S.L. 445.4 ст. 12Other duties of Superintendence.

(1) If the returned cultural object does not belong to a public collection, the Superintendence has the duty to provide for its custody until the delivery to its rightful owner can be affected.

(2) The delivery of the cultural object is subject to the reimbursement to the Superintendence of the expenses sustained for the temporary custody, conservation and restitution of the said object.

(3) When the person to whom the cultural object has to be returned is unknown, the Superintendence shall publish a notice in the Gazette.

(4) If the rightful owner does not claim the cultural object within five years from the publication of the said notice in sub-regulation (3), the good becomes the property of the Malta which has an obligation to conserve it and make the most profitable use of it possible.