Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
(1)
In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires —
“ancient monument” means any monument in the State which dates or may reasonably be believed to date from a period fifty years from present and includes any other monument which has been declared in accordance with the provisions of section 18 of this Enactment to be an ancient monument for the purposes of this Enactment;
“antiquity” means —
(a)
any object movable or immovable or any part of the soil or of the bed of a river or lake or of the sea, which has been or may have reasonably believed to be, constructed, shaped, inscribed, erected, excavated or otherwise produced or modified by human agency at a time reasonably believed to be fifty years from the present; and
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(b)
any part of any such object which has at any later date been added thereto or reconstructed or restored; and
(c)
any human, plant or animal remains which date or may reasonably be believed to date from a period hundred years from the present; and
(d)
any ancient monument:
provided that no object or remains —
(i)
which has been imported into the State on or after the commencement of this Enactment; or
(ii)
to which no public interest of a local or national, historical, traditional, artistic, archaeological or other scientific character is attached, shall be deemed to be an antiquity for the purposes of this Enactment;
“archaeological reserve” means land which has, under the provisions of any law relating to land, been reserved for a public purpose, that is to say for the preservation or excavation of archaeological remains;
“Director” means the Director of the Sabah Museum;
“enforcement officer” means any officer appointed by the Director under section 36A;
“export” means to export from Sabah;
“Government” means the Government of the State of Sabah;
“historical site” means a site which has been declared in accordance with the provisions of section 18 of this Enactment to be a historical site;
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being responsible for matters relating to the Sabah Museum;
“Ministry” means the Ministry charged with the responsibility for Sabah Museum;
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“monument” means any temple, church, building, monument, fort, earthwork, standing stone, keramat, cave or other structure, erection or excavation, and any tomb, tumulus or other place of internment or any other immovable property of a like nature or any part of remains of the same, the preservation of which is a matter of public interest, traditional or archaeological interest attaching thereto, and includes the site of any monument and such portion of land adjoining such site as may be required for fencing or covering in or otherwise preserving any monument and the means of access thereto;
“occupier” shall have the same meaning as in the Local Government Ordinance 1961 [Ord. 11/1961];
“owner” in relation to any land shall have the same meaning as in the Local
Government Ordinance 1961 [Ord. 11/1961];
“police officer” means a police officer as defined in the Police Act 1967 [Act 344];
“President” shall have the same meaning as in the Local Government Ordinance 1961 [Ord. 11/1961];
“State” means the State of Sabah; and
“treasure trove” means any money, coin, gold, silver, plate, bullion, jewellery, precious stones or any object or article of value found hidden in, or in anything affixed to, the soil or the bed of a river or of the sea, the owner of which is unknown or cannot be found, but shall not include any antiquity.
Museum Committee.