Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
(1)
For the purposes of deciding whether any object is or is not an antiquity, there shall be established a Museum Committee consisting of —
(a)
the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry, who shall be the Chairman of the
Museum Committee;
(b)
the Director, who shall be Secretary to the Museum Committee;
(c)
four members, one of whom shall be the District Officer of the District or
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the President of the Municipality in which any object in question is situated and the other three of whom shall be nominated by the Minister after consultation with the Director.
(2)
The decision of the Museum Committee whether any object is or is not an antiquity shall be final.
(3)
The Museum Committee may with the approval of the Minister make regulations for the proper discharge of its functions.