Section 27

a licence to export any antiquity has been refused; or

a historical object is prohibited from being exported, on the ground that such antiquity or historical object should be acquired on behalf of the Government, the Director shall pay to the owner thereof a reasonable compensation for such antiquity or historical object and thereupon the said owner shall deliver up the same to the Director who may dispose or deal with it in such manner as he deems fit.

Where there is any dispute between the Director and the owner as to the reasonable compensation for the antiquity or historical object, the matter shall be submitted to arbitration under the law relating to arbitration for the time being in force in Sarawak.

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Right to inspect antiquities and historical objects