Section 5
No person shall, without the written consent of the Board and subject to such conditions as it may impose or as may be prescribed, excavate any ancient monument.
No person shall, without the Written consent of the Board, make any alteration to, destroy or damage; move from its original site or export from Seychelles; or carry out any cultivation or other work so as to cause or be likely to cause injury or disturbance to, any ancient monument, national monument or relic, or any part thereof.
Any person who wishes to remove from its original site or to export from Seychelles any ancient monument, national monument or relic or any part thereof, shall when applying to the Board for its consent, supply the Board with a photograph or drawing of the monument or relic or part thereof and shall state the exact locality in which it is situate and the place to which and the purpose for which he wishes to remove or export it.
Any person who defaces, damages or destroys any tablet erected by the Board (…), makes any statement which is false in any material respect or supplies any photograph or drawing which is false in any material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of R. 5,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
If any person is convicted of an offense under this Act which has resulted in any damage to, destruction or removal of, any ancient monument, national monument or relic or any part thereof or any tablet erected by the Board, the court may, in addition to any penalty imposed, order him to pay to the Board such sum as the court may determine for the purpose of repairing such damage or for the value of any article or thing removed or destroyed and may, in the case of any article which has been removed and which is still in the possession of any person, order such person to restore such article to the Board.
