Government Gazette 29 December 2004 No.336l Act No. 27, 2004 31 NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT, 2004 (f) within the area of a registered archaeological site be in possession of any excavation equipment or equipment designed or used for the detection of metals or archaeological or palaeontological objects or meteorites; or (g) whether as principal or agent ­ (i) buy or sell; (ii) export or attempt to export from Namibia; (iii) have in his or her possession for the purpose of sale or export, any archaeological or palaeontological object or any meteorite; (8) An application for a consent referred to in subsection (7) must (a) be made to the Council; and (b) be accompanied ­ by the prescribed fee. (9) The Council may issue a consent subject to any conditions that the Council thinks fit, including a condition ­ (a) that the activity authorised by the consent be supervised by a person with appropriate professional qualifications or experience as specified in the consent; (b) that any archaeological or palaeontological object or meteorite found in the course of the activity authorised by the consent must be recorded, conserved and dealt with in a way specified in the consent; and (c) that Namibian citizens, as may be specified in the consent, be engaged in the activity authorised by the consent for the purpose of receiving professional training. (10) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with an order under subsection (5)(a), a notice under subsection (6), any provision of subsection (7) or any condition imposed under subsection (9), commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding N$100 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. Duty of persons possessing an archaeological or palaeontological object or meteorite 56. (1) A person who is in possession of an item which is an archaeological or a palaeontological object or meteorite on the date of commencement of this Act must, within the period as the Minister may determine by notice in the Gazette, notify the Council of his or her possession of that item and provide the information prescribed in the notice in relation to the item. (2) An item in respect of which a person without reasonable cause does not give the notification under subsection (1), is deemed to have come into that person's possession after the commencement of this Act. (3) If a person gives notification under subsection (1) in respect of an item of which that person or any other person acquired possession otherwise than as contemplated in section 55(3), that item, unless the Council directs otherwise, remains in the person's possessiOn­