9.(a) No person shall dig on any land, or otherwise search, for antiquities, including the use of a metal detector, or gather antiquities, unless he has obtained a licence to do so from the Director (hereinafter referred to as an "excavation licence") and in accordance with the conditions of the licence.

    (b) When deciding upon an application for an excavation licence, the Director shall consult with the Council and shall make the scientific and financial ability of the applicant his prime consideration.

    (c) An excavation licence shall define the area in which digging is permitted.

    (d) The issue of an excavation licence shall not by itself confer on its holder the right of entry to land in another's domain.

10. (a) No person shall enter any land for which an excavation licence has been issued unless he is the occupier thereof or has been authorised on behalf of the occupier and subject to the consent of the holder of the licence.

    (b) During the excavation, no person, other than the Director or a person empowered by him, shall photograph, paint, draw or otherwise depict the excavation or the antiquities discovered in it, save with the permission of the holder of the licence.

11.(a) The holder of an excavation licence shall, both during the excavation and thereafter, until the expiration of the period stipulated in the licence, take all measures required -

(1) to ensure the well-being of workers and visitors at the place of the excavation and the fencing off of such place;

(2) to protect, and ensure the preservation of, the place of the excavation and the antiquities discovered thereat;

(3) to prevent all damage or nuisance to neighbouring property.

    (b) Where the holder of a licence does not comply with the provisions of subsection (1), the Director may, without prejudice to the provisions of section 13, after warning the holder of the licence in writing, take the required measures in his stead and collect from him the expenses involved.

12.(a) At the dates prescribed by the Director, but not less than once a year from the date of commencement of the excavation, the holder of an excavation licence shall deliver to the Director in writing -

(1) a report, as detailed as possible, of the excavation, including sketches, plans and photographs of the work carried out;

(2) details, including photographs and other visual aids, of the antiquities discovered in the excavation. 

(b) The holder of a licence shall have an exclusive right of publication in respect of the excavation for ten years from the termination thereof. Publication in contravention of this subsection shall be a civil wrong under the Civil Wrongs Ordinance (New Version)1

(c) Within five years from the date of termination of the excavation, the holder of the licence shall produce an appropriate scientific publication describing the findings and results of the excavation and shall deliver two copies of same to the Director. He shall also deliver to the Director two copies of every publication composed by him concerning the findings and results of the excavation.