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Prevention of smuggling of, and fradulent dealings in antiquities.
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.... of April, 1976. It repeals the Antiquities (Export Control) Act, 1947. 2. The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 regulates the export trade in antiquities and art treasures, provides for the prevention of smuggling of, and fradulent dealings in antiquities and for compulsory acquisition of antiquities and art treasures, wherever considered for preservation in public places, and connected ....
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....uscript, record or other document which is of scientific, historical, literary or aesthetic value and which has been in existence for not less than seventy-five years; (b) "art treasure" means any human work of art, not being an antiquity, declared by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette to be an art treasure for the purposes of this Act having regard to its arti....
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....r alia, a register showing particulars identifying the objects, their registration numbers and the purchase and sale transactions etc. if the Central Government is of opinion that it is desirable to preserve any antiquity or art treasure in a public place, the Government is empowered to order its compulsory acquisition on payment of compensation (Section 19 and 20). 3. In appropriate cases, the....
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....should be made (in duplicate) as early as possible to the Director of Inspection (Inv.) giving full particulars of the article, the advice received from the Superintending Archaeologist, alongwith its approximate market value as given by the latter and/or a valuer. The article should not be released to the assessee or otherwise disposed of till the receipt of the Director of Inspection's Instr....