Chapter Ten: Offences and Penalties


Offences and Penalties

37.(a) A person who wilfully injures or, in any manner, wilfully defaces any antiquity or antiquity site or contravenes any of the provisions of section 9 (a) is liable to imprisonment for a term of three years or a fine of 150,000 pounds.


      (b) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 6 is liable to imprisonment for a term of two years or a fine of 150,000 pounds.


      (c) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of sections 3, 15, 19(b), 21 or 29 is liable to imprisonment for a term of two years or a fine of 100,000 pounds.


      (d) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 11(a) is liable to imprisonment for a term of one year or a fine of 30,000 pounds.


      (e) A person who contravenes any other provision of this Law or the regulations thereunder is liable to imprisonment for a term of six months or a fine of 30,000 pounds.

Presumption.
38. If a person is found on an antiquity site with digging implements in his possession or nearby with which it must be supposed digging has recently been done on that site or is found with a metal detector in his possession or nearby, he shall, unless he proves otherwise, be presumed to have intended to discover antiquities.

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