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s.12
No excavation, etc., of antiquities, without licence
No person, other than the Authority and a designated person authorized by him, shall— (a) excavate or search for antiquities except in accordance with a licence granted to him; (aa) use a metal detector at any proposed monument or monument except in accordance with a licence granted to him to excavate and search for antiquities; (Added 38 of 1982 s. 9 ) (b) remove any relic hitherto undiscovered from a proposed monument or monument, or collect or remove any object which he supposes to be a relic from the site of its discovery, otherwise than for the purposes of protecting the same or in accordance with a licence granted to him. (Amended 38 of 1982 s. 9 )