commencement of this Act] no person shall, himself or by any other person on his behalf, carryon the business of selling or offering to sell any antiquity except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence granted under section 8. Explanation.- In this section and in sections 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17 and 18 "antiquity" does not include ancient and historical records other than those declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance. ____________________________ 1. Substituted for words "On and from the expiry of a period of two months of the commencement of this Act," by the Antiquities and Act Treasures (Amendment) Act, 1976, w.r.e.f. 04-06-1976.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Section 12
Title: Persons Whose Licences Have Been Revoked May Sell Antiquities to Other Licensees
State: Central
Year: 1972
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 5, any person whose licence has been revoked under section 11 may, after making a declaration before the licensing officer, within such period, in such form and in the such manner, as may be prescribed, of all the antiquities in his ownership, control or possession immediately before such revocation, sell such antiquities to any other person holding a valid licence under this Act : Provided that no such antiquity shall be sold after the expiry of a period of six months from the date of revocation of the licence.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Section 3
Title: Regulation of Export Trade in Antiquities and Art Treasures
State: Central
Year: 1972
(1) On and form the commencement of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person, other than the Central Government or any authority or agency authorized by the Central Government in this behalf, to export and antiquity or art treasure. (2) Whenever the Central Government or any authority or agency referred to in sub-section (1) intends to export any antiquity or art treasure such export shall be made only under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a permit issued for the purpose by such authority as may be prescribed.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAntiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 Section 17
Title: Transfer of Ownership, Etc., of Antiquities to Be Intimated to the Registering Officer
State: Central
Year: 1972
Whenever any person transfers the ownership, control or possession of any antiquity specified in any notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 14 such person shall intimate, within such period and in such form as may be prescribed the fact of such transfer to the registering officer.
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