Section 31

No person shall export any antiquity unless he has obtained a licence to export the same from the Director provided that the Director before issuing any export licence should consult the Permanent Secretary.

The Director shall not issue a licence if in his opinion the antiquity is of lasting national importance or interest and should be acquired on behalf of the Government or for any other reason it is not desirable in the public interest that such antiquity should be exported or if the Permanent

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Secretary objects to the export thereof on the ground that such antiquity ought to be acquired on behalf of the Government.

An applicant for a licence to export any antiquity shall submit a list of the antiquities or historical objects sought to be exported, shall declare the value thereof and furnish any other particulars in regard thereto which the

Director may require and shall, if so required by the Director, deposit any such antiquity with the Director for the purpose of inspection.

No licence to export an antiquity shall be issued to any person unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Director that he is the owner of such antiquity or that he is acting on behalf of and with the authority of such owner.

Production of licence.