Section 16

Certificates of registration in such form as may be prescribed by rules made under section 80 shall be issued by the

Director, or any officer specially authorized by him, in respect of antiquities registered under subsection (1), and such certificates shall, until the contrary is proved, be proof of ownership.

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be punished with a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both:

Provided that nothing herein shall apply to the owner or occupier of land on which an antiquity has remained undiscovered, if the owner or occupier, reports such antiquity to the Director or his deputy as soon as it is found.

Sale or disposal of antiquities and historical objects