Section 5
of Antiquities and Treasure Trove Act
Section 5
(1)
On the discovery of any antiquity other than an ancient monument a District Officer shall be entitled to the custody and possession of the same on behalf of the Director and shall be responsible for its recording, and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Director.
(2)
In any case the Museum Committee may decide not to retain such antiquity and the same shall then be returned to the person who delivered up possession thereof to the District Officer and thereupon the property in such antiquity shall be deemed to have been transferred to the person to whom such antiquity would have belonged if section 3 had never been enacted.
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(3)
When any antiquity is retained by the Museum Committee, there shall, subject to section 7, be paid by the Committee —
(a)
reasonable compensations to the finder of the antiquity and to the owner of the land in or on which the same was discovered, or, where the same person is both the finder of the same and the owner of such land, the whole of such value to such person; or
(b)
where the antiquity is found in or on the State land by any person (other than a person acting under authority in the discharge of any function or duty under this Act) a reasonable compensation to the finder thereof:
Provided that on the retention of any antiquity no such payment as aforesaid shall be made to the finder thereof where the finder has failed to report the discovery of the same in accordance with the provisions of section 4.
Apportionment of antiquities.