Section 21

The Director shall pay to the licensee, as compensation for any antiquity or historical object retained for the Government, a sum equivalent to the reward, other than wages, reasonably disbursed by the excavator to the workers who found them:

Provided that the compensation shall not exceed the value of the antiquity or historical object found.

In the case of disagreement between the Director and the licensee as to the adequacy of the compensation under subsection (2), the matter shall be submitted to arbitration under the law relating to arbitration for the time being in force in Sarawak.

Without prejudice to any compensation payable under subsection (2) the Director may, with the approval of the Minister in writing, transfer to the licensee antiquities or historical objects so found other than those retained by the Government in subsection (1)

and shall register such antiquities or historical objects in the name of the licensee.

The Director shall issue to the licensee a certificate of discovery in respect of all those antiquities or historical objects the ownership of which is renounced by him under subsection (1).

If the division takes place on the field of excavation, the cost of transport to any State Government museum of any antiquity or historical object which the Government may retain shall be borne by the licensee, unless the Minister directs that the whole or part of such cost shall be borne by the Fund.

Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence.

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