Cultural Property Export Regulations (C.R.C., c. 449)

Cultural Property General Permit Declaration

21 No person shall export any object under a general permit issued to them under subsection  17(1) of the Act unless that person or a person authorized to sign a Cultural Property General Permit Declaration by the general permit under which the object is to be exported, before exporting the object, completes a Cultural Property General Permit Declaration in respect of that object.

• 22 (1) A Cultural Property General Permit Declaration referred to in section 21 shall be in the form established by the Minister. The form shall be signed by one of the persons referred to in section 21 and shall state that the object intended for export from Canada is an object authorized to be exported from Canada under a general permit and that the conditions set out in that general permit have been met.

• (2) When an object is to be exported under a general permit issued under subsection 17(1) of the Act, the declaration referred to in section 21

  • (a) shall be given to the postmaster, if the object is to be sent by means of Canada Post; or

  • (b) shall be given to the collector of customs at the port of export, if the object is to be sent by means other than Canada Post.

Lost Permits

23 Where a permit issued under the Act has been lost or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued may request from the Minister a certified true copy of the permit and shall, in so requesting,

• (a) submit a statutory declaration stating whether the permit has been lost or destroyed and an explanation of the loss or destruction; and

• (b) in the case of a permit that has been lost, submit an undertaking to return to the Minister, without delay, the original permit, if it is found.