(1) On receipt of an application under rule 12, the Director- General may grant a licence in Form-III if he is satisfied that, having regard to the status of the applicant, the competence of the director of excavation operations, the adequacy of the staff to be employed and other relevant factors, the licence may be granted to the applicant:
Provided that no licence shall be granted unless the applicant has furnished security of such amount not exceeding rupees ten thousand as the Director-General may, having regard to the circumstances of each case, require.
(2) The Director-General, by order, may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to grant a licence in any particular case.
14. Period of licence,--Every licence shall be in force for such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the licence:
Provided that the Director-General may, on application made to him at least one month before the expiry of a licence, extend its period by one year at a time so that the aggregate period does not exceed five years.
15. Cancellation of licence,--The Director-General may, by order, cancel a licence granted under rule 13 if he is satisfied that the conduct of the excavation operations has not been satisfactory or in accordance with the conditions of the licence, or if any further security demanded under rule 18 has not been deposited within the specified time:
Provided that no licence shall be cancelled unless the licensee has been given an opportunity to make his objections.
16. Conditions of licence,--Every licence shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:
(a) the licence shall not be transferable;
(b) the licensee shall give to the Director-General, the Collector and the owner of the land to be excavated at least fifteen days’ notice in writing of the commencement of the excavation operations;
(c) the licensee shall produce the licence before the District Magistrate or the District Superintendent of Police concerned or an archaeological officer, if so required;
(d) the excavation operations shall be conducted under the supervision of the director named in the licence who shall be present at the excavation operations for at least three-fourths of the period of the operations;
(e) the licensee shall not, without the permission of the Director-General, dismantle or disturb any structures found during the excavation operations and shall make adequate arrangements for the safety of such structures and of the excavated antiquities till they are taken charge of by the Director-General;
(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-General;
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(g) An archaeological officer or his representative may inspect the excavation operations or any antiquities recovered during the operations and make notes on or copy or film 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-General;
(i) At the conclusion of the excavation operations, the licensee shall give notice in writing to the owner of the land 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 General 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-General to publish the report in his reports or reviews; and
(k) The licensee shall as soon as practicable submit a report in Form IV to the Central Government through the Director General on the antiquities recovered during the excavation operations.