Cap. 445 Art. 52Public collections management.

(1) No part of a public collection shall be transferred from public ownership:

Provided that items in the public ownership on loan or allocation shall also be covered by this provision.

(2) Department of Government, government agencies and government entities having items or collections of cultural property shall ensure the safety of such property and are to inform the Superintendent of the state of such cultural property and its location:

Provided that any movement of such items or collections has to be reported to the Superintendent up to thirty days prior to such movement:

Provided further that collections of non-government organizations will be subject to the same obligations that apply to public collections:

Provided further that in the case of the dissolution of a non-government organization the semi-public collection shall become a public collection.

(3) Public collections and their constituent items are to be listed in an inventory, which inventory is to be submitted to the Superintendent for inclusion in the national inventory. Any new acquisition of cultural property by public entities is to be reported to the Superintendent within thirty days of acquisition for inclusion in the national inventory:

Provided that the inventory shall indicate the location in which the item or collection is kept.

(4) The management and conservation of semi-pubic collections of cultural property shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.

(5) Such semi-public collections shall not be separated in the event of the dissolution of associations or non-government organisations.