{"ActName":"PRESERVATION OF OBJECTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALAEONTOLOGICAL INTEREST ACT 1940","FootNoteRels":[],"IsFirstSection":"false","act_description":"

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OBJECTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALAEONTOLOGICAL INTEREST

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[POAP 19]\u2003Permit to remove any object or monument from Fiji19\u2003

(1)\u2003No monument or object of archaeological or palaeontological interest may be removed from Fiji unless such removal has been authorised by a permit issued by the Board. Such permit shall, so far as is practicable, be in Form C set out in the Schedule.
(2)\u2003The Board may issue a permit subject to such terms and conditions, which may include the surrender to the State of a portion of the monument or object of archaeological or palaeontological interest, as it may deem fit, or it may, without assigning the reason, refuse to issue a permit.
(3)\u2003Where under the provisions of subsection (2) any portion of a monument or of an object of archaeological or palaeontological interest has been surrendered to the State, the Minister may deposit the portion so surrendered in any museum or similar institution in Fiji or elsewhere.

[subs (3) am LN 112 of 1970 O 172, effective 8 October 1970]

(4)\u2003An application for a permit under this section shall be made in writing to the Board at least 30 days before the date of the proposed removal and shall contain a full description of the monument or object of archaeological or palaeontological interest in respect of which the application is made. Before issuing a permit under this section, the Board may cause an inspection to be made and may cause the monument or object of archaeological or palaeontological interest to be sealed, provided that no such permit shall authorise the removal from Fiji of any monument or object of archaeological or palaeontological interest except through a customs port of entry and such permit shall be surrendered to a customs officer before export is effected. A customs officer shall detain any monument or object of archaeological or palaeontological interest until such permit shall have been surrendered. Any monument or object of archaeological or palaeontological interest may be confiscated and disposed of as the Minister may direct if such permit is not produced and surrendered within a reasonable period of time.

[subs (4) am LN 112 of 1970 O 172, effective 8 October 1970]

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