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(d) publish or cause to be published research results, guides to monuments and
relics, and other matters relating to the activities of, and the facilities provided by,
the Government for the purposes of this Act;
(e) take such steps as he may consider necessary for the erection, in suitable places,
of tablets or statues relating to monuments or relics or giving information about
historical events which have occurred at or near such monuments or relics;
(f) undertake archaeological, palaeontological, ethnological, oral history, historical
and prehistoric research anywhere in Malawi;- and
(g) purchase, lend or borrow cultural material for study or display in any institution,
at any commemorative, trade, art, international or other exhibition or for any other
purpose.

PART III : THE MONUMENTS AND RELICS ADVISORY
COUNCIL
5.
-1. There is hereby established a body to be known as the Monuments and
Relics Advisory Council.
- 2. The Council shall consist of
(a) the following ex officio members
(i) the Secretary for Education and Culture or his representative;
(ii) the Secretary for Local Government or his representative;
(iii) the Chief Parks and Wildlife Officer or his representative;
(iv) the Chief Tourism Officer or his representative;
(v) the Chief Forestry Officer or his representative;
(vi) the Commissioner for Lands or his representative;
(vii) the Commissioner for Town and Country Planning or his representative;
(viii) the Controller of Customs and Excise or his representative;
(ix) the Government Archivist or his representative;
(x) the Chief Arts and Crafts Officer or his representative;
(xi) the Chief Curator of Museums of Malawi or his representative; and
(b) four other members appointed by the Minister.
- 3. The Minister shall designate one of the members to be Chairman of the
Council.
- 4. A member of the Council appointed under subsection (2) (b) shall hold
office for a period of two years unless his appointment be sooner terminated and
shall be eligible for reappointment.
- 5. The names of all members of the Council as first constituted and every
change in the membership of the Council shall be published in the Gazette.
- 6. The Chief Antiquities Officer shall act as secretary to the Council.
- 7. The functions of the Council shall be to advise the Minister in all matters
affecting the collection, protection, conservation and preservation of monuments and
relics.
- 8.
(1) The Council shall meet not less than twice a year at such places as the chairman
may determine.
(2) The Council shall further meet at any time at the request, in writing, of more
than one-third of its members.