Article 18 

Movable antiquities shall be kept in Qatar National Museum (QNM) and other museums to be established in the future. Antiquities shall be studied, restored, exhibited and properly stored in such museums.QMA shall undertake the organization of exhibitions, including in mobile museums, within and beyond the State, provided that the safety of such antiquities shall be secured.

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Article 19 

Authorities and individuals may acquire and preserve movable antiquities, provided that such items are presented to QMA for issuance of either an official registration document if the antiquity is significant, or a permit allowing unrestricted disposal if not significant. The possessor of a registered antiquity shall be responsible for its custody and safety and shall effect no modifications whatsoever to it. Where a registered antiquity is lost or damaged, its possessor shall promptly notify QMA.

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Article 20 

Within six months of the enforcement of this law, the possessor of a movable antiquity shall present it to QMA. Following the expiration of the aforesaid notice period all non-registered significant movable antiquities and all non-licensed insignificant movable antiquities shall be confiscated.

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Article 21 

QMA may request the possessor of a registered antiquity to submit it for study, drafting, photographing, production of a muster pattern or temporary exhibition, provided that it shall be returned promptly to its possessor in its original condition upon termination of its submission.