1964_MUSEUMS_(REGIONAL_COUNCIL)_BY-LAWS — Page 4

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CAP. 132]

Museums (Regional Council) By-laws

[Subsidiary]

Copying, etc., of exhibits.

10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

Wilful damage to walls, exhibits, etc.

Recovery of cost of repairs, etc. of damage to walls, exhibits, etc.

10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

Prohibition of certain acts.

[1986 Ed.

(7) If any article, which is deposited in a cloakroom of a museum, is not claimed by the depositor thereof within 1 month after it was so deposited, it may be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner as a Head of Museum thinks fit.

(8) The proceeds of sale of any article under paragraph (7) shall be forfeited to the Council.

9. (1) No person shall copy or photograph in any manner whatsoever any exhibit displayed in a museum except in accordance with a permit granted by a Head of Museum.

(2) No person shall borrow any exhibit from a museum except in accordance with a permit granted by the Council.

(3) A permit granted under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be in such form and subject to such conditions as may be specified by a Head of Museum or the Council, as the case may be.

10. (1) No person shall wilfully write upon, mark, soil or otherwise damage in any way whatever or destroy any wall, door, furniture, fitting or other thing in a museum, or any exhibit.

(2) A member of the staff may take all reasonable steps to prevent any person from doing any act which, in his opinion, causes or is likely to cause damage to or destruction of any part of a museum, any furniture, fitting or other thing therein, or any exhibit.

11. (1) In addition to any penalty to which he may become liable for a contravention of by-law 10(1), any person who writes upon, marks, soils or otherwise damages in any way whatever or destroys any wall, door, furniture, fitting or other thing in a museum shall be liable to pay such sum of money as a Head of Museum considers necessary for the repair or replacement thereof, and in addition to such sum the person may be required to pay a surcharge amounting to 20 per cent of such sum.

(2) In addition to any penalty to which he may become liable for a contravention of by-law 10(1), any person who writes upon, marks, soils or otherwise damages in any way whatever or destroys any exhibit shall be liable to pay such sum of money as the Council considers necessary for the repair or replacement thereof, and in addition to such sum the person may be required to pay a surcharge amounting to 20 per cent of such sum.

12. Except with the permission of a Head of Museum, no person shall

(a) introduce any animal, bird or fish into a museum;

(b) smoke or make use of any naked light in any part of a museum in which smoking or the use of naked light is prohibited;

(c) enter any part of a museum which is closed to the public;

(d) handle, disturb or otherwise interfere with any exhibit;