Database of Legislation

Article 13:

A penalty of 500-6000 drachmae shall be imposed on the person who in his life-time transfers, by any legal act, an antiquity which happens to be in his possession, without such a transfer's having previously been declared to the Inspector of the Antiquities in charge. The same penalty shall be enforced on the person to whom the transfer is made if lie fails to make such a declaration himself. Any transfer which is carried out without a previous decimation of same shall be considered void, (Article 5, Act 5351).

Article 20:

The person who, disobeying the rules of the present law, exports or tries to export antiquities is punished by imprisonment of one month to five years and a fine of 2,000 drachmae. He who is found guilty of such .in act and sentenced to jail for more than 2 months, does by consequence forfeit all rights and privileges described in Article 21 of the present Act for five years unless a shorter period of time is defined at the time of passing sentence, which period may not in any circumstances be less than one year.
The seized antiquities which were intended for exportation are, in consequence of the condemnatory judgment, confiscated on behalf of the If the exportation has been materialized and consequently a confiscation is not possible, the person who has been proven guilty is also sentenced to pay the entire value of the exported antiquity determined according to the rules of this Jaw as regards the firing of price of antiquities
Any government employees or public servants as well as those who held a position in an institution of state law or in an autonomous organization, in the case of being found guilty of illegal exportation of antiquities, shall in consequence be dismissed from the position which they may hold forfeiting every right of reinstatement for life, (Article 51, Act 5551).

Article 46:

He who commences excavations on his own or another property without the previous permission of the Department of Education and the notification of the relevant archaeological authority and with a purpose of finding antiquities, is punished by goading from I month to 2 years rind is fined 1,000-10,000 drachmae. He who is sentenced for such an offence by goading for more than 2 months, loses automatically all his rights and advantages as stated IP Article 21 of the Penal Code, for a period of 5 years, unless a shorter period is determined, provided it is not less than 6 months.

Article 49:

He who willfully destroys or damages antiquities is punished by goading up to 2 years and fined 500 - 10,000 drachmae; special serious circumstances, by goading up to 5 years and fined from 2,000 to 20,000 drachmae. He who without the consent and knowledge of the Archaeological curator of the Department of Education (after consulting with the Archaeological Committee disfigures or defaces by whatever method the appearance of movable or immovable antiquities is punished by a fine of .1,000 to 5,000
drachmae. He who uses antiquities for whatever advertisement by sticking or siting or engraving upon them or by writing figures upon them is punished by a fine of 200 - 2,000 drachmae.