32.(a)The Minister may expropriate -
(1) an antiquity site the expropriation of which is, in his opinion, required for purposes of conservation and research;
(2) any land the expropriation of which is, in his opinion, required in order to enable digging thereon.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to an antiquity site used for religious requirements or devoted to a religious purpose and owned by a religious institution: provided that a Committee of Ministers consisting of the Minister, the Minister of Religious Affairs, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Foreign Affairs may, with the approval of the Committee on Education and Culture of the Knesset, make it applicable thereto with or without restrictions.
33. Expropriation shall be in accordance with the Land (Acquisition for Public Purposes) Ordinance, 19433, and for this purpose the Minister shall, mutatis mutandis, have all the powers and functions of the Government under that Ordinance.
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