ICT Policy Africa

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maintenance of or otherwise for the conservation and preservation of such
monument or group of monuments;
"preservation" means the taking of such actions, including salvage, as are designed
to record and maintain the cultural and natural heritage of Malawi;
"protected monument" means a monument which is protected under section 11 and
includes a group of monuments protected under that section and any single
monument in such group;
"protected relic" means a relic which is protected under section 11 and includes a
collection of relics protected under that section and any single relic in such collection;
“qualified person" means any person who has demonstrated -competence to study
archaeological sites or monuments, ethnology, social and physical anthropology and
oral history;
"relic" means
(a) any fossil of any kind;
(b) any artifact, implement, coin, document and manuscript;
(c) any chiefly, religious or war regalia;
(d) ornament or article (not being a monument), which is of archaeological,
palaeontological, geological, anthropological, ethnological, prehistorical, historical,
artistic or scientific value or interest;
"rescue archaeology" means a systematic examination, including excavation, of any
area of land, place, monument or relic threatened to become irretrievably destroyed
by natural phenomena or action of man or animal, including development of such
land, place, monument or relic, for purposes of assessing the cultural and natural
significance of such action before it is taken;
"site museum" means a place that has been developed to exhibit material evidence
of man and his environment for purposes of study, education and enjoyment;
"site record" means documented observations undertaken as an aspect of systematic
examination or controlled recovery or discovery of prehistoric or historic places or
objects, including locational records, photographs, notes, charts, drawings and
descriptions of situations and materials;
"systematic examination" means the process by which the information content of
prehistoric places or cultural material is realized for the purpose of conservation or
preservation.

PART II: ADMINISTRATION
3. There shall be appointed in the public service an officer to be designated as the
Chief Antiquities Officer and other officers subordinate to him who shall be
responsible for the administration of this Act subject to any special or general
directions of the Minister.
4. The Chief Antiquities Officer shall, subject to this Act and to any special or general
directions of the Minister(a) collect, conserve and preserve all monuments, relics and other objects entrusted
to his care as the official custodian for the purpose of this Act;
(b) establish site museums where and when appropriate;
(c) liaise with institutions or persons concerned with conservation or preservation of
monuments and relics, or with education and research;