Legal glossary

“art treasure”

Defined in 1 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 · s. 2

    (b) "art treasure" means any human work of art, not being an antiquity, declared by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, to be an art treasure for the purposes of this Act having regard to its artistic or aesthetic value: Provided that no declaration under this clause shall be made in respect of any such work of art so long as the author thereof is alive; - (c) "export" means taking out of India to a place outside India; - (d) "licensing officer" means an officer appointed as such under section 6; - (e) "registering officer" means an officer appointed as such under section 15; - (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
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