National Heritage Protection Act (CAP 204)

7. Forfeiture. Schedule Protected Areas CHAPTER 204 NATIONAL HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT An Act to provide for the protection of Amerindian art work and Pre-Columbian artefacts and archaeological remains, and for connected matters. [Act No. 18 of 1990 amended by SRO 22 of 2009.] [23rd November, 1990.]

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Heritage Protection Act.

2. Protected areas The areas listed in the Schedule are protected areas for the purposes of this Act.

3. Powers of the Minister The Minister for the time being responsible for matters concerning the cultural heritage of Grenada shall have the following powers— (a) to amend the Schedule by adding any area of Grenada which he or she is satisfied requires to be protected under this Act; (b) to issue, after consultation with the Grenada National Trust, licences to persons authorising them to extract, excavate for, purchase, sell or otherwise enter into any transaction concerning Amerindian art work, Pre-Columbian artefacts or archaeological remains; (c) to appoint officers for the purpose of the enforcement of this Act who shall be known as National Heritage Protection Officers.

4. Offence of excavation or extraction in protected area Whosoever shall, without a licence to do so, in a protected area excavate for or extract any Amerindian art work, Pre-Columbian artefact or archaeological remains is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

5. Illegal trading Whosoever purchases or sells or otherwise enters into any transaction concerning any Amerindian art work, Pre-Columbian artefact or archaeological remains without a licence is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of seven thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three years.

6. Increased penalties Whosoever is convicted of a second or any subsequent offence under section 4 or 5 shall be liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for four years.

7. Forfeiture The court before which a person is convicted of an offence under section 4 or 5 shall order the forfeiture of every Amerindian art work, Pre-Columbian artefact and archaeological remains seized by a police officer or National Heritage Protection Officer in connection with the offence, and every article so forfeited shall be lodged at the National Museum. Schedule NATIONAL HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT Protected Areas [Sections 2 and 3(a).] All the Crown Lands situated at Pearls in the Parish of St. Andrew Grand Bay Archaelogical Site CHAPTER 204 NATIONAL HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION No Subsidiary Legislation