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the person who m would for the time being be the owner of such monument or a
relic as if such rights had not been acquired.
52. The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that R any protected or
listed monument or a protected relic shall pi cease to be a protected or listed
monument or protected relic.
53. The Minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette(a) once every year, lists of monuments compiled under sections 22 and 23; and
(b) the declaration of any monument or relic as a protected monument or a
protected relic.
54.-1. There may be raised, from the public or private persons in or outside Malawi,
for the conservation, preservation and protection of any monument or relic or for any
other purposes of this Act, money and other assets by way of grants, bequests, gifts,
and subscriptions or other donations.
2. Any money raised pursuant to subsection (1)(a) may be held on an account including an interest bearing account in a bank or
other institution in or outside Malawi approved by the Minister; and
(b) shall not be appropriated for any of the purposes for which it was raised except
upon the recommendation of the Council and with the approval of the Minister.
55.-1. Save as is provided in this Act, any person who(a) without authority, knowingly alters, destroys, defaces, damages, demolishes,
removes from the original site, reproduces a protected monument or protected relic
or a listed monument whether in the possession of the Government or a private
organization or an individual;
(b) possesses an unregistered monument or relic without having shown it to the
Minister for registration;
(c) in any application to the Minister under this Act, makes any statement which he
knows or ought reasonably to know to be false in any material respect, shall be
guilty of an offence.
56. Any person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable to a fine of K10,000
and to imprisonment for three years.
57. No suit for compensation and no criminal proceedings shall lie against any public
officer, local authority or officer of a local authority in respect of any act done or
intended to be done, in good faith in the exercise of any power or performance of
any duty conferred under the provisions of this Act.
58. The Minister may make regulations for carrying this Act into effect and, without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may, in
particular, provide for
(a) regulating the access of the public to any monument or relic and prescribing the
fees, if any, which may be charged for such access;
(b) safeguarding monuments or relics from disfigurement alteration or destruction;
(c) regulating the excavation and exploration of monuments and relics and research
in general;