Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance

(1)
Subject to this Ordinance, the Authority may grant to any person a licence to excavate and search for antiquities.
(2)
A licence may not be granted to a person unless the Authority is satisfied that
he—
(a)
has had sufficient scientific training or experience to enable him to carry out the excavation and search satisfactorily;
(b)
has at his disposal sufficient staff and financial or other resources to enable him to carry out the excavation and search satisfactorily; and
(c)
is able to conduct, or arrange for, a proper scientific study of any antiquities discovered as a result of the excavation and search.
(Amended
38 of 1982 s. 10
)
(3)
Subject to subsection (2), a licence may be granted or renewed for a period not exceeding 12 months.
(4)
A licence shall be in the prescribed form and shall specify the area of land in respect of which it is granted.
(5)
A licence shall not be transferable.
(6)
The Authority may include such conditions in a licence as he considers
                appropriate, and in particular but without prejudice to the generality hereof, may
                include conditions as to the conduct of any excavation and search, the reporting,
                mapping and documenting thereof, the use of a metal detector, the preservation of
                materials discovered, their removal, examination and return, and the making and
                delivery of casts, rubbings, squeezes and other reproductions.
(Amended
38 of 1982 s. 10
;
E.R. 6 of
                2019
)