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[接上页] (2) No person shall borrow any exhibit from a museum except in accordance with a permit granted by the Director. (3) A permit granted under subsection (1) or (2) shall be in such form and subject to such conditions as may be specified by a Head of Museum or the Director, as the case may be. (10 of 1986 s. 32(2); 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132AT s 10 Wilful damage to walls, exhibits, etc. (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. Cap 132AT s 11 Recovery of cost of repairs, etc. of damage to walls, exhibits, etc. (1) In addition to any penalty to which he may become liable for a contravention of section 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 section 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 Director 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. (10 of 1986 s. 32(2); 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132AT s 12 Prohibition of certain acts Except with the permission of a Head of Museum, no person shall- (a) introduce any animal into a museum; (L.N. 265 of 1991) (b) smoke or make use of any naked light in any part of a museum; (L.N. 265 of 1991) (c) enter any part of a museum which is closed to the public; (d) handle, disturb or otherwise interfere with any exhibit; (e) take or consume any food or drink within a museum otherwise than in any part thereof set apart for such purpose; (f) bring, or cause to be brought, into a museum any wheeled vehicle or other form of conveyance, or permit any such vehicle or conveyance to remain in a museum, except where such vehicle or conveyance is required for use by a person suffering from a physical disability; (g) use in a museum any radio apparatus, record, tape or cassette player, musical instrument or other apparatus which emits sound, or any type of wireless equipment or transmitter the operation of which causes or is likely to cause a disturbance within a museum, or otherwise cause a disturbance within a museum; (h) use any flash-light or other lighting apparatus within any part of a museum open to the public; or (i) film in any part of a museum. (L.N. 265 of 1991) Cap 132AT s 13 Erection of structures and trading (1) No person shall, in a museum- (a) erect any post, rail, fence, pole, tent, booth, stand, building or other structure, or bring or allow to remain any materials for such a building or structure, or any display material, except with the written permission of a Head of Museum and subject to such conditions as he may impose; or (b) sell, or offer or expose for sale, or let to hire, or offer or expose for letting to hire, any refreshment, commodity or article, unless, in pursuance of any agreement with the Director, such person is authorized to sell or let to hire in the museum such refreshment, commodity or article.(2) Any post, rail, fence, pole, tent, booth, stand, building or other structure or any building materials for such booth, stand, building or other structure, or any display material, which is brought into or remains in a museum without the permission in writing of a Head of Museum or contrary to any conditions imposed by a Head of Museum, may be removed by a Head of Museum and, if unclaimed after a period of 7 days, may be sold and the owner thereof shall be liable for any costs of removal, storage and sale which costs may be recovered from the owner by the Director. (3) When anything is sold by a Head of Museum under subsection (2), the proceeds of sale, after deduction therefrom of any costs of removal, storage and sale, shall be payable to the owner and if no claim therefor is made by the owner within 3 months after the date of sale, the sale proceeds, after deduction therefrom of any such costs, shall be forfeited to the Government. (10 of 1986 s. 32(2); 78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132AT s 14 Obstruction of staff or other persons No person shall wilfully obstruct any member of the staff in the lawful performance of his duty or wilfully obstruct, disturb, interrupt or annoy any other person in the lawful use of a museum or of any of the facilities provided therein. |