South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts32—Surrender of objects and records
(1) The Minister may
require a person who has possession of an Aboriginal object or record, or an
object or record that the Minister has reason to believe may be an Aboriginal
object or record, to surrender the object or record to the Minister, or to a
person nominated by the Minister, for one or more of the following purposes:
(a)
determination of whether the object or record is an Aboriginal object or
record;
(b)
examination for the purposes of making an entry in the central or local
archives;
(c)
consideration of acquisition by the Minister of the object or record under
this Act;
(d) in
the case of an object, research related to the object.
(2) An object or
record surrendered under subsection (1)—
(a) may,
unless acquired by the Minister, be retained for a period not exceeding
3 months; and
(b) if
returned, must, subject to any agreement to the contrary with the owner of the
object or record, be returned in the condition in which it was surrendered.
(3) A person must not,
without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made
under this section.
Penalty: $2 000 or imprisonment for 3 months.