Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If an inspector has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence has been or is being or is about to be committed against this Act in relation to an archaeological artefact the inspector may impound and detain that artefact.
(2) Subsection (1) does not authorise the detention of an artefact for more than 4 months.
(3) On conviction for an offence against this Act in relation to an archaeological artefact, in addition to imposing the penalty under this Act in respect of the offence, the court which convicted the person may order that the archaeological artefact be forfeited to the Crown.