Tanzania
Antiquities Act
Antiquities (Conduct of Excavations and Access to Monuments) Rules, 1991
Government Notice 552 of 1991
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
1. Citation
These Rules may be cited as the Antiquities (Conduct of Excavations and Access to Monuments) Rules.2. Interpretation
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—"Act" means the Antiquities Act 1;"Director" means the Director of Antiquities as defined in the Act;"licence" means a licence issued under section 11 of the Act;"object" means any structure, inscriptions, artefacts, faunal or botanical remains, ethnographical object or other scientific material of an archaeological, palaeontological, historical or natural character;"research and collection" means research and collection of any object having an archaeological, ethnoarchaeological or ethnographical character.3. Requirements for undertaking research and collection
Any person or institution which intends to undertake any research and collection shall—4. Objects to remain the property of the Government
All objects removed, discovered or collected by any person or institution under terms of the licence shall remain the property of the Government of Tanzania and shall not be disposed of except in accordance with such instructions as the Director may give.5. Objects for study may be removed under licence
Any person or institution issued with a licence may remove to any place with in the borders of Tanzania all or any objects for the purpose of study, provided that any such object shall be deposited with the Director upon completion of the study.6. Prohibition on export of objects except under licence
No object may be exported outside Tanzania except under and in accordance with a licence issued by the Director in accordance with section 14 of the Act.7. Inventory of objects
Any person or institution wishing to export any object shall prepare a detailed inventory of all objects to be exported; and the Director may require a duly authorised officer to inspect the items to be exported.8. Packing and sealing in presence of Director
All objects to be exported shall be packed and sealed in the presence of the Director or an officer designated by him.9. Export permits not granted except under special circumstances
Export permits will not normally be granted, save that under special circumstances temporary exportation for the purpose of study and examination may be permitted for a period not exceeding three years.10. The Director may request casts, copies, etc.
Casts, copies, photographs or films of any subject being exported shall be provided to the Director upon request; and such requirement shall cease when the object so exported is returned to Tanzania.11. Issue of licences or export permits
Licences or export permits will only be issued to institutions and not to individuals; and no application form of an individual shall be entertained unless it is channelled through an institution.12. Ethnographic collections
Any person or institution undertaking an ethnographic collection shall collaborate with the National Museum of Tanzania and the Regional Museum, if any, of the area where the collection is intended to be made.13. Official observer may be appointed by the Director
Throughout the period of research or collection any researcher shall be accompanied by an official as may be appointed by the Director; and the expenses of this official will be met by the researcher or collector.14. Licence does not grant rights without consent of village authorities or owner
A licence issued shall not constitute an authority to enter upon or excavate any land or collect from any house, building or place in a village without the consent of the village authorities or owner.15. Licences may include special terms
The Director may include in any licence any terms which he considers necessary or expedient for the proper conduct of excavation, search or for collection of ethnographical objects, including conditions for reporting, mapping, documentation or preservation of materials discovered or collected, their removal, examination and custody and the making and exchange of casts, squeezes and other reproductions.History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation