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this Act.
-2. A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
37.-1. The Minister may, in accordance with regulations (made under this Act, issue
to any person a licence authorizing II that person to trade in monuments or relics.
-2. Every licence issued under subsection (1) shall be subject to such conditions
as may be prescribed by regulations or specially endorsed on the licence and to the
following general conditions that is to say that the licensee shall
(a) keep official records provided for the purpose by the Minister in which he will
record a detailed inventory of the monuments or relics constituting his stock and all
his daily sale and purchase transactions;
(b) submit for inspection by the Chief Antiquities Officer and other persons duly
authorized by the Minister every monument or relic in his possession, and extend to
them all necessary assistance;
(c) if so requested by the Chief Antiquities Officer, provide him with a photograph of
any monument or any relic in his possession, or permit him to photograph the
monument or relic;
(d) submit to the Minister a monthly report showing all the monuments or relics he
has bought or sold, and give details pertaining to the description of the monuments
or relics in question and the identity of the respective seller or buyer;
(e)place at the entrance of his registered place of business a sign showing that he is
licensed to deal in monuments or relics, and post in a prominent place therein a
notice, in both the English and Chichewa languages, to the effect that no monuments
or relics may be exported without a licence issued under this Act.
-3. The Chief Antiquities Officer may at any reasonable time inspect the
premises of a licensee and examine the records kept thereat and further may enter,
for such inspection, the licensee's personal residence if, according to the licence
granted to the dealer, his residence is to be used for storing or for dealing in
monuments or relics.
38.-1. The Minister may cancel, or refuse to renew, a licence issued under this part
if(a) he is satisfied that the licensee has not complied or is not capable of complying,
with any condition of the licence;
(b)he considers it to be in the public interest so to do having regard to the nature of
the monuments or relics which the licensee deals in.
-2. Where a licence has been cancelled or has not been renewed, the licensee
shall be allowed to continue in business for such period not exceeding one year as
the Minister shall direct in writing to enable him dispose of the stock.
-3. Any monument or relic remaining unsold after the period allowed under
subsection (2) shall be treated as privately-owned monuments or relics of the
licensee and be deemed to have been registered with the Minister for the purposes of
section 25.
39.-1. No person shall without the written consent of the Minister(a) reproduce, retouch, rework or forge any monument or relic deriving its principal
value from a monument or relic which is twenty-five or more years old, or any
monument or relic which is less than twenty-five years but deemed by the Minister
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