Government Gazette 29 December 2004

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NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT, 2004

Act No. 27, 2004	

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a person who in terms of any 1aw holds or is entitled to hold any land or
other property on behalf another person.

"palaeontological object" means any fossilised remains or fossil trace of animals or plants
which lived in the past;

"palaeontological site" means an area in which palaeontological objects are situated;
"place" means an area of land, with or without improvements, and includes ­
(a)

a building;

(b)

a garden;

(c)

a tree;

(d)	

the remains of a ship or part of a ship;

(e)	

an archaeological

(f)	

a site;

(g)

land associated with anything specified in paragraphs (a) to (e);

site;

"possess", in relation to an item, includes

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(a)	

having the custody or control of the item by any means; or

(b)	

controlling access to the item, whether personally or with the assistance of
another,

and "possession" has a corresponding meaning;

"presentation"

in relation to heritage resources protected under this Act, includes

(a)	

exhibition or display;

(b)	

provision of access and guidance;

(c)	

provision, publication or display of information;

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"protected object" means an object declared and registered as a heritage object under
Division 3 of PART IV;
"protected place" means a place declared and registered as a heritage place under Division
3 of PART IV;
"provisional
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protection order" means a provisional protection order made under section

"public authority" means any body corporate or unincorporated established by or under
an Act of Parliament for performing functions defined in that Act, but does not include a
local authority;
"Register" means the Namibian Heritage Register established under section 24;
"Registrar of Deeds" has the meaning assigned in the Registration of Deeds Act, 1937
(Act No. 47 of 1937);

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