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(a) grant the application and issue the permit; or
(b) refuse the application.
-3. The Minister shall not be obliged to assign any reasons for his decision under
subsection (2).
31. The holder of an excavation permit shall have the following responsibilities
(a) to form a team of scientists to carry out the required research and provide the
team with all the equipment needed to accomplish the works, and for the making of
photographic records and for the handling of monuments and relics in accordance
with recognized and acceptable methods and such a team may use the laboratories,
workshops, equipment implements and other facilities of the Chief Antiquities Officer,
subject to payment of an appropriate fee;
(b) to carry out the excavations each year during the validity period of the permit,
unless the excavation is sooner completed;
(c) to send to the Minister, at intervals specified in the permit or otherwise in writing,
a report on the excavations and their results together with full details of all
monuments and relics discovered;
(d) to prepare maps, section plans and photographs of all discovered monuments
and relics and such maps and plans shall be prepared to recognized scientific
standards and shall contain detailed descriptions of the conditions of the objects at
the time of their discovery;
(e) to refrain from demolishing or removing any part of the structures or buildings
without the approval of the Minister which may be given only after the work referred
to in paragraph (d) has been completed;
(f) to keep on the excavation site two numbered registers bearing the stamp of the
Chief Antiquities Officer, one of which registers shall be used for recording progress
in the work and shall be signed by the person directing the excavations at the end of
each working day and the other shall be used for recording details of any monument
and relic discovered;
(g)to take necessary measures for maintaining and protecting the excavations,
monuments and. relics against any damage, theft or loss resulting from natural
phenomena or encroachment by any person or animal;
(h) to present to the Minister at the end of the excavation a complete set of maps,
section plans, drawings and photographs required under paragraph (d) and a copy of
each of the registers kept pursuant to paragraph (f);
(i) to reimburse the Government for the travel and accommodation expenses of any
of its officials who may be assigned to the excavation team during the period of
excavation;
(j) to submit, within six months of the end of each excavation, a general report
setting out the most important findings of the investigation and drawn up in such a
way that makes it suitable for publication in scientific and archaeological journals;
(k) to arrange, within two years of the excavation, or within such extended period
not exceeding a further two years as the Minister may accept in writing, publication
of a detailed scientific report giving precise information on their findings, the
provenance and archaeological value of such findings and the results of the research,
if such publication has not been done within such period the permit holder shall
forfeit his publication to the Government;
(l) to provide the Minister with three copies of each of the works, publications or
articles prepared by the holder of the permit on the excavations and their findings or
part thereof;
(m) to pack any relics discovered and take-them to such places as have been
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