Submitted on Wednesday 21st December 2022
Rejected on Thursday 22nd December 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Amend Article 3 and 5 of the the British Museum Act 1963
We want the Government to amend the Act to allow the Trustees of the British Museum to accept and approve requests for the return of artefacts that belongs to other states and was obtained through unlawful means to return to the country of origin (the rightful owners) on a permanent basis.
Museums are facing calls to return artefacts to their places of origin. According to Sections 3 and 5 of the British Museum Act "Trustees do not have the power to sell, exchange, give away or dispose of any object vested in them and comprised in the Collection unless object is a duplicate of another object held in the Collection, object is unfit or useless for the purposes of the Museum" even if they are obtained through an unlawful means or stolen from other states.
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