PROTECTION OF MOVABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 1986 - SECT 41 Foreign country to request return of objects

PROTECTION OF MOVABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT 1986 - SECT 41

  (1)   A power conferred by this Part shall not be exercised by an inspector in relation to a protected object of a foreign country unless the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that the Commonwealth has received from the Government of the country a request for the return of the object.

  (2)   Proceedings for a contravention of section   14 in relation to a protected object of a foreign country shall not be instituted unless the Commonwealth has received from the Government of the country a request for the return of the object.

  (3)   In any proceedings, the mere production of a document purporting to be signed by the Secretary of the Department and stating that the Commonwealth has received a request from the Government of a specified foreign country for the return of a specified protected object is prima facie evidence of the facts stated.