Section 19 in The Tamil Nadu Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1971
19. Conditions of licence.
- Every licence under rule 16 shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:-(a)The licence shall not be transferable;(b)The licensee shall, at least fifteen days before the commencement of the excavation operations, give notice in writing of such operations to the Director, the District Collector and the owner of the land to be excavated if the licensee is not such owner;(c)The licensee shall produce the licence before the District Collector or the Superintendent of Police concerned or an Archaeological Officer, if so required;(d)The excavation operations shall be conducted under the supervision of the person directing the excavation operations named in the licence, who shall be present at the excavation operations for at least three-fourths of the total period of the operations;(e)The licensee shall not, without the permission of the Director, dismantle or disturb any structure found during the excavation operations and shall make adequate arrangements for the safety of such structure and of the excavated antiquities till they are taken charge of by the Director;(f)The licensee shall not subject any antiquities recovered during the excavation operations to any chemical or electrolytic process of cleaning without the written permission of the Director;(g)The Director or his representative may inspect the excavation operations or any antiquities recovered during the operations and make notes on or copy or film of the excavated structures and antiquities;(h)The licensee shall not discontinue the excavation operations unless he has given at least fifteen days' notice in writing to the Director;(i)At the conclusion of the excavation operations, the licensee shall give notice in writing to the owner of the land, if he is not such owner specifying the nature of the antiquities, if any, recovered during the operations;(j)The licensee shall, within three months of the completion of the excavation operations, submit to the Director a summary report of the results of the excavation, and where the operations are carried on for a period of more than three months, such report shall be submitted every quarter, and it shall be open to the Director to publish the report in his reports or reviews; and (k) The licensee shall, as soon as practicable, submit a report in Form VIII to the Government through the Director on the antiquities recovered during the excavation operations.
