National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994

Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act.

20.—Section 25 (1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after “destroy” of “, clean, restore or sample by cutting, drilling or other process” and the said subsection as so amended is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to injure, deface or destroy, clean, restore or sample by cutting, drilling or other process any archaeological object, nor shall it be lawful for any person to alter any archaeological object otherwise than under and in accordance with a licence in that behalf granted under this section.