Section 37

Any person who, being the finder of any antiquity or treasure trove fails to report the same or to deliver up the same or to state the circumstances of the discovery or origin of the same, or wilfully makes a false report of such circumstances or such origin, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for one year and a fine of $3,000.

Any person, not being the holder of a licence to excavate granted under section 13, who wilfully or negligently digs for antiquities or demolishes or damages any ancient monument, whether above or below the ground, even though the acts are done upon land of which he is the owner, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of $1,000.

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 18

shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of $1,000.

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 22

shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of $1,000.

Any person who, not being the holder of a licence to export granted under section 31, exports or attempts to export any antiquity shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of

$1,000.

Any person who exports or attempts to export any antiquity or historical object which the Director has prohibited from being exported in respect of which a licence to export has been refused in accordance with section 34 shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for one year and a fine of $4,000.

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Any person who sells or otherwise disposes of any antiquity or historical object, contrary to section 9, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for 6 months and a fine of $2,000.

Any person who fails to give reasonable facilities to the Director, or any officer authorised by the Director, to inspect, study, make drawings, photographs, squeezes or other reproductions of any antiquity or historical object or to enter and carry out any necessary work for the restoration, repair, alteration, maintenance or conservation of any ancient monument or historical site, where the duty to give such facilities is imposed by this Act, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $1,000.

Any person who maliciously or negligently destroys, injures, defaces, displaces, disturbs or disfigures any antiquity or historical object shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for one year and a fine of

$4,000.

Any person who wilfully deceives or attempts to deceive any public officer acting in the course of his duty by any description, statement or other indication as to the genuiness or age of any antiquity or historical object or object of archaeological interest shall be liable to imprisonment for one year and to a fine of $4,000.

Restriction on prosecution.