South Australian Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1988 - SECT 29

29—Control of sale of and other dealings with objects

        (1)         A person must not, without the authority of the Minister—

            (a)         sell or dispose of an Aboriginal object; or

            (b)         remove an Aboriginal object from the State.

Penalty:

            (a)         in the case of a body corporate—$50 000;

            (b)         in any other case—$10 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.

        (2)         This section does not affect the sale of land of which an Aboriginal object forms part or to which an Aboriginal object is affixed.

        (3)         The Minister must in determining whether to give an authorisation for the purposes of this section comply with the regulations.