Section 41

Any person who discovers any object which he has reason to believe has cultural heritage significance shall immediately notify the Director or any officer authorized by him, or the Mayor, President or District Officer of the area where the object was discovered, as the case may be, and where practicable, deliver the object to the

Director, any officer authorized by the Director, Mayor, President or District Officer who shall give a written acknowledgement thereof.

Where the Mayor, President or District Officer has reason to believe that any object discovered in his area has cultural heritage significance, he may be notice in writing require the person having possession of it to deliver the object immediately to him, and the Mayor, President or District Officer on receiving such object shall give a written acknowledgement and shall keep safely the said object.

The officer authorized by the Director, Mayor, President or District Officer, as the case may be, shall communicate the notification under subsection (1) or the written notice under subsection (2) to the Director as soon as practicable.

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Any agent, contractor or executor of a Federal Government or

Government or an owner of an alienated land who discovers at the project site any object which he has reason to believe that the object has cultural heritage significance, such agent, contractor, executor or owner shall report to the Director who shall immediately inspect the object.

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (4) or fails to comply with the notice given by the Mayor, President or District Officer under subsection (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.