Prohibition of export of public and private records of historical value

(1) The export of public records from Belize is prohibited, except where some law provides otherwise. (2) No person shall, except on the authority of a licence issued in that behalf by the Director, export or remove from Belize any private record being of historical value. (3) The Director may in his discretion refuse to issue a licence if he considers that the export of any private record will not be in the national interest.