Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Act (Cap. 51). Country/Territory Bahamas Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the preservation, conservation, restoration, documentation, study and presentation of sites and objects of historical, anthropological, archaeological and palaeontological interest, to establish a National Museum, and for matters ancillary thereto or connected therewith. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Cultural heritage Institution Expropriation Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act provides, among other things for the declaration of monuments and the discovery and excavation of antiquities and related matters. the Minister may by notice published in the Gazette, declare any place, building, site or structure, which the Minister considers to be of public interest by reason of its historical, anthropological, archaeological or palaeontological significance to be a monument. If a proposed monument is within private land, then, prior to the making of the declaration, the Minister shall serve on the owner and any lawful occupier of the private land a notice of intended declaration and the owner or a lawful occupier may object to the proposed monument by application to the Supreme Court. The Minister may make Regulations relative to entry upon private land. The Act prohibits excavation, building, planting or felling of trees or depositing of earth or refuse on, in or near a monument. Full text English Website laws.bahamas.gov.bs References - Legislation Implemented by Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Regulations, 1999 (Cap. 51). Legislation | Bahamas | 1999 Keyword: Cultural heritage, Institution, Authorization/permit, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Antiquities, Monuments and Museum (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulations, 2012 (No. 23 of 2012). Legislation | Bahamas | 2012 Keyword: Cultural heritage, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Marine area Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Antiquities, Monuments and Museum (Amendment) Act (No. 63 of 2011). Legislation | Bahamas | 2011 Keyword: Cultural heritage Source: FAO, FAOLEX