Section 17: Compensation to owner

(1)
Where an antiquity has been declared to be a national monument as provided in this Act, the owner thereof shall be entitled to compensation for the value at the date of such declaration and thereafter any estate, right, title and interest in and to such antiquity shall be extinguished.
(2) In case of dispute as to the amount of compensation payable under this section such dispute shall be referred to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area concerned.