South Africa Fossil Act 2000

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I didn't know this but fossils and fossil sites in South Africa are regarded as part of the National Estate (which includes fossil dinosaur bones).

http://www.palaeontologicalsociety.co.za/palaeontology-and-law.html

"National Heritage Resources Act (Act No.25 of 1999) which came into effect on 1 April 2000. The Act states that no person may destroy, damage, alter, deface, disturb, excavate, remove from its original position, collect or own, trade in or sell, export or attempt to export from South Africa, any fossil without a permit from the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA). A person found guilty of breaking the law is liable for a fine and several years imprisonment, or both. Customs officials are aware of the law and have confiscated fossils when attempts have been made to export them without permission in the past."