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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1972 - SECT 41

41 .         Notification and production of objects

        (1)         A person who has in his custody or under his control any object of a kind classified as Aboriginal cultural material shall forthwith send notice in writing to the Minister giving a description of that object and of the manner in which it came to be in his custody or under his control, unless he has reasonable cause to believe that information to be already known to the Minister.

        Penalty: $100.

        (2)         A person who has in his custody or under his control any object to which this Act applies shall, if required by the Minister, produce the object to the Minister at such reasonable time as is specified by the Minister for inspection and possession by the Minister for the purposes of subsection (3).

        (3)         Where after inspecting any object produced to the Minister the Minister is of the opinion that it is an object to which this Act applies the Minister may continue in possession of the object for a period of 30 days, or for such longer period as the person producing the object and the Minister may agree, for the purpose of photographing, copying, or otherwise obtaining a record of, the object and of investigating the extent or nature of any interest that the object may have.

        [Section 41 amended: No. 24 of 1995 s. 35.]



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