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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1972 - SECT 49

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1972 - SECT 49

49 .         Prohibition on publication

        (1)         Where an object has been classified as Aboriginal cultural material the Governor may, by Order in Council, prohibit the photographing, copying or other reproduction of that object, or the publication of any such reproduction, either —

            (a)         absolutely; or

            (b)         except for such purposes and subject to such conditions as the Minister may approve or impose,

                and any such prohibition extends to any object so nearly resembling the object to which the prohibition relates as to be likely to deceive or be capable of being mistaken for the same.

        (2)         A person who contravenes the provisions of an Order made under subsection (1) commits an offence.

        [Section 49 amended: No. 24 of 1995 s. 43.]