Chapter 5

It is prohibited to perform acts relating to the detection, investigation, or acquisition of cultural heritage or parts thereof without a certificate…

A certificate as referred to in Article 5.1, paragraph 1, shall be issued upon application by an institution designated for this purpose by Our…

A certifying body shall only issue a certificate if the applicant sufficiently demonstrates that they will perform excavations and the associated…

A certificate holder shall ensure that, when conducting an excavation, the acts performed and the archaeological finds encountered are documented…

Further rules may be established by or pursuant to an Order in Council regarding:

A certificate holder shall notify Our Minister of the commencement of an excavation.

An archaeological find discovered during an excavation for which no one can prove their right of ownership is the property of:

The Provincial Executive shall maintain a repository in which archaeological finds discovered during excavations within that province may be stored…

Archaeological finds that, pursuant to Article 5.7, are the property of a municipality, a province or the State, as well as the associated excavation…

Any person who, otherwise than in the course of performing excavations, makes a discovery which he knows or may reasonably be expected to suspect to…

Any person who, while searching for archaeological monuments, without conducting an excavation, makes observations of which he knows or should…

Our Minister shall maintain a Central archaeological information system in which, at a minimum, the following shall be included:

Our Minister may set rules regarding the manner in which a notification as referred to in Article 5.6, 5.10 or 5.11 shall take place.