The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No.123] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1976/BHADRA 6, 1898
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MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 28th August, 1976/Bhadra 6, 1898 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 28th August, 1976, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE ANTIQUITIES AND ART TREASURES
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 1976
No. 82 OF 1976
[28th. August, 1976.]
An Act to amend the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the
Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Antiquities and Art Treasures
(Amendment) Act, 1976.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 4th June, 1976.
Short title and com- mence- ment.
53 of 1972.
Amend- ment of section 5, 2. In section 5 of the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 (here- inafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words "On and from the expiry of a period of two months of the commencement of this Act", the words "As from the date of expiry of a period of six months from the commencement of this Act" shall be substituted.
3. In section 16 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the words Amend-
io8o THE GAZETTE OB' INDIA BXTRAORDINAt&V £PAHT U—flic. 11, Amend- ment oi section II.& In section 18 of the principal Act, after the words "owned, control- led or managed by the Government", the words "or by any local authori- ty or by any such body as the Central Government may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, approve for the purpose of this section by general or special order" shall be inserted.
5. (1) The Antiquities and Art Treasures (Amendment) Ordinance,
4 of 1*76.
1976 is hereby repealed.
Bepeal and saving.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action takan under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall bo deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act.