National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1954

Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act.

14.—Section 24 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsection—

“(4) (a) The Minister for Education may from time to time by order declare any object, which is in his opinion an archæological object, to be an object to which this section applies and may revoke any such order.

(b) An object declared to be an object to which this section applies by an order for the time being in force shall be conclusively assumed to be an archæological object for the purposes of this section without further proof.”