ACT No. XXI of 2024 AN ACT to amend the Cultural Heritage Act, Cap. 445, for the purposes of better regulation of the importation and movement of cultural property in Malta.

I assent.

(L.S.)

MYRIAM SPITERI

DEBONO

President

25th June, 2024

ACT No. XXI of 2024

AN ACT to amend the Cultural Heritage Act, Cap. 445, for the

purposes of better regulation of the importation and movement of

cultural property in Malta.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:-

The short title of this Act is the Cultural Heritage Short title.

(Amendment) Act, 2024 and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the Cultural Heritage Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Cap. 445.

principal Act".

Sub-article (8) of article 54 of the principal Act shall be Amendment of

substituted by the following new sub-article

"(8) In the case of movement and importation of

cultural property into Malta, for the purpose of a temporary

exhibition, or temporary loan, or sale, the Superintendent

may issue a certificate guaranteeing that Government

renounces, with regard to these objects, to the right of

preference and to the right to prohibit their re-exportation

or movement outside Malta, for a period of ten (10) years

from the date of the certificate and guarantee, which

certificate and guarantee may be renewed

Provided that in the case of persons taking up

residence in Malta, or who have taken up residence in

Malta, the Superintendent may issue a certificate

guaranteeing that Government renounces, with regard to

these objects, unless the objects are in the opinion of the

Superintendent of national importance to Malta, to the

right of preference and to the right to prohibit their re-

exportation or movement outside Malta, for a period of ten

(10) years from the date of the certificate and guarantee,

which certificate and guarantee may be renewed

Provided further that

(a) a written request for the said certificate

shall be made prior to the importation or movement

into Malta of such cultural property; and

(b) the objects shall be examined and

registered at the point of entry into Malta by the

Superintendent; and

(c) the said cultural objects shall be

accompanied by evidence of provenance and title

regarding the cultural property, documentation

regarding the movement or exportation or

importation, and shall be described graphically and

in writing in the certificate and guarantee.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 249 of the

19th June, 2024.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

ELEANOR SCERRI

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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